Plant Area Manager-Horticultural

British Garden Centres; Worcester; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading garden centre group in Worcester seeks a Plant Area Manager to oversee horticultural tasks, ensuring high standards and customer service. The role requires knowledge of plants, leadership skills, and physical fitness. Benefits include onsite parking and employee discounts. If you're interested in joining a family-run business, please send your CV to the Centre Manager.

Benefits

Onsite car parking

Staff discount for Garden Centres and Restaurants

Access to Woodthorpe Leisure Park

Qualifications

• Experience as a Plant Manager is preferred.
• Flexibility for holiday cover is required.
• Able to assist in other areas as needed.

Responsibilities

• Work in daily horticultural tasks.
• Assist Centre Manager with sales and profit maximization.
• Manage plant health and lead staff.

Skills

Knowledge of plants

Customer service

Visual merchandising

Team leadership

Physical fitness

Education

Horticultural qualification or relevant practical experience

Tools

Forklift truck license

Job description

Plant Area Manager-Horticultural
Full Time 39 hours per week – including weekends

We are currently looking for a Plant Area Manager to join our large Garden Centre Group. Previous experience as a Plant Manager within the industry is preferred, however, applicants with a proven plant management background with a knowledge of plants will be considered.

Working in the plant area is a high volume environment with a fast turnaround. The successful candidate should be physically fit as this is a very hands on role.

A good knowledge of plants is essential to the role as is good customer service and a high standard of visual merchandising.

TO BE FLEXABLE FOR HOLIDAY COVER, ABLE TO HELP OUT IN OTHER AREAS AT TIMES

The successful candidate will preferably possess either a horticultural qualification, will be in training or had practical horticultural experience. Forklift truck licence an advantage.

Duties include:
Actively working in the daily horticultural tasks of the Centre.
Assisting the Centre Manager to maximise sales and profit by ensuring the efficient and effective management to Company standards, of the commerciality, merchandising, replenishment and housekeeping
Establish and maintain high horticultural and retail standards.
Manage and support overall plant health within the Centre.
Lead and motivate the staff in their team.
Manage stock control of the department.
Ordering, accepting deliveries
Promoting seasonal changes

What We Offer:
Benefits include onsite car parking and staff discount for our Garden Centres and Restaurants as well as the Woodthorpe Leisure Park.

If you would like to join our family run business and bring your ideas and talents to our fast-growing company and forward-thinking team, we want to hear from you.

To apply:

Please send your CV

Tracy Carver, Centre Manager

[e-mail]

Applications close – Friday 8th August 2025

Due to the high volume of applications, if your application is successful, someone from the management team will be in touch with you, thank you.