Garden Centre Assistant Manager

Garden Centre Assistant Manager - Deeside

Location: Deeside, Flintshire

Salary: Up to £32,000 per annum

Job Type: Full-Time, Permanent

Love retail, great customer service and creating a shopping experience that keeps customers coming back? This could be the perfect next step in your management career.

C2 Recruitment is looking for an enthusiastic and commercially minded Garden Centre Assistant Manager to join a successful and well-established garden centre in Deeside.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced retail manager who enjoys leading people, driving sales and taking pride in a well-run, beautifully presented store.

You'll take responsibility for the indoor retail areas, working closely with the Garden Centre Manager and Plant Area Manager to ensure the whole centre delivers a great experience for customers.

What You'll Be Doing

• Leading and motivating your team to deliver excellent customer service.

• Driving sales, profitability and overall retail performance.

• Managing the day-to-day running of the indoor retail departments.

• Creating attractive, inspiring product displays that encourage customers to buy.

• Maintaining excellent merchandising, stock availability and presentation standards.

• Coaching and developing your team to build their confidence and product knowledge.

• Supporting stock deliveries, warehouse operations and general store administration.

• Providing duty management cover across the garden centre when required.

What We're Looking For

We're looking for a hands-on retail leader who knows how to get the best out of their team and enjoys being involved in the day-to-day operation.

You'll ideally bring:

• Previous experience as an Assistant Manager, Department Manager or similar retail leadership role.

• A strong commercial mindset with experience of driving sales and achieving targets.

• Excellent people management, coaching and communication skills.

• A passion for great merchandising and delivering an outstanding customer experience.

• Good organisational skills and the ability to manage a busy retail environment.

• An interest in gardening, plants, homeware or lifestyle products would be a real advantage.

Garden centre experience would be welcome, but we're equally interested in talented managers from other retail backgrounds.

What's On Offer?

• Salary up to £32,000 per annum

• No evening working - enjoy a better work/life balance

• 6 weeks' annual leave

• Generous staff discounts

• Health Cash Plan

• Access to hundreds of retail and lifestyle discounts

• Free parking

• A varied, hands-on management role within a welcoming retail environment

Ready for Your Next Move?

If you're an experienced retail manager who loves leading a team, delivering results and creating a fantastic customer experience, we'd love to hear from you.

You don't need to know everything about gardening - but you do need to know how to run a great retail operation.

Apply today through C2 Recruitment and take the next step in your retail management career.

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