Goonhavern Garden Centre is an independent garden centre on the north Cornish coast in between Newquay and Truro. Over the past few years, we have expanded and successfully installed a covered canopy in our plant area and subsiquently seen an increase in sales. We are now looking for someone to assist the garden centre manager in the day to day running of the plant area and take our plants sales to the next level.
We are looking for someone enthusiastic about horticulture but most importantly has a passion and knowledge of retail and customer service.
This post requires someone with previous retail and merchandising experience as they will be responsible for ensuring the plant team creates plant displays to inspire and impress the customer.
Main responsibilies will include:
Managing the plant area department team
Plant buying
Waste management
Responsible for health and safety within the plant area and for COSHH
Managing all outdoor displays, not just plants but pots, fencing, compost etc
Stock control - responsible for stock taking all goods using the EPOS system
Liaising with the garden centre manager to create plant promotions and plant based 'events'
Qualifications & Experience Required:
Must have previous retail experience
Excellent leadership skills
LEAN management awareness
Exceptional plant /horticultural knowledge
Commercial awareness
Previous buying experience
Knowledge of EPOS systems and stock control
Excellent IT skills
Please apply in writing WITH a covering letter on why you wish to apply for this job.
