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Bumper year of hand-outs from GCA Trust
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Flying start for Groen-Direkt in The Netherlands
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The Greatest Awards go back on tour in 2016
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Garden Centre Shop Manager
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Kent & Stowe and Flopro to showcase new ranges
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The Mayor of Dorchester to open Poundbury Gardens’ 10-year celebrations
EU Plant Health Rapporteur to speak at HTA Plant Health Conference
Hillier to launch major new charity plant introduction at Chelsea Flower Show
Kent garden centre business for sale
GIMA Awards return to Celtic Manor Resort
Pictures from The Greatest Christmas Gold-winning Teams
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Situations Vacant
Assistant Shop Manager
Competitive salary
 
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Plant Area Manager (Full time, including alternate weekends)
West Horsley KT24 6AR
 
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Assistant Garden Centre Manager
Salary: £23,000 - £25,000
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Bedding Department Head (Full time, including alternate weekends)
West Horsley KT24 6AR
 
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Garden Centre Shop Manager
Salary: £20,000 - £26,000
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Horticultural Content Team Leader \ Essex
Salary: Dependent on experience
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Plant Area Sales Assistant (Full time, including alternate weekends)
Twickenham TW2 5PA
 
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Plantarea Manager / Supervisory / Berkshire
Salary: Dependent on experience
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Garden Centre Shop Manager
Salary: £20,000 - £26,000


Garden Centre Shop Manager (ref:DS8038)

Location: Berkshire
Salary: £20,000 - £26,000
Date: 01 Feb
Job Type: Full-Time
Duration: Permanent


Our client is a garden centre group who are looking for candidates for their garden shop department. They are looking for customer facing retailers who have experiences in selling garden care products, seeds, garden tools etc. Someone who are a step above the average and can demonstrate strength in the following;
  • Service - able to sell through service and demonstrate to the team how to do this.
  • People - great at developing a team, leading by example and holding the team accountable.
  • Process - able to get to grips quickly with process, understand them, follow to the letter and coach on them.
  • Standards - able to live and breed leading standards, not accepting second best and challenging the team to deliver the best they can.
  • Planning - someone who can plan and think what is needed to be achieved / delivered tomorrow, next week etc. not just living for the day.
  • Task - someone who is happy to be hands on but not to do the work of the team for them.
They are open to the background and experience of the candidate but would like to see candidates coming from a volume Retail background, perhaps Supermarkets, DIY etc.

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