Garden Shop Department Manager
From horticruitment
Working For: horticruitment
Garden Shop Department Manager required
Job ref J176
Our client, a thriving garden centre, is seeking a dynamic Garden shop department manager which will oversee the – Garden Sundries, Giftware, Clothing, Houseplants, Wild Bird Care, and Seasonal items.
General duties
In association with all members of the team, to take part in and assist with the organisation of activity geared towards increasing the success of the Centre and to achieve the Centre’s established goals and objectives.
- Deliver excellent customer sales and service, hands on Sales role within the Seasonal Leisure department with a focus on sales.
- Develop, motivate, and lead the team as well as monitoring their performance and ongoing training
- Presentation and display of a vast range of plants and associated products
- Good housekeeping standards across the department with accurate stock control
- Manage the overall aesthetics of the department, ensuring required standards are achieved
- Ensure all Health & Safety standards are achieved across the department.
Responsibilities include:
Sales
To ensure that sales targets are achieved.
- To provide high levels of customer service at all times
- Collaborate with other departments to maximize cross-selling opportunities.
Staff
- Provide hands-on effective training on an on-going basis to all staff within your department.
- Conduct regular team meetings to communicate goals and provide updates.
- Ensure you and your staff are well presented in the correct staff uniform at all times.
- Ensure that weekly and daily work planning schedules are created and implemented.
- Ensure the department is adequately staffed daily.
Display, merchandising and layout.
- Achieve high standards of cleanliness and housekeeping at all times.
- Ensure that all stock is clearly priced at all times.
- Always ensure a high standard of neat and tidy merchandising.
- Ensure that all promotional display areas are fully stocked and always signed.
- Be responsible for the overall layout of the department.
- Ensure that the customer flow route is maintained around the department.
Duty manager role
When you are the Duty Manager, you are responsible for:
- Unlocking and opening of the Garden Centre
- Ensuring that the business is ready for sales.
- The overall running of the Centre, in particular:
- Duty rostering – ensuring adequate staff cover in all departments at all times.
- Ensuring the above happens particularly around break times.
- Closing down and securing the Garden Centre
Additional requirements
- Driving of telescopic forklift truck to receive deliveries (Training can be provided)
- Company Van use for customer deliveries
If this Garden Shop Department Manager vacancy is of interest, please apply or contact Jay Rimell on 01233 732767 or recruitment@horticruitment.com.
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