At Jack Moody Group, we are passionate about transforming outdoor spaces into beautiful, functional and sustainable environments.  With over 60 years of experience and commitment to excellence, we have become a leading provider of landscaping services in the UK. We pride ourselves on our creativity, professionalism and dedication to client satisfaction.

Due to continued growth and development of our 12-acre nursery, we are now looking for an experienced, enthusiastic, and passionate horticulturalist to take on the management of the nursery and it’s growing team.

This role would suit someone that is motivated and a passionate person, who is experienced in working on a nursery or in a garden centre, managing a team, organised, productive with their time and will help to continue the businesses growth and continued success on their exciting journey, whilst developing the production nursery cash and carry. Their focus is to produce retail quality stock for garden centres and domestic landscapers as well as in-house sales for their landscaping division.

Responsibilities include:

You will be involved in a variety of duties including but not limited to:

• Managing production for retail and cash and carry customers including producing production plans
• Managing the small but growing team accordingly with all nursery duties including the yard assistants leading the team by example
• Leading the team to ensure that individuals possess a high level of product knowledge and that they perform in an efficient and productive manner in line with company policies and procedures
• Checking stock regularly to ensure optimum quality with great attention to detail and implement pest and disease control and appropriate fertiliser schedules when necessary
• Overseeing incoming stock and orders ready for dispatch to ensure we maintain our high level of quality and service
• Controlling and maintaining an irrigation system and the general maintenance on the nursery
• Manage staff rotas, working hours, absence and holiday requests
• Ability to drive sales and to meet set budgets, controlling spends and wastage
• Liaising with customers regularly to discuss production plans, orders, and contract grows
• Complying with plant health protocol and procedures.

Required:

• A minimum of 3 years nursery/garden centre experience, ideally in production for retail sales but not essential
• You must be passionate about plants, enjoy working outdoors year-round in all weathers and happy to get stuck into other duties as the site continues to change and develop
• You must work well on your own as well as managing a small but growing team – currently 6 members of staff
• You must also understand the importance of plant health and quality ensuring we produce the finest retail plants with quality always being your top priority
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and show take the initiative
• A highly skilled communicator who can effectively communicate with their team as well as effectively communicating and reporting to the Group Purchasing Manager
• A hands-on approach where you set a great example for the team, exhibiting confidence and enthusiasm
• You must lead by example and be able to motivate and delegate tasks efficiently.

Desirable but not essential:

• FLT licence
• PA1 and PA6 spraying licenses

Salary/hours:

• £35,000 – £45,000 per year
• Monday to Friday 7:00am – 4:00pm with extra hours when required by the business
• Permanent, full-time position.

Benefits:

• 28 days holiday including Bank Holidays
• 10% Staff Discount in the garden centre
• Generous staff discount on our own-grown nursery stock
• Company pension
• On-site parking

Jack Moody Group are an equal opportunity employer.

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