Plant Area Expert
- Employer
- Perrywood Garden Centre and Nurseries
- Location
- Sudbury, Suffolk
- Salary
- £21,000 - £23,000
- Closing date
- 18 Jul 2021
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- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Gardening Jobs
- Sector
- Garden Centres & Nurseries
Job Details
Our experienced plant area team ensure that our high-quality plants are always looking their best. We create inspiring displays which help our customers to purchase, and therefore increase sales. We are looking for someone who can combine an impressive knowledge of plants and gardening with excellent customer service skills.
You will mostly be working outside – moving and displaying plants, plant care & maintenance. We are looking for motivated individuals who can follow instructions and communicate with customers. You will support our mission to offer a memorable garden centre experience; delivering wow customer service and giving employees, customers, suppliers and community a reason to smile
Key duties
• You will undertake daily watering and stocking up of the outdoor and indoor plant areas
• You will create dynamic displays, which encourage customer sales
• You will confidently answer customer queries, and be knowledgeable about planting combinations and looking after plants
• Assist with the building of displays and picking customer orders
Your capabilities
• Good plant / horticulture knowledge essential- whether that’s in the form of a relevant qualification, experience of working in a garden centre, plant retail or similar environment
• Good verbal communication skills, and customer service skills, confident in dealing with members of the public
• Able to follow instructions from your supervisors, and work on your own initiative
Company
Perrywood is an independent, family-owned garden centre and nursery run by the Bourne Family in Essex. Our vision is to inspire people to get more plants in their lives. Our every day mission is to offer a memorable garden centre experience; delivering wow customer service and giving employees, customers, suppliers and our local community a reason to smile. At Tiptree we have the best plant area in the UK! Sudbury, currently a smaller centre, is growing rapidly and we have big ambitions!
- Website
- https://www.perrywood.co.uk/
- Telephone
- 01376570777
- Location
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Kelvedon Road
Inworth
Tiptree
Essex
CO5 9SX
GB
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