Company Information and Introduction:
Longacres Garden Centre aims to be the destination of choice for garden enthusiasts, offering exceptional service and high-quality products at competitive prices. Established in 1979 as a family-run business, Longacres has grown to include six stores across the South East of England, employing over 700 staff in 2025. As a growing company, we provide ample opportunities for personal development and learning within a supportive, inclusive, and friendly team environment. We are deeply committed to our loyal customers, delivering high quality products while maintaining affordability. Guided by our core values - trust and integrity, family, teamwork, accountability, and retail excellence - we strive to continuously enhance the customer experience and foster lasting relationships.
Are you looking for a new and senior position to progress your career in a retail and operational environment?
We are looking for a new Warehouse Supervisor to join and lead our friendly Warehouse and Goods-in team. We are looking for a methodical and responsible individual to fill this exciting retail and operational role here at Longacres! You will need to be experienced in supervisory roles and be able to lead a team and keep morale up within it, along with having past experience in customer facing and retail environments. This role will require heavy lifting.
If you feel like you’d be a good fit for this role then please send your application our way!
Our Benefits
- Training and development with opportunities to forge a career with us
- Holiday entitlement of 28 days, including bank holidays
Store: Shepperton
Department: Stoneware/warehouse
Contract: Monday to Friday with a day off in the week and alternate weekends
Hours: 37.5 Hours per week
Key Responsibilities and Duties:
- Overseeing every aspect of the compost and stoneware departments. Ensuring retail standards are met.
- Ordering, replenishment and merchandising of stock.
- Helping customers with their enquiries.
- Receiving and processing all deliveries and report any discrepancies.
- Stowing and storing all deliveries safely and optimising the available storage space.
- Picking orders for customer deliveries and collections.
- Organise inter-store transfers.
- Performing warehouse inventory controls where required.
- Maintain a clean and safe working environment.
- Ensuring all areas within the warehouse, compost, and stoneware departments are safe.
- Produce staff rosters for the Warehouse, Transport, and Internet departments so that departments are appropriately covered.
- Organising and managing the transport team.
- Ensuring the upkeep and maintenance of all machinery, making sure they are all within legal regulations.
- Communicate with and support all trading departments.
- Manage and aid the Transport Department plan their routes.
- To assist in other areas of the Garden Centre as required
- Rostered opening and closing of the garden centre.
Key Skills and Competencies:
- You are enthusiastic and approachable
- Basic computer knowledge is essential (Microsoft, Excel, etc.)
- You are willing to develop and learn
- Good customer service skills
- High level of experience with in a similar fast paced retail environment
- Previous logistic experience
- Prior leadership experience
- Previous experience supervising a warehouse. (desirable but not strictly essential)
Essential Qualifications:
