Food Department Manager- Chenies Garden Centre

Position: Food Hall Manager

Location: Chenies Garden Centre, Chenies, Rickmansworth WD3 6EN

Hours: Part time 30 hours 

Salary: Competitive, depending on experience

Are you a passionate food retail leader with a flair for presentation and exceptional customer service? We are looking for an experienced Food Hall Manager to lead our Food Hall at Chenies Garden Centre. This is a key management role, responsible for driving sales, maintaining exceptional standards, and delivering an outstanding food shopping experience.

Why Join Us?

Blue Diamond is the leading name in Garden Centre retail, celebrated for our commitment to quality, style, and exceptional customer experience. We believe in nurturing talent, providing growth opportunities, and celebrating our team's successes.

Chenies is 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 customer 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:

As Food Hall Manager, you will have full responsibility for the performance, standards, and team within the Food Hall, ensuring it is commercially successful, compliant, and visually inspiring.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Leading, motivating, and developing the Food Hall team to deliver outstanding customer service

• Driving sales, margin, and stock control in line with business targets

• Maintaining exceptional standards of food safety, hygiene, and legal compliance

• Managing stock availability, ordering, waste, and rotation to maximise profitability

• Ensuring high standards of visual merchandising and product presentation

• Analysing sales performance and implementing actions to improve results

• Working closely with the centre management team to support overall business objectives

About You:

We are looking for someone who is:

• An experienced food retail manager (e.g. farm shop, deli, supermarket, or hospitality retail)

• Commercially minded, with strong stock and margin management skills

• Knowledgeable and confident around food safety, compliance, and hygiene standards

• A strong people leader who can inspire, coach, and develop a team

• Customer-focused, organised, and adaptable in a fast-paced environment

What We Offer:

• Competitive salary

• Generous staff discount

• Training and development opportunities

• Clear progression opportunities within the Blue Diamond Group

• A supportive and dynamic management environment

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