Outdoor Leisure and Christmas Manager- Brambridge Park Garden Centre

Position: Outdoor Leisure & Christmas Manager

Location: Brambridge Park Garden Centre, Kiln Ln, Brambridge, Colden Common, Eastleigh SO50 6HT

Hours: Full-Time, 42.5 hours a week, including alternate weekends

Salary: Competitive, depending on experience 

An exciting opportunity has recently arisen at our Brambridge Park Garden Centre. 

Are you passionate about garden leisure or the festive magic of Christmas? Whether it’s helping customers enjoy the outdoors or creating inspiring displays, we’re looking for enthusiastic team members this season who take pride in maintaining high retail standards.

Why Join Us?
At Brambridge Park 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.

Brambridge Park 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 are AB1 customers, and we attract this calibre 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.

We pride ourselves on excellent customer service and on delivering an exceptional and unique retail experience. As the ideal candidate, you will be immaculately presented, professional and friendly with a genuine interest in Outdoor Leisure & Christmas, as well as having a good eye for detail. Our customers are our main priority, so therefore you will be someone who is passionate about customer service, polite and outgoing, and someone who would always put our customers first.

As an Outdoor Leisure & Christmas Department Manager , you will be responsible for a list of product groups and or suppliers that you will be responsible for:

• Ordering
• Checking performance reports
• Merchandising and stock exit plans
• POS material is right in your areas
• Responsible for the retail standards in your area

General duties:

• Creating visual and inspirational displays to help sell products
• General shop floor maintenance and housekeeping
• Assisting customers with advice and carry to car or helping with orders.
• Using the EPOS system
• Merchandising stock
• Follow guidelines on action points following reports and floor-walks
• Print and put out POS material in the relevant areas
• Be able to identify slow moving stock and action

Manager Duties:

• Deputise the opening or closing of the Garden Centre on a rota basis.
• Communicate any issues or concerns to the CREM or CAT Manager
• Organise the Outdoor Leisure & Christmas team with weekly and daily tasks
• Update the team on instructions and guidelines from the Outdoor Leisure & Christmas HO team.

What We Offer:

• Competitive salary
• Generous staff discount
• Training and development opportunities
• A friendly, supportive working environment where your skills and knowledge are valued

Please visit bluediamond.gg to find out more about us