Garden Centre Area Manager - Essex

Garden Centre Area Manager Location: Essex Salary: Competitive, DOE + Car Allowance This is a key regional leadership role within a leading and rapidly growing garden centre group. The business is continuing to expand its reach and is now looking for an experienced Regional Manager to take ownership of their Essex region. This is a hands-on multi-site role, responsible for leading a number of established garden centres with experienced management teams already in place. The focus is on driving consistency, improving performance, and supporting strong operators to deliver at an even higher level. You''ll need to be comfortable operating in a commercial environment where sites are already trading well, but where there is still clear opportunity to optimise performance and continue raising standards across the region. A garden retail / horticultural background is desired for the role. Multi site / Cluster Management experience is a necessity. What you''ll be doing:Full responsibility for performance across a multi-site regionLeading and developing experienced Garden Centre ManagersDriving consistent commercial performance across all sitesSupporting trading performance, seasonal activity and category executionEnsuring strong operational standards across retail, plant and support functionsManaging compliance across HandS, HR, audit and company processesActing as key escalation point for operational and people issuesSupporting recruitment, development and succession planning ..... full job details .....