Multi-Site Garden Centre Leader & Growth Strategist

Horkans Group; Castlebar; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Benefits package

Supportive work environment

Job summary

Horkans Group is seeking an experienced General Manager to lead our Garden Centres business across Castlebar and wider West of Ireland, including Galway, Sligo and ecommerce. You will report to the CEO and guide day-to-day commercial and operational performance, while expanding management capability and customer experience.

The role emphasizes transforming Castlebar into a premier experiential retail, garden, lifestyle and hospitality destination, growing sales, margins and EBITDA, and building

Qualifications

• Significant multi-site retail leadership experience.
• Strong P&L and budgeting responsibility.
• Experience leading managers and building high-performing teams.
• Strong understanding of sales, gross margin, labour and stock.
• Experience using retail systems, KPIs and management reporting.
• Track record of improving commercial and operational performance.
• Ability to combine strategic thinking with hands-on execution.

Responsibilities

• Grow sales, margin and EBITDA across the business.
• Build a strong leadership culture that develops people and accountability.
• Raise retail, merchandising, stock performance and customer-experience standards.
• Lead the strategic transformation of Horkans Castlebar into a premier experiential destination.
• Build strategic supplier alliances to strengthen competitive advantage.

Skills

Multi-site leadership

P&L budgeting

Leadership of managers

Sales & margins

Retail KPIs

Operational improvement

Strategic execution

Job description

Horkans Group is seeking an experienced General Manager to lead our Garden Centres business across Castlebar and wider West of Ireland, including Galway, Sligo and ecommerce. You will report to the CEO and guide day-to-day commercial and operational performance, while expanding management capability and customer experience.

The role emphasizes transforming Castlebar into a premier experiential retail, garden, lifestyle and hospitality destination, growing sales, margins and EBITDA, and building