Horticulture Production Manager

Nursery Production Manager

Perrywood Garden Centre & Nurseries

Full-time (Working 5 days Monday to Friday)

Salary: £30,000 per annum

This is an exciting time and a great opportunity for an enthusiastic, energetic individual to join our team in our plant nursery, working across all three centres: Perrywood Tiptree, Sudbury, and Buckhatch. The role does not require horticultural experience but would suit someone with a process or team management background.

Your responsibilities will include management of a small team and overseeing the smooth running of partly mechanised production lines, to help run and develop the plant production department, and to drive one of our values, which is to get plants into people's lives.

About Perrywood Garden Centre & Nurseries Ltd

We are a family-owned and run business that has been growing plants since the 1950s. Our Tiptree Garden Centre is ranked number 1 in the Garden Centre Association UK league table. Our long-term vision is to inspire people to get more plants in their lives, and the Perrywood Grown range of plants is a core part of the business.

Our nursery grows over 1 million plants annually and they are grown exclusively for our three Perrywood stores. The nursery includes a propagation house and a modern warehouse housing a potting machine, transplanter and seeder.

You will be ultimately responsible for the smooth running of all production lines and the quality of output of plants. Once you have the overall goals for the season you will develop production plans, plan and organise day to day work leading a small team to complete tasks efficiently to a high standard of output, and manage any resources you need i.e., compost, pots/packs, labels and potential staff we may need for busy seasons.

Rewards and Benefits

In addition to your salary, you will receive the following benefits:

• 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)
• Paid holiday – holiday entitlement is 22 days per year, plus bank holidays.
• Annual Christmas bonus
• Part-uniform provided
• Employee Assistant Programme - a confidential personal and professional support service available to all employees and their immediate families 24/7, 365 days a year.
• 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
• Company sick pay – following a successful probation period employees are entitled to 10 days paid sickness (part-time pro rata & subject to restrictions)
• 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

• Manage plant nursery production lines.
• A process and logistic role – horticulture skills are an advantage, but not necessary.
• Lead a small team to plan and organise day-to-day work, working out the order of production and organising the production schedule (Directed by the Nursery Operations Manager, which feeds into the overall business strategy) and create a positive culture that is focused on maintaining high standards by inspiring and developing talent within your team.
• Conducting informal and formal catch-ups, coaching and supporting them to be the 'best they can be' in their role, managing performance, managing absence and holidays, and organising training & development opportunities.
• Responsible for seasonal recruitment.
• Managing goods in and dispatch to Sudbury & Buckhatch.
• Ensuring we meet a high level of standards with Machine setup/production, planting, watering, cleanliness, and communication between departments.
• Admin tasks, tracking stock, ordering consumables.
• Working with the Health and Safety Manager to support the implementation of health & safety procedures to ensure company compliance and staff safety.
• Assist the team in key tasks and cover their absences – Stock movements, machine cover.
• Forklift truck experience (Not essential)

This is not an exhaustive list, and you are required to be flexible in your approach to carrying out your duties.

Requirements

• Leadership, management and coaching skills
• A good understanding of warehouse production and logistics and distribution.
• Excellent communication skills, with a confident approach to supervising a team.
• Ability to lift and carry e.g. moving stock, operating machinery (Training provided).

Ideal candidate

• You can lead with authority and inspire and motivate your team, acting as a positive role model and encouraging each team member to be their best.
• You are a clear communicator and can use a variety of methods to keep the team well informed.
• You react well in a crisis and can think on your feet to problem solve.

If this Nursery Production Manager position sounds like the ideal opportunity for you, please apply directly to us. We'd love to hear from you

For further information and a full job description, please visit the Perrywood website

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 Type: Full-time

Pay: From £30,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Employee discount
• Free parking
• Health & wellbeing programme
• On-site parking
• Store discount

Application question(s):

• Please tell us about your experience of managing a production line
• Please give examples of when you have led a team
• Please tell us how you manage and coach a successful team giving clear examples
• Do you have horticulture experience, if yes please give details

Work Location: In person