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Premier Decorations win The Greatest Christmas Supplier Award
Bents pick up The Greatest Pet Christmas Team gold
Santa Special Awards to mark great teamwork
A Majestic party for finalists and guests
Plantarea Staff - East Sussex
Sundries Department Head - Derby
Senior Contracts Manager / Operations Manager Landscaping - South East England
Head of Catering - Warwickshire
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Plantarea Staff - East Sussex
Salary: Competitive
 
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Sundries Department Head - Derby
Salary: Excellent
 
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Senior Contracts Manager / Operations Manager Landscaping - South East England
Salary: £40,000 - £45,000
 
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Head of Catering - Warwickshire
Salary: Excellent
 
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Sundries Department Head - Derby
Salary: Excellent


Sundries Department Head (ref:DS8975)

Location: Derby
Salary: Excellent
Date: 12 Jan
Job Type: Full-Time
Duration: Permanent

Our client is a progressive and dynamic group of garden centres, based country wide.They are seeking to add to their dynamic team a Sundries Department Head for their Derby based garden centre.

The Role

As a Department Head, you will be responsible for running the department and managing a team, and experience of this within a retail environment is essential. You can make a real difference from day one as you will be involved in driving sales, creating stunning and inspirational visual displays, managing stock levels, and motivating and developing your team.
You will gain a real sense of ownership over your department as you drive sales and profitability by maximising space productivity, replenishment, and merchandising. The customer is the focus of everything we do, so you will ensure that they always receive an exceptional level of service.

The Candidate

The IDEAL person will possess:
  • A proven background in retail preferably with product knowledge of growing sundries, garden chemicals, seed, tools etc.
  • To be the ideal candidate you will have experience of working in a fast-paced retail environment at a management or supervisory level.
  • You will be a great communicator with an ability to inspire your team.
  • You will have a great eye for detail with a creative edge to ensure high retail standards are consistently maintained in terms of product placement and presentation.
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