Plant Area Manager - Garden Centre

Salary: Up to £31,000

This is a fantastic opportunity to join one of the fastest-growing, well-regarded garden centre groups in the UK, working in their plant area to maintain and care for the plants and generate them into sales! If you love horticulture and have good knowledge of plants, then this is a great role to hit the ground running leading and developing an excellent team.

• Career progression opportunities
• Join a fast-growing business
• On-site car parking
• Staff discount for their Garden centres, Restaurants, and Leisure Park

About the business

This role is based at their garden centre in Burnley, part of the UK’s largest family-owned garden centre group. While benefiting from the support and standards of a well-established group, each centre has its own personality - allowing you to make a real impact at site level.

As a leading garden centre group, they pride themselves on delivering exceptional customer service and offering a diverse range of high-quality plants and products. Committed to innovation and growth, they aim to create a thriving environment for both customers and team members.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a busy plant department.
• Driving sales growth and ensuring excellent customer satisfaction.
• Assist with thewider garden centre operation to support the Garden Centre Manager.
• Manage KPIs, including sales growth, waste, and stock loss.
• Mentor and coach team members to foster a motivated, knowledgeable, and high-performing team.
• Take accountability for team management, including recruitment, training, and performance management.
• Conduct weekly ordering through web shops to ensure seasonal stock levels are correct.
• Designated key holder for opening and closing duties.

Requirements

• Horticultural knowledge
• Commitment to maintaining high standards of customer service and sales performance.

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