Horticruitment UK Limited
Location
West Sussex | United Kingdom
Job description
Up to £36,000 DOE
West Sussex, UK
Garden Centre
Full Time
Working For:horticruitment
Plantarea Manager required
Job Ref Y111
Our client is a successful and growing independent Garden Centre seeking a plant area manager. This company has an emphasis on providing a great customer experience and a professional working environment with internal opportunities for training and development to support progression for those wanting to advance. Reporting to Garden Centre Manager.
The successful candidate will manage the day-to-day operation of the plant area within the garden centre in order to maximise profitable sales.
Person priorities:
- Good organisational skills.
- Ability to work on own initiative.
- Able to focus on key tasks and details.
- Consistent and methodical under pressure
Role and Responsibilities:
- To ensure that all customers are treated in a courteous and efficient manner.
- To ensure that all instructions by the Garden Centre Manager are carried out in a timely and efficient manor.
- To ensure Sales Assistants work efficiently and are focused on their work tasks.
- To act as part of the garden centre management team including as Duty Manager when required.
- To identify strengths and weaknesses amongst the Plant area team and to assist in the training and motivation of individuals to achieve the required standards of performance.
- To ensure that all work is carried out in a safe manner and that all matters affecting Health & Safety at Work are carried out in accordance with regulations.
- To ensure a safe working environment within the centre for employees, concessionaires, customers and visitors.
- To ensure that customers receive a high standard of service at all times and responding to customer complaints and comments.
- To ensure that all equipment used within the shop operation is maintained in good condition and held securely.
- To help ensure the security of all company property on-site.
- Managing and forecasting stock levels and requirements.
- Maintain an awareness of market trends and report significant developments to the Garden Centre Manager.
- To provide input into the design, layout and stocking of the plant area.
Specific duties:
- Ensure sales assistants know the plant area layout and can help customers find the plants and products they require.
- Tour the plant area regularly to ensure high standards of housekeeping and merchandising.
- Ensure sales assistants provide advice to customers or ask for help and pass customer to others if required.
- Organise watering and housekeeping systems in the plant area and be part of the rota as needed.
- Ensure the plant area is stocked, replenished and cleaned as needed.
- Place orders to replenish stock to levels agreed by the Garden Centre Manager.
- Implement plant area display and promotional changes including production of POS.
- Routinely review Health & Safety practice to ensure that a high standard is maintained and suggest training needs.
- Maximise product sales through effective merchandising and in[1]store promotion.
- Maintain security of all cash (including HTA and garden centres own gift tokens).
- Flexibility: To perform any other duties and objectives as required to contribute effectively to the achievement of the business aims and objectives.
If this Plantarea Manager vacancy is of interest, please apply or contact Sara Yassin on 01233 732767 or [email protected] .
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Thank you for the interest you have shown in this Plantarea Manager vacancy. Unfortunately, due to the high volume of applications that we receive, it is not possible to respond to every one. Therefore, unless you hear from us within the next 14 days, your application for this Plantarea Manager vacancy will have been unsuccessful.
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£36k per annum
