JOW: Garden Centre Manager

Squire's Garden Centres; Hersham; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Squire's Garden Centres is seeking an enthusiastic manager to provide management support across one of our award-winning centres. You will work closely with the Operations Manager to drive sales, customer service, and procurement within the centre.

The role is full-time (40 hours per week) with alternate weekend work and active involvement in merchandising and business planning. Key requirements include proven retail management experience, strong organisational skills, and excellent knowledge of

Qualifications

• Proven experience of working in a similar role within a retail environment is essential.
• Organised, self-disciplined with a positive, collaborative attitude.
• Plant and Sundries knowledge is essential.

Responsibilities

• New ideas for building sales and profit are generated and effectively communicated to teams.
• Ensure excellence of customer service is achieved throughout the centre.
• Work closely and effectively with product managers to ensure purchasing is within the company product range.
• Constructive participation in all management meetings.
• Excellent standards of merchandising and housekeeping are maintained in accordance with company guidelines.
• Liase closely with Product Managers as part of the annual range review process.
• Understand the business plan and actively participate in delivering its goals.
• Create performance monitors - product, service and people performance - and review regularly.
• Appropriately plan and utilise department resources to achieve targets.

Skills

Retail management

Organised

Plant and Sundries knowledge

Job description

Your primary responsibility will be to provide management support to one of our award-winning Garden Centres.

Working closely with the Operations Manager to help the business to succeed.

Rota: Full Time - 40 hours per week, including alternate weekends

Main duties and responsibilities:

• New ideas for building sales and profit are generated and effectively communicated to teams


• Ensure excellence of customer service is achieved throughout the centre


• Work closely and effectively with product managers to ensure purchasing is within the company product range.


• Constructive participation in all management meetings


• Excellent standards of merchandising and housekeeping are maintained in accordance with company guidelines.


• Liase closely with Product Managers as part of the annual range review process


• Understand the business plan and actively participate in delivering it’s goals


• Create performance monitors - product, service and people performance- and review regularly


• Appropriately plan and utilise department resources to achieve targets

To be successful in this role, we are looking for people:

• Proven experience of working in similar role within a retail environment is essential


• Organised, self-disciplined with a positive, collaborative attitude


• Plant and Sundries knowledge is essential