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Retail Horticultural Manager

Employer
StraightLine Retail Recruitment
Location
Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Salary
£27k - 32k + Package & Benefits
Closing date
12 Feb 2021

Job Details

The Candidate

You might be an expert horticulturist, a knowledgeable and enthusiastic gardener or someone with a love of gardening and a desire to learn more. Regardless, you'll ideally also have management or supervisory experience although not necessarily in retail as there is plenty of training and one to one support should it be required. What is important is a belief in managing people fairly and supportively and a willingness to lead by example where necessary. Ultimately this role will appeal to individuals who want to broaden their knowledge and work for a household name in the Garden Centre & Nursery business.

The Role

Reporting to the site General Manager the role takes operational responsibility for all day to day department duties including:

  • Ensuring a seasonal product offer remains commercially attractive, well maintained and that all aspects of the product, from indoor and outdoor plants to garden accessories and sundries are kept in good condition and are attractively merchandised.
  • Managing a team of General Assistants, setting and monitoring business objectives and overseeing customer service and overall department standards.
  • Be on hand to offer inspirational and expert horticultural advice to customers to increase their knowledge and confidence in the garden.
  • Controlling stock package and layout in order to improve sales

The Company

This retail business is firmly established as a purveyor of quality plants, horticultural products and sundries and has a well-deserved reputation for providing inspiring products to a loyal customer base through excellent service, great knowledge and a passion for all things garden related.

11th January update.

Initial interviews will be held via video with a start date envisaged in early Spring.

Company

The business has old fashioned values, believing that a recruitment company lives and dies by the relationships it fosters. Our role is to act honestly and professionally with our clients and candidates and operate in a straightforward manner at all times. We believe that we can add value to the recruitment process only if we invest the time to develop our relationships, fully understand our client’s culture and requirements and treat our candidates as people and not commodities.

All our potential candidates are treated with honesty and respect from the moment they contact us. We recognise you have skills and attributes that may make you a dream candidate for some clients but a poor fit for others. We appreciate you have aspirations and goals and it’s our job to help you realise them. Click here to read about the promises we make in our dealings with you.

As a client you’ll benefit from a business that has invested in the latest software and databases but believes that person to person contact cannot be replaced by technology, only facilitated by it. We are prepared to take the time to really understand your business, to act as your representative to the wider market and to ensure that your culture and skill set requirements are accurately and professionally represented.

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