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Garden Centre Manager (Kent)
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Amenity Account Manager South (Home Counties)
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Situations Vacant
Plant Assistant Manager
Competitive salary
 
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Plantaria Assistant – Lincoln
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Garden Centre Manager
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EPOS Manager (Staffordshire)
Salary: £20,000 - £25,000
 
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Garden Centre Manager (Kent)
Salary: £30,000 - £32,000
 
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Sales Support Advisor - Amenity (Hampshire)
Salary: £18,000 - £22,000
 
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Garden Centre Manager (Kent)
Salary: £30,000 - £32,000


Garden Centre Manager | Kent (ref:DS9089)


Location: Kent
Salary: £30,000 - £32,000
Date: 15 Feb
Job Type: Full-Time
Duration: Permanent


This innovative and friendly family run garden centre are part of a small Kent based group who pride themselves in the great customer service that their loyal staff provide to their customers. They are now seeking a well organised leader with a can-do attitude to head up their garden centre team and inspire them to take the centre to the next level. A full job description is available but in a nutshell:

Job Purpose:
  • To manage the running of the centre enabling everyone to inspire, educate & equip customers.
  • Constantly find ways of improving the centre & motivating your staff to achieve agreed company targets & objectives.
  • To drive performance maximising commercial potential.
  • To promote staff ownership & accountability to create a positive & enjoyable working environment.
  • To ensure your centre runs within budget and achieves agreed targets.
  • To ensure that the centre operates within current Health & Safety legislation.
  • To contribute to the success of the Group as a whole.

They are seeking:
  • Ideally someone who has worked within the horticultural retail trade and understands the seasonal challenges that a business like this can face and can plan and organise staff and goods to respond to this.
  • Great communication skills, a motivating and inspiring leader who can instil confidence in staff and get them to perform at their best.
  • Someone who is a planner and can look ahead to insure that stock is available when needed, displays are always topical and can respond to the challenges of every season.
  • A superb people person who has a passion for Garden Centres.
In addition to salary the other benefits offered for the role are:
  • Enrolment into company pension scheme within 3 months, 5% employer & employee contributions.
  • Private Healthcare after 12 months premium paid by employer.
  • Non - contributory health scheme after 12 months to cover osteopathy, dental, optical, access to consultants, and many more. Premium paid by employer, invoice settled by employee and subsequently reclaimed from insurance.
  • 28 days holiday inclusive of 8 statutory days
  • Employee discount after six months (20% garden centre, 50% café)
  • Net profit bonus

To apply for this role click here

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