My client is a well known Retail brand, boasting over 60 UK stores. They are looking to recruit a strong Retail leader who has experience in horticulture or a passion for horticulture and some general knowledge around plants, but Retail leadership is essential.
Their Horticulture Managers play an essential role in delivering customer experience across our stores - driving sales, promoting customer loyalty, providing excellent plant advice and maintaining department standards, whilst working alongside the general manager to set a standard within our flagship department.
Responsibilities
* Oversee the horticulture department operations to maximise profitable sales and growth, whilst creating a unique customer focused environment
* Providing expert advice and guidance in relation to plant care, maintenance and core gardening products
* Sparking your team's passion for delivering the best in-store experience possible by creating a brilliant customer journey and experience
* Working closely with our central support teams, maintaining excellent communication to improve our business
* Ensuring all health & safety regulations are carried out across the store, whilst caring for employee and customer welfare
* As a member of the senior management team, you will also have duty manager responsibilities including key holder duties
Who we are looking for:
* You'll bring horticultural expertise with experience of retail management
* Commercial awareness and understanding of budgets, profitability from driving sales and improved ways of working
* Ability to identify training needs.
* Adaptability.
* Positively managing change, you'll lead the team through each season with care and motivation to deliver the best
What they offer:
* Generous annual leave entitlement. Use your holidays when you want with limited statutory days off required
* Treat yourself with generous uncapped discount across their stores.
* Access to Wagestream – support your financial wellbeing, with ability to access earnings ahead of pay day, save for the future and financial advice
* Access to Retail Trust – seek confidential support, access to a virtual GP, free counselling service and discounted retail rewards with our employee wellbeing platform
* Learning & Development support development programmes