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Date Added: Tue 15/07/2025

Plants / Horticulture Manager

Hungerford, RG17, UK
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Company: KAT RECRUITMENT

Job Type: Permanent, Full Time

Salary: £33000 - £35000/annum

Do you have strong Retail Team Leader / Management experience with a passion for Horticulture? If so, this role could be for you. My client is looking to recruit a Plants / Horti Manager for their fantastic Garden Centre. You don't have to have extensive Horti working experience, but do need Team Leader / Management experience in a Retail enviornment.

Their Horticulture Managers play an essential role in delivering customer experience across our stores - driving sales, promoting customer loyalty, providing excellent plant advice and maintaining department standards, whilst working alongside the general manager to set a standard within our flagship department.

Responsibilities

* Oversee the horticulture department operations to maximise profitable sales and growth, whilst creating a unique customer focused environment

* Providing expert advice and guidance in relation to plant care, maintenance and core gardening products

* Sparking your team's passion for delivering the best in-store experience possible by creating a brilliant customer journey and experience

* Working closely with our central support teams, maintaining excellent communication to improve our business

* Ensuring all health & safety regulations are carried out across the store, whilst caring for employee and customer welfare

* As a member of the senior management team, you will also have duty manager responsibilities including key holder duties

Who we are looking for

* You'll bring horticultural expertise with experience of retail management

* Commercial awareness and understanding of budgets, profitability from driving sales and improved ways of working

* Ability to identify training needs.

* Adaptability.

* Positively managing change, you'll lead the team through each season with care and motivation to deliver the best

* Can demonstrate our values at all times

What they offer.

* Generous annual leave entitlement. Use your holidays when you want with limited statutory days off required

* Treat yourself with generous uncapped discount across their stores.

* Access to Wagestream - support your financial wellbeing, with ability to access earnings ahead of pay day, save for the future and financial advice

* Access to Retail Trust - seek confidential support, access to a virtual GP, free counselling service and discounted retail rewards with our employee wellbeing platform

* Learning & Development support development programmes
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