Retail Department Manager (Horticulture)

We are currently looking for a Retail Department Manager (Horti) to join our friendly team at our Chichester Garden Centre. This role is being offered on a permanant, full time basis of 37.5 per week, averaged over a two week work pattern, with alternate weekend working.

We offer:

Salary of up to £27,000 per annum (depending on experience)

Sociable hours (daytime only)

Alternate weekend working

Full training

Online Learning Hub

Employee discount of 20%

Discount of 50% on restaurant menu whilst on shift

31 days annual leave (pro-rata if part time)

Enhanced company pension

Life assurance cover 

Extended Christmas closure for Christmas Day, Boxing Day and the day after 

Free on-site parking

Enhanced Employee Assistance Programme for both you and your immediate family, including free counselling on health, financial, legal and personal/family matters

Company Christmas gifts (eligibility based on start date with Company) 

Free access to the Sir Harold Hillier Gardens, Romsey and deals at other gardens nationally

You will be joining a renowned and established family business of over 150 years, working sociable hours in a fun and friendly environment with an amazing bunch of people. We place great value on all our team members and how they contribute to the ongoing success and growth of our Company.

If you are a natural leader, with some horticultural experience, who motivates, encourages and nurtures your team members to be the best they can be and to help them develop to the next stage of their career, then this may be the opportunity you have been looking for. Being part of the management team, you will also play a key role in the culture and success of the Garden Centre, adopting the values that make Hillier an employer of choice.

Do you take pride in ensuring customers experience the “wow factor”? If so, you will love working with a wide variety of fabulous plants, grown at our own Hillier nursery in Romsey and utilising your creative eye for detail to maximise sales. You will provide the very best customer service and plant advice to delight our loyal customers who come back to visit us time and again.

Have we captured your interest and would you like to know more? Then please apply and we will be in touch with you soon.