Assistant Garden Team Leader

Kiwis love to garden, and at Mitre 10 MEGA Cambridge, we love helping our customers bring their gardens and outdoor spaces to life.

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced garden retail professional to join our Garden Centre leadership team as Assistant Garden Team Leader.

We are looking for someone with strong gardening and plant knowledge, proven experience in leading and motivating a team, and a genuine passion for delivering outstanding customer service.

Working alongside the Garden Team Leader, you will take an active role in the day-to-day running of the department, supporting the team, maintaining high retail standards, and ensuring our customers receive knowledgeable advice and great service.

What you'll bring

To succeed in this role, you will have:

• Strong practical knowledge of gardening, plants, green goods and associated garden products

• Previous experience leading, supervising or coordinating a team

• A genuine passion for gardening and the confidence to provide knowledgeable advice to customers

• A strong customer-first approach with the ability to understand and meet our customers' needs

• The ability to lead by example, motivate others and create a positive team environment

• Excellent communication and organisational skills

• Previous retail experience, including stock management and maintaining strong merchandising standards

• The ability to work collaboratively with the Garden Team Leader while confidently stepping up and providing leadership when required

• A proactive, hands-on approach with the drive to help achieve departmental goals and targets

• Ideally, a current forklift licence, or a clean full driver's licence with the ability to complete the required training

The role

As Assistant Garden Team Leader, you will help ensure our Garden Centre delivers a consistently high standard across customer service, product knowledge, stock management, presentation and team performance.

This is very much a hands-on leadership position, so we're looking for someone who is equally comfortable helping a customer with a gardening question, working alongside the team, and taking responsibility for the department when required.

The position is 40hours per week and operates on a roster basis and will include one weekend day. 

Ready to grow your career?

If you have strong garden knowledge, retail experience and proven ability to lead a team, and you're ready for your next leadership opportunity, we'd love to hear from you.

Please apply through this website with your CV and cover letter, telling us what you can bring to the Garden Centre team at Mitre 10 MEGA Cambridge.

Apply now

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