Horticultural Manager Required

A special opportunity has arisen for a Horticultural Manager at Newlands.

Experience required: • At least 2 years of retail horticulture as a manager. • An excellent track record in achieving retail sales targets. • A friendly and confident personality. • High customer service standards. • Flexibility regarding working hours/days. • Stock management and merchandising skills

Tasks required:

• To assess the market for plants & gardening products.
• To source quality plant material of a suitable price and to negotiate best prices for the season
• You will be responsible for providing customers with a knowledgeable, high quality and friendly service whilst optimizing sales of our products.
• To become familiar with the range and mix of horticultural products which Newlands currently offers and to exercise control over the quality of plants and the level of stock
• Offering advice and solutions to any queries they may have. Using your initiative to identify new sales opportunities
• Build effective working relationships with customers in order to understand their individual requirements and supply them with the best products.
• Liaise with suppliers, as well as monitoring, maintaining and re-ordering stock to ensure that customer demands are met.
• Monitoring & maintaining of plants & dry goods ensuring quality and standards are maintained to the highest level.
• The role will also involve aspects of general work in other departments.
• The ideal candidate will have minimum 2 year experience in the horticulture trade as manager or assistant manager.
• Fluent spoken and written English is essential.

This is a full-time position. We are a 7 day a week operation and you will be required to work weekends. Salary will be negotiable based on the candidate's experience and qualification.

Please send your CV to micheal@newlands.ie

Horticultural Sales Assistant Required

Newlands Home and Garden Centre is currently looking for a motivated, customer service focused person with Horticultural retail experience to join the team on a full time basis.

Experience required: • At least 2 years retail horticulture. • An excellent track record in achieving retail sales targets. • A friendly and confident personality. • High customer service standards. • Flexibility regarding working hours/days. • Stock management and merchandising skills

The ideal candidate must have at least 2 years experience in the horticultural trade.

Tasks required:

• You will be responsible for providing customers with a knowledgeable, high quality and friendly service whilst optimizing sales of our products.
• Offering advice and solutions to any queries they may have. Using your initiative to identify new sales opportunities
• Build effective working relationships with customers in order to understand their individual requirements and supply them with the best products.
• Liaise with suppliers, as well as monitoring, maintaining and re-ordering stock to ensure that customer demands are met.
• Monitoring & maintaining of plants & dry goods ensuring quality and standards are maintained to the highest level.
• The role will also involve aspects of general work in other departments.
• The ideal candidate will have minimum 2 year experience in the horticulture trade.
• Fluent spoken and written English is essential.

This is a full-time position. We are a 7 day a week operation and you will be required to work weekends. Salary will be negotiable based on the candidate's experience and qualification.

Please send your CV to micheal@newlands.ie

E commerce webstore Manager Required

A special opportunity has arisen for a eCommerce webstore Manager.

At Newlands Home and Garden Centre we are looking for people to assist with expanding & maintaining our eCommerce website.

The ideal candidate must have a recognised qualification in eCommerce and or marketing.

Tasks required:

• Uploading and maintaining new products for webstore & creating original content for these products including sourcing images on a daily basis.
• Providing and maintaining social media content and setting up social media campaign calendar and implementing it.
• Create and manage monthly newsletter with promotions & offers exclusive to our Loyalty customers.
• Creating and maintaining relevant SEO for key products and categories.
• Manage customer online queries, order queries, order tracking & resolutions.
• Manage feedback requests & testimonials.
• Create and monitor Google AdWords campaigns and report on KPIs
• Monitor Google Analytics and report on KPIs and implement changes.
• Monitor competitor activity and trends.
• The role will also involve all aspects of office work such as general importing of data into EPOS system, paperwork administration, telephone duties & general office work.
• The ideal candidate will have minimum 1 year experience in ecommerce and marketing.
• Fluent spoken and written English is essential.

This is a full-time position. Salary will be negotiable based on the candidate's experience and qualification.

Please send your CV to micheal@newlands.ie