Horticulture Area Expert

1 week ago

Sudbury, United Kingdom Perrywood Garden Centre & Nurseries Ltd Full time

**Plant Area Expert (Fixed term contract for up to 12 months with the possibility of a Permanent position)**

**Full-time, permanent (working four weekdays and one alternate weekend day)**

**(time and 1/2 for working weekends and bank holidays)**

**About Perrywood Garden Centre & Nurseries Ltd**

Perrywood is an independent, family-owned garden centre and nursery run by the Bourne Family. Both our Tiptree and Sudbury centres are surrounded by beautiful countryside. Our mission is to offer a memorable garden centre experience; delivering wow customer service and giving our employees and customers, a reason to smile.

**Rewards and Benefits**

In addition to your salary, you will receive the following benefits:
**o Discount** - From the start of your employment you will receive 10% discount on specific items. Following a successful probation period, the discount increases up to 20% discount on specific items and after one year’s service up to 40% discount on specific items. (some exceptions apply)

**o Annual Christmas bonus**

**o Part-uniform provided**

**o Employee Assistant Programme** - a confidential personal and professional support service available to all employees and their immediate families 24/7, 365 days a year.

**o Training & development**, as required. We have an e-learning scheme called GROW, and also take part in other training with product suppliers and external trainers

**o Company sick pay** - following a successful probation period employees are entitled to 10 days paid sickness (part-time pro rata)

**o Access to our Retail Discount Scheme** - savings on retailers including Tesco, Pizza Express,M&S, Waitrose, Argos, Apple, Currys PC World, Thomas Cook and 100’s more
- **Workplace pension**
- **Free parking**

**Key duties**
- You will undertake daily watering and stocking up of the outdoor and indoor plant areas.
- You will create dynamic displays, which encourage customer sales.
- You will confidently answer customer queries, and be knowledgeable about planting combinations and looking after plants.
- Assist with the building of displays and picking customer orders.
- Maintaining the cleanliness of the garden centre and stock areas.
- When needed you will assist in other areas of the business and nursery production.
- Receiving of deliveries and stock transfers.
- Maintain healthy plant stock.

**Your capabilities**
- Good plant/horticulture knowledge essential
- whether that’s in the form of a relevant qualification, experience of working in a garden centre, plant retail or similar environment.
- Good verbal communication skills, and customer service skills, confident in dealing with members of the public.
- Ability to give instruction to Plant Area Assistants on plant care, maintenance and watering.
- Able to follow instructions from your supervisors, and work on your own initiative.

**Requirements**:

- You’ll need to work alternating weekends and bank holidays.

**Perrywood is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you require any reasonable adjustments, please inform us as soon as you are able so that we can make the appropriate adjustments.**

**Job Types**: Full-time, Fixed term contract

**Salary**: £11.00-£11.50 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Company events
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Store discount

Application question(s):

- Do you have an RHS qualification or equivalent?
- Due to our rural location and limited access to public transport your own transport is preferred.
- Tell us about your horticulture/plant expertise.
- Tell us about your plant knowledge.

**Experience**:

- Plant knowledge: 1 year (required)
- Customer service: 1 year (required)
- Plant retailing: 1 year (required)

Work Location: In person

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