Join a respected, family-owned garden centre group and take ownership of their largest trading department.
Plant Area Manager:
Location: Buckinghamshire
Salary: £28,000 - £30,000 (DOE)
Hours: 37.5 per week, alternate weekends
This is a great opportunity to join a well-known, family-run garden centre group, taking ownership of a large plant area within a medium-sized centre.
The site has been through a period of transition, with a refreshed team and renewed focus on horticulture. The plant area remains the biggest trading department, offering a strong platform for someone commercially minded to make an impact.
Horticultural knowledge and retail management experience are key requirements for the position.
What you'll be doing:
- Taking full responsibility for the day-to-day running of the plant area
- Managing stock control, ordering, and sales performance across a high-volume department
- Working with central teams on product allocation, ensuring the right volumes at the right time
- Monitoring sales, shrinkage, and wastage, using reporting to drive performance
- Leading and developing a mixed team, bringing new and existing staff together
- Maintaining high standards of merchandising and availability across the department
- Acting as deputy to the Garden Centre Manager when required
- Driving sales through strong retail standards and customer engagement
What they're looking for:
- Proven retail management experience, ideally within garden retail or similar environments
- Good plant knowledge, but not necessarily a specialist horticulturist
- Strong commercial awareness, particularly around stock, sales, and margin
- A confident leader who can bring structure and direction to a developing team
- Comfortable with reporting, admin, and the operational side of retail
- A hands-on approach with the ability to balance shop floor presence and admin responsibilities
Perks & Benefits:
- Join a respected, family-owned garden centre group with a strong reputation
- A key role within the centre's biggest and most important department
- Supportive and flexible management team
- Opportunity to shape and develop a relatively new team
- Staff discount and company benefits package
- Pension scheme and holiday allowance
- Free onsite parking
- Full benefits package available on request
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