Horticulture Manager

My client is a well known Retail brand, boasting over 60 UK stores. They are looking to recruit an experienced Horticulture professional, to add value to their growing teams. 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