Hardy Plant Department Manager - Oxford Garden Centre up to £37,000 My client is offering you the chance to lead a thriving plant department within the UK's largest Garden Centre Group - a business that has seen massive growth in the last 5 years. This is your opportunity to combine your passion for horticulture with genuine career progression in a rapidly growing company that values its people, whilst enjoying the work life balance of every other weekend off. As a Hardy Plant Department Manager, you'll take ownership of a department where your horticultural expertise and creative flair will shine. You'll lead and motivate a dedicated team, creating stunning visual displays that inspire customers and transform their shopping experience into something truly memorable. This role gives you the chance to use your plant knowledge daily - advising customers, ensuring exceptional standards of plant care and quality, and merchandising beautiful seasonal displays. You'll drive sales and profitability while maintaining stock levels, monitoring performance through reports, and developing your team to reach their full potential. From managing day-to-day operations to crafting promotional displays for seasonal events, you'll have real ownership and empowerment in this Hardy Plant Department Manager position. This Hardy Plant Department Manager role would suit someone with strong horticultural knowledge and a genuine love for plants and gardening. Whether you've worked in garden centres before or come from another horticultural or retail background, your energetic personality, creative approach to plant retailing, and ability to connect with customers will be highly valued. If you're meticulous about presentation, passionate about delivering excellent service, and excited by the opportunity to manage and develop a team, this role offers the perfect blend of horticulture and leadership. What you'll enjoy as a Hardy Plant Department Manager: Competitive salary, depending on experience up to £37,000 Generous staff discount across 50+ centres Training and development opportunities with amazing career growth potential A friendly, supportive working environment where your horticultural expertise is truly valued My client is part of the UK's most successful Garden Centre Group, a business that has been led with vision and dedication renowned for exceptional staff retention and a genuine commitment to helping people build rewarding careers. With over 50 centres across the UK and a focus on inspirational retailing that attracts discerning customers, they're a company that's constantly evolving and expanding - and they want you to grow with them. If you're ready to step into this exciting Hardy Plant Department Manager opportunity and nurture both beautiful plants and your career, Select Recruitment would love to hear from you. Apply today and take the next step in your horticultural journey.
Dec 16, 2025
Full time
Hardy Plant Department Manager - Oxford Garden Centre up to £37,000 My client is offering you the chance to lead a thriving plant department within the UK's largest Garden Centre Group - a business that has seen massive growth in the last 5 years. This is your opportunity to combine your passion for horticulture with genuine career progression in a rapidly growing company that values its people, whilst enjoying the work life balance of every other weekend off. As a Hardy Plant Department Manager, you'll take ownership of a department where your horticultural expertise and creative flair will shine. You'll lead and motivate a dedicated team, creating stunning visual displays that inspire customers and transform their shopping experience into something truly memorable. This role gives you the chance to use your plant knowledge daily - advising customers, ensuring exceptional standards of plant care and quality, and merchandising beautiful seasonal displays. You'll drive sales and profitability while maintaining stock levels, monitoring performance through reports, and developing your team to reach their full potential. From managing day-to-day operations to crafting promotional displays for seasonal events, you'll have real ownership and empowerment in this Hardy Plant Department Manager position. This Hardy Plant Department Manager role would suit someone with strong horticultural knowledge and a genuine love for plants and gardening. Whether you've worked in garden centres before or come from another horticultural or retail background, your energetic personality, creative approach to plant retailing, and ability to connect with customers will be highly valued. If you're meticulous about presentation, passionate about delivering excellent service, and excited by the opportunity to manage and develop a team, this role offers the perfect blend of horticulture and leadership. What you'll enjoy as a Hardy Plant Department Manager: Competitive salary, depending on experience up to £37,000 Generous staff discount across 50+ centres Training and development opportunities with amazing career growth potential A friendly, supportive working environment where your horticultural expertise is truly valued My client is part of the UK's most successful Garden Centre Group, a business that has been led with vision and dedication renowned for exceptional staff retention and a genuine commitment to helping people build rewarding careers. With over 50 centres across the UK and a focus on inspirational retailing that attracts discerning customers, they're a company that's constantly evolving and expanding - and they want you to grow with them. If you're ready to step into this exciting Hardy Plant Department Manager opportunity and nurture both beautiful plants and your career, Select Recruitment would love to hear from you. Apply today and take the next step in your horticultural journey.
Our 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. You'll be effectively coaching and training all levels ensuring our teams are delivering a first-class customer experience and safe centre environment Adaptability. You'll act quickly and enthusiastically to changing priorities, workload and new regulations or requirements 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 - we're one team, getting better everyday. We bring a smile. We live and breathe gardens. We make it work for our customers. What we offer Generous annual leave entitlement. Use your holidays when you want with limited statutory days off required Treat yourself with generous uncapped discount across our stores with 50% off in our Restaurants, 25% off in the Garden Centre and 10% off in our food halls Access to Stream - 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 Access to Dobbies Academy - continue your development with our eLearning platform and development programmes Thriving culture; the Dobbies team are passionate, diverse and committed to making it work for our customers About us At Dobbies, we're proud to have a history dating back to 1865. We were founded by James Dobbie and are the only garden centre retailer to have stores in every nation across the UK. Our passion and joy for gardens and plants is what makes us special. In our stores, we showcase this through own brand and branded products, concession partners and services. We champion garden living all-year-round. Many of our stores feature a restaurant or coffee shop, where customers can enjoy refreshments or meals in a relaxed and welcoming environment. We offer a calendar of events and experiences that bring people and communities together, and we have a national charity partner that both our colleagues and customers raise money for. We're committed to being a great place to work. We're one team and we encourage our colleagues to be the best version of themselves, every day; to share their wins and celebrate success. Together, we make it work for our customers.
Dec 14, 2025
Full time
Our 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. You'll be effectively coaching and training all levels ensuring our teams are delivering a first-class customer experience and safe centre environment Adaptability. You'll act quickly and enthusiastically to changing priorities, workload and new regulations or requirements 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 - we're one team, getting better everyday. We bring a smile. We live and breathe gardens. We make it work for our customers. What we offer Generous annual leave entitlement. Use your holidays when you want with limited statutory days off required Treat yourself with generous uncapped discount across our stores with 50% off in our Restaurants, 25% off in the Garden Centre and 10% off in our food halls Access to Stream - 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 Access to Dobbies Academy - continue your development with our eLearning platform and development programmes Thriving culture; the Dobbies team are passionate, diverse and committed to making it work for our customers About us At Dobbies, we're proud to have a history dating back to 1865. We were founded by James Dobbie and are the only garden centre retailer to have stores in every nation across the UK. Our passion and joy for gardens and plants is what makes us special. In our stores, we showcase this through own brand and branded products, concession partners and services. We champion garden living all-year-round. Many of our stores feature a restaurant or coffee shop, where customers can enjoy refreshments or meals in a relaxed and welcoming environment. We offer a calendar of events and experiences that bring people and communities together, and we have a national charity partner that both our colleagues and customers raise money for. We're committed to being a great place to work. We're one team and we encourage our colleagues to be the best version of themselves, every day; to share their wins and celebrate success. Together, we make it work for our customers.
Dobbies Garden Centres Ltd
Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk
Our 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. You'll be effectively coaching and training all levels ensuring our teams are delivering a first-class customer experience and safe centre environment Adaptability. You'll act quickly and enthusiastically to changing priorities, workload and new regulations or requirements 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 - we're one team, getting better everyday. We bring a smile. We live and breathe gardens. We make it work for our customers. What we offer Generous annual leave entitlement. Use your holidays when you want with limited statutory days off required Treat yourself with generous uncapped discount across our stores with 50% off in our Restaurants, 25% off in the Garden Centre and 10% off in our food halls Access to Stream - 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 Access to Dobbies Academy - continue your development with our eLearning platform and development programmes Thriving culture; the Dobbies team are passionate, diverse and committed to making it work for our customers About us At Dobbies, we're proud to have a history dating back to 1865. We were founded by James Dobbie and are the only garden centre retailer to have stores in every nation across the UK. Our passion and joy for gardens and plants is what makes us special. In our stores, we showcase this through own brand and branded products, concession partners and services. We champion garden living all-year-round. Many of our stores feature a restaurant or coffee shop, where customers can enjoy refreshments or meals in a relaxed and welcoming environment. We offer a calendar of events and experiences that bring people and communities together, and we have a national charity partner that both our colleagues and customers raise money for. We're committed to being a great place to work. We're one team and we encourage our colleagues to be the best version of themselves, every day; to share their wins and celebrate success. Together, we make it work for our customers.
Dec 12, 2025
Full time
Our 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. You'll be effectively coaching and training all levels ensuring our teams are delivering a first-class customer experience and safe centre environment Adaptability. You'll act quickly and enthusiastically to changing priorities, workload and new regulations or requirements 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 - we're one team, getting better everyday. We bring a smile. We live and breathe gardens. We make it work for our customers. What we offer Generous annual leave entitlement. Use your holidays when you want with limited statutory days off required Treat yourself with generous uncapped discount across our stores with 50% off in our Restaurants, 25% off in the Garden Centre and 10% off in our food halls Access to Stream - 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 Access to Dobbies Academy - continue your development with our eLearning platform and development programmes Thriving culture; the Dobbies team are passionate, diverse and committed to making it work for our customers About us At Dobbies, we're proud to have a history dating back to 1865. We were founded by James Dobbie and are the only garden centre retailer to have stores in every nation across the UK. Our passion and joy for gardens and plants is what makes us special. In our stores, we showcase this through own brand and branded products, concession partners and services. We champion garden living all-year-round. Many of our stores feature a restaurant or coffee shop, where customers can enjoy refreshments or meals in a relaxed and welcoming environment. We offer a calendar of events and experiences that bring people and communities together, and we have a national charity partner that both our colleagues and customers raise money for. We're committed to being a great place to work. We're one team and we encourage our colleagues to be the best version of themselves, every day; to share their wins and celebrate success. Together, we make it work for our customers.
Assistant Garden Centre Manager Surrey Salary: DOE Are you a passionate and experienced retail leader with a love for plants, people, and creating inspiring shopping experiences? We're looking for an Assistant Garden Centre Manager to join a well-established, high-quality garden centre known for its exceptional customer service and beautifully presented ranges. About the Role As Assistant Garden Centre Manager, you'll work closely with the Centre Manager to lead and motivate a team across multiple departments, ensuring the store runs smoothly and delivers outstanding results. You'll be involved in everything from commercial planning and visual merchandising to stock control and people management, while also providing hands-on support on the shop floor. Key Responsibilities Support the Centre Manager in day-to-day operations and deputise in their absence Lead by example to deliver excellent customer service and drive sales performance Ensure all product areas are well-stocked, beautifully merchandised, and seasonally relevant Manage stock levels, ordering, and supplier relationships to maximise availability and minimise waste Assist in recruiting, training, and developing a motivated, knowledgeable team Maintain high standards of health and safety, housekeeping, and compliance across the site About You Proven retail management, ideally within a garden centre, horticultural, or lifestyle retail environment Strong commercial awareness with the ability to analyse sales, identify opportunities, and take action A natural leader with excellent people skills who can inspire and develop a team Passionate about plants, gardening, and delivering an exceptional customer experience Flexible and hands-on, happy to work weekends and peak seasonal periods as required If you're ready to bring your retail leadership skills and passion for gardening to a role where no two days are the same, we'd love to hear from you. How to Apply If you're ready to bring your retail leadership skills and passion for gardening to a role where no two days are the same, we'd be keen to hear from you. Please apply below or contact Michail at or at . JBRP1_UKTJ
Dec 09, 2025
Full time
Assistant Garden Centre Manager Surrey Salary: DOE Are you a passionate and experienced retail leader with a love for plants, people, and creating inspiring shopping experiences? We're looking for an Assistant Garden Centre Manager to join a well-established, high-quality garden centre known for its exceptional customer service and beautifully presented ranges. About the Role As Assistant Garden Centre Manager, you'll work closely with the Centre Manager to lead and motivate a team across multiple departments, ensuring the store runs smoothly and delivers outstanding results. You'll be involved in everything from commercial planning and visual merchandising to stock control and people management, while also providing hands-on support on the shop floor. Key Responsibilities Support the Centre Manager in day-to-day operations and deputise in their absence Lead by example to deliver excellent customer service and drive sales performance Ensure all product areas are well-stocked, beautifully merchandised, and seasonally relevant Manage stock levels, ordering, and supplier relationships to maximise availability and minimise waste Assist in recruiting, training, and developing a motivated, knowledgeable team Maintain high standards of health and safety, housekeeping, and compliance across the site About You Proven retail management, ideally within a garden centre, horticultural, or lifestyle retail environment Strong commercial awareness with the ability to analyse sales, identify opportunities, and take action A natural leader with excellent people skills who can inspire and develop a team Passionate about plants, gardening, and delivering an exceptional customer experience Flexible and hands-on, happy to work weekends and peak seasonal periods as required If you're ready to bring your retail leadership skills and passion for gardening to a role where no two days are the same, we'd love to hear from you. How to Apply If you're ready to bring your retail leadership skills and passion for gardening to a role where no two days are the same, we'd be keen to hear from you. Please apply below or contact Michail at or at . JBRP1_UKTJ
Our 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. You'll be effectively coaching and training all levels ensuring our teams are delivering a first-class customer experience and safe centre environment Adaptability. You'll act quickly and enthusiastically to changing priorities, workload and new regulations or requirements 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 - we're one team, getting better everyday. We bring a smile. We live and breathe gardens. We make it work for our customers. What we offer Generous annual leave entitlement. Use your holidays when you want with limited statutory days off required Treat yourself with generous uncapped discount across our stores with 50% off in our Restaurants, 25% off in the Garden Centre and 10% off in our food halls Access to Stream - 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 Access to Dobbies Academy - continue your development with our eLearning platform and development programmes Thriving culture; the Dobbies team are passionate, diverse and committed to making it work for our customers About us At Dobbies, we're proud to have a history dating back to 1865. We were founded by James Dobbie and are the only garden centre retailer to have stores in every nation across the UK. Our passion and joy for gardens and plants is what makes us special. In our stores, we showcase this through own brand and branded products, concession partners and services. We champion garden living all-year-round. Many of our stores feature a restaurant or coffee shop, where customers can enjoy refreshments or meals in a relaxed and welcoming environment. We offer a calendar of events and experiences that bring people and communities together, and we have a national charity partner that both our colleagues and customers raise money for. We're committed to being a great place to work. We're one team and we encourage our colleagues to be the best version of themselves, every day; to share their wins and celebrate success. Together, we make it work for our customers.
Dec 08, 2025
Full time
Our 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. You'll be effectively coaching and training all levels ensuring our teams are delivering a first-class customer experience and safe centre environment Adaptability. You'll act quickly and enthusiastically to changing priorities, workload and new regulations or requirements 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 - we're one team, getting better everyday. We bring a smile. We live and breathe gardens. We make it work for our customers. What we offer Generous annual leave entitlement. Use your holidays when you want with limited statutory days off required Treat yourself with generous uncapped discount across our stores with 50% off in our Restaurants, 25% off in the Garden Centre and 10% off in our food halls Access to Stream - 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 Access to Dobbies Academy - continue your development with our eLearning platform and development programmes Thriving culture; the Dobbies team are passionate, diverse and committed to making it work for our customers About us At Dobbies, we're proud to have a history dating back to 1865. We were founded by James Dobbie and are the only garden centre retailer to have stores in every nation across the UK. Our passion and joy for gardens and plants is what makes us special. In our stores, we showcase this through own brand and branded products, concession partners and services. We champion garden living all-year-round. Many of our stores feature a restaurant or coffee shop, where customers can enjoy refreshments or meals in a relaxed and welcoming environment. We offer a calendar of events and experiences that bring people and communities together, and we have a national charity partner that both our colleagues and customers raise money for. We're committed to being a great place to work. We're one team and we encourage our colleagues to be the best version of themselves, every day; to share their wins and celebrate success. Together, we make it work for our customers.
