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Garden Centre Manager

  • Location:

    The Scottish Borders

  • Sector:

    Garden Centre

  • Salary:

    Negotiable

  • Contact:

    Leo Novakovic

  • Job ref:

    LN20162

  • Published:

    1 day ago

  • Startdate:

    ASAP

Garden Centre Manager
Hours: 42.5 hours per week (includes alternate weekends)

Are you a retail manager with a green thumb and a passion for delivering a standout customer experience?

This is a great opportunity to take charge of a well-established garden centre. You'll be leading from the front - driving sales, coaching your team, and making sure everything from plant health to point-of-sale is on point. If you know your way around a garden centre and love retail done well, this could be your next step.

What you'll be doing:

  • Running the show day-to-day - from customer service and merchandising to stock levels and staffing.
  • Leading a team across all departments, ensuring standards stay high and sales keep growing.
  • Creating eye-catching displays that are both inspiring and informative.
  • Making sure the plants look their best and your team knows their stuff when it comes to product knowledge.
  • Taking care of cash handling, admin tasks, and back-office responsibilities.
  • Supporting the goods-in process and helping keep the centre tidy, welcoming, and well-organised.
  • Working with Area Managers and passing down clear targets and goals to your team leads.

The ideal candidate:

  • A strong retail background with experience in leading teams and hitting targets.
  • A genuine passion for plants and horticulture - enough to lead by example.
  • Someone who knows how to get the best out of people through training, coaching, and motivation.
  • A confident communicator with energy and a hands-on approach.
  • Commercially savvy - comfortable balancing the numbers with great customer service.

Perks & Benefits?

  • A proper work-life balance - no late nights
  • Staff discount across products
  • Health and wellbeing support, including a cash plan
  • Access to lifestyle and retail discounts
  • 6 weeks of annual leave
  • Free onsite parking

Interested?

Send your CV our way - we're moving quickly on this one.
For more info, contact Leo at leo@morepeople.co.uk or call 01780 480530.