Seasonal Plant Department Manager, Le Friquet

Position: Seasonal Plant Department Manager

Location: Le Friquet Garden Centre, Guernsey, Channel Islands, part of the Blue Diamond Group 

Hours: Full-time, 40 hours per week, including alternate weekends 

Salary: Competitive, depending on experience 

 

Seasonal Plant Department Manager- situated at Le Friquet Garden Centre.

An opportunity has recently arisen at our Le Friquet Garden Centre. 

Are you passionate about plants, gardening, and creating stunning displays that inspire? Do you thrive in a vibrant retail environment and love delivering exceptional customer service? If so, we want YOU to be part of our dynamic team!

Why Join Us?
At Le Friquet Garden Centre, we’re more than just a garden centre — we’re a community of gardening and retail enthusiasts dedicated to excellence, innovation, and providing our customers with an unforgettable shopping experience.

Le Friquet Garden Centre is also part of the Blue Diamond Group, the UK's largest Garden Centre Group in terms of turnover, having grown from a turnover of £187 million in 2019 to a turnover of over £400 million in 2025.

With 52 centres across the UK and Channel Islands, we are constantly evolving and expanding, and we want YOU to grow with us!

Our target demographic is AB1 customers, and we attract this caliber of customers by offering inspirational retailing with a point of difference: style, emotion, and innovation for the home and garden, whilst providing exceptional customer service.

Our Managing Director, Alan Roper, has headed up the Group since 1999 and we pride ourselves on our exceptional staff retention and in empowering our staff to reach their full potential and enjoy a rewarding career.

The Role

Our Seasonal Plant Department Managers pride themselves not only on giving our customers the very best in product quality and choice but also on providing them with an aspirational shopping experience through creating stunning visual displays. They work hard to constantly ensure stock availability, that our high standards of plant care and quality are always maintained, and that our customers enjoy exceptional service and specialist advice.

As a Seasonal Plant Department Manager, you would be responsible for managing and leading your team in pulling all of this vital activity together so that our customers have a truly unique and memorable shopping experience. Your focus will always be on the customer and meeting their expectations, but you will also have responsibility for driving sales and profitability – so you will have a real sense of ownership and empowerment!

Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

· Managing, motivating, and supporting a small team within the plant department

· Ensuring plants are watered, fed, merchandised, and labelled correctly

· Monitoring stock levels and assisting with ordering to meet customer demand

· Maintaining a safe, clean, and attractive environment for customers and staff

· Providing expert advice to customers and delivering excellent service

· Assisting with seasonal events and promotional displays

. Providing guidelines on action points following reports and floor walks.

. Print and put out POS material in the relevant areas

The Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate will have;-

• Strong horticultural knowledge (formal qualifications are desirable but not essential).
• Have experience working in Garden Centres, although we are open to talking to candidates from any horticultural or retail background
• Have an energetic personality with an ability to easily engage with and connect with our AB1 target customers
• Have a creative and entrepreneurial attitude towards plant retailing
• Have excellent knowledge of roses, plant care, and maintenance
• Be able to recognise and act on sales opportunities
• Be meticulous to the detail in terms of product placement, standards, presentation, visual elevation, and overall look and feel
• Have the ability to manage and develop a team
• Be able to use reports to improve performance
• Have the ability to manage stock from entry to exit within the centre
• Be an excellent communicator
• Be able to use an EPOS system
• A commitment to move to Guernsey for 3 years

What We Offer

· Competitive salary

. We will pay your relocation costs to move to Guernsey

. We will pay for your accommodation for the first 3 months if needed

. 2 sets of return flights per year to the UK

· Generous staff discount

· Training and development opportunities

· A friendly, supportive working environment where your skills and knowledge are valued

. The opportunity to live and work outside of the UK

 

Please visit bluediamond.gg to find out more about us.