Reporting to: Warehouse Manager Location: Peckham Warehouse (with occasional work at stores or installation sites)
As a Warehouse & Logistics Operative at The Nunhead Gardener, you’ll play a key role in keeping our stores and customers supplied with products. From unloading and pricing deliveries to preparing replenishment orders, delivering stock to stores, and assisting with installations, this is a varied and physical role. You’ll work closely with our store teams and play an essential part in the smooth running of our operations.
Goods In & Stock Handling
- Receive deliveries of indoor pots, tools, homeware, and garden accessories.
- Open, check, and price high volumes of stock.
- Consolidate and organise stock in our small warehouse to maximise space.
Order Picking & Replenishment
- Pick and prepare weekly store replenishment orders for our four stores.
- Ensure accuracy and efficiency when packing stock for delivery.
Deliveries & Driving
- Drive the company van to deliver stock to stores.
- Occasionally deliver orders directly to customers, including Christmas trees during peak season.
- Safely load and unload goods, ensuring they arrive in good condition.
Support for Installations & Events
- Assist with plant installation jobs, helping carry pots, plants, and compost to site.
- Support the team during seasonal busy periods, especially Christmas.
Systems & Communication
- Learn and use the company’s stock management system.
- Communicate effectively with store teams to ensure smooth supply.
- Full, clean UK driving licence (essential).
- Physically fit and comfortable with lifting, moving, and handling stock.
- Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.
- Good communication skills; a team player with a flexible attitude.
- Experience in warehouse, logistics, or stock handling (preferred but not essential).
- Interest in plants, gardening, or landscaping (a bonus, but training provided).
- Be part of a friendly, collaborative team with a love of plants and design.
- A varied, hands-on role with opportunities to learn about stock systems, logistics, and plants.
- Staff benefits include product discounts, training opportunities, and the chance to grow with a local, family-run business.
The Nunhead Gardener is a fast-growing and highly unique family-run group of garden shops. We are independently owned, and we pride ourselves on our team of knowledgeable horticulturalists who are always on hand to offer friendly, expert advice regarding all indoor and outdoor gardening matters. We always place ourselves at the heart of the communities in which we open our stores. We punch well above our weight in terms of the service we provide, the experience we offer customers, the unique product range we carry and our legendary product displays. We’re extremely passionate about our people, and with ambitious future plans, it’s an exciting time to join us.
