We have a rare and exciting opportunity to work as a Garden Centre Manager within an ambitious and forward-thinking conservation charity. If you’re someone who has a true passion and drive for retail & horticulture, then this is the role for you.

In this role you really will have the freedom to manage ranges and select product, it offers a large degree of autonomy, and scope for entrepreneurial thinking

Hours: Full Time. 37.5 hours per week. Working 5 days over 7, which includes weekend working. A typical day is 9am to 5pm.

Salary: £40,073 per annum, this includes an Outer London Weighting Allowance

Contract: Permanent Opportunity

Interview: 10^th June 2022

If you have a experience within a Garden Centre or a similar have skills that are appropriate to the role  and want to  discover more before applying, please reach out to Matt Upton by emailing him – matt.upton@nationaltrust.org.uk

With a hands-on approach, you will lead an established retail team and need to be comfortable taking people on the journey with you.  You will play a key role in sourcing and developing ranges, merchandising and stock management. You will have sound knowledge of the garden market and competition; have experience of managing operating budgets, negotiating cost prices and evaluating product performance against KPIs.  You will ensure brand compliance and lead on future projections and business planning and work collaboratively with the property portfolio leadership team to inform & implement strategy. 

In your application, please demonstrate how your application meets the following requirements:

• Extensive knowledge of the UK garden retail market and supplier base for the relevant product areas
• In depth understanding of product management and the drivers for customer satisfaction, repeat business, spend, margins and profitability
• Proven ability to build ranges within agreed framework.
• Clear knowledge of procurement/sourcing best practice
• Demonstrable horticultural knowledge
• Strong influencing skills, with the ability to challenge
• Strong supplier negotiation and purchasing skills
• Ability to engage & inform team members & senior managers in your plans & ambitions
• Clear thinking and planning along with a proactive approach and capable of using own initiative
• PC literate in using MS software packages
• Proactive and capable of using own initiative
• Experience in tactical pricing strategies
• Managing and delivering against clearly defined budgets