Current Vacancies at Ruxley Manor
Ruxley Manor is more than just a Garden Centre. It’s a destination for the local community, a meeting place for families and friends, an event venue for entertainment, a place for a hearty meal or a slice of cake and a coffee. We provide everything you could want under one roof.
As an award winning family business we strive to create a family environment amongst all our team members and in turn extend this to all of our customers. We work hard, constantly improve, help each other and create an amazing retail experience for everyone that visits us or attends one of our popular events. With more than 100 years experience behind us, we’d love for you to join our team and make the next 100 years even better.
Current Roles We Are Recruiting For
All our current vacancies can be seen below or as listed under our Indeed business profile.To apply for any available roles, please email recruitment@ruxley-manor.co.uk with your CV and cover letter.
If there are no positions currently being advertised you may wish to make a speculative application or register your interest for future roles by emailing the above email address.
Are you a student? Please bare in mind whilst we welcome applications from students we can only consider applications from individuals who are of compulsory school leaving age and over.
If for any reason your application is unsuccessful, we will keep you CV on file for 12 months. If you do not wish to have you cv kept on file please email recruitment@ruxley-manor.co.uk to inform us.
This is a full time role working 4 days during the week 9am - 5:30pm plus alternate weekends, Saturdays 9am - 5:30pm and Sundays 10am - 4:30pm.
Job Purpose
To offer administrative support to the Buying Manager, offer product knowledge and support to the Lifestyle General Assistants and offer exceptional customer service to all customers.
Role Responsibilities
Produce range sheets and purchase orders correctly and in a timely manner. Liaise with suppliers for all necessary information. Ensure that all orders are correct with current prices and barcodes and uploaded to the epos system prior to delivery.
Provide copies of all authorized orders to shop floor
Check all product confirmations and update range sheets and orders as necessary.
Ensure any product updates, including promotions are processed in the system in a timely manner and correct signage is produced as necessary.
Advise shop floor of any price changes and ensure that they are implemented and signage amended/prices changed as required in conjunction with relevant category team member.
Check stock levels of core ranges and raise replenishment orders as required. Help to identify popular and slow selling items.
Review product ranges in conjunction with the buyer and supplier, seasonally as required to ensure most up to date ranges and bestsellers are always included.
Support warehouse team with delivery/barcode issues.
Support shop floor team with handling customer queries and issues that are raised.
Ensure a high level of customer service is met at all times and that any queries are dealt with or passed on to the relevant person in a timely manner.
Ensure any issues are raised with line manager as necessary and update relevant system information.
Ensure all relevant department information is accurate and up to date at all times
Responsible for requests for credits in conjunction with the department team leader.
Maintain excellent communication with marketing to ensure product launches are available on social and Point of Sale signs are accurate on shop floor at all times.
To work/help on shop floor as necessary, particularly during busy periods.
Required qualifications & experience
- GCSE Maths & English to C or equivalent.
- A high level of computer literacy.
Competent user of Microsoft Word, Excel & Outlook. - A high level of verbal and written communication skills is essential.
An excellent telephone manner and professional email correspondence is required. - An ability to effectively communicate with team members at all levels including senior management is essential.
- Preferred qualifications & experience
- Experience within a retail industry.
Knowledge of the buying process within a retail environment.
If this role is of interest to you, please send us a copy of your CV to review.
If you're ready to spread festive cheer and help create unforgettable Christmas memories, we'd love to hear from you! Email recruitment@ruxley-manor.co.uk to register your interest and tell us a little more about yourself.
Our Mulberry Tree Restaurant is situated within Ruxley Manor Garden Centre and is open 7 days a week, serving breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea.
We are looking for hardworking seasonal Christmas team members to join our busy restaurant kitchen.
Key duties include:
• Washing crockery, cutlery and kitchen items by hand or dishwasher
• Putting away deliveries
• Restocking crockery, cutlery and utensils front of house
• Helping to keep the kitchen area clean and organised
No previous experience is required as full training will be provided.
We have full time and part-time hours available. Candidates must be available now and available to work throughout the festive period, including weekends where required.
If you're ready to spread festive cheer and help create unforgettable Christmas memories, we'd love to hear from you! Email recruitment@ruxley-manor.co.uk to register your interest and tell us a little more about yourself.
Our Mulberry Tree Restaurant is situated within Ruxley Manor Garden Centre and is open 7 days a week, serving breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea.
We are looking for a Seasonal Christmas Commis Chef to join our busy kitchen team over the festive period.
Key duties include:
· Preparing and cooking food to a high standard
· Supporting the chefs during busy service periods
· Preparing ingredients and assisting with food preparation
· Maintaining a clean, organised and safe kitchen
· Following food hygiene and health & safety procedures
· Assisting with deliveries and stock rotation where required
We are looking for someone who:
· Enjoys working in a busy, fast-paced kitchen
· Works well as part of a team
· Is reliable and hardworking
· Has some previous kitchen or catering experience
We have full time and part-time hours available. Candidates must be available now and available to work throughout the festive period, including weekends where required.
If you're ready to spread festive cheer and help create unforgettable Christmas memories, we'd love to hear from you! Email recruitment@ruxley-manor.co.uk to register your interest and tell us a little more about yourself.
Our Mulberry Tree Restaurant is situated within Ruxley Manor Garden Centre and is open 7 days a week, serving breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea.
We have temporary roles available working during our busy Christmas season. Roles will be starting now and finishing at the end of December
We are looking for hard working candidates who enjoy offering exceptionally high levels of customer service.
The role has a combination of responsibilities including greeting customers, processing transactions through the till, making hot drinks at the coffee counter, serving food and drink to customers and clearing tables after use.
No previous experience is required, however previous hospitality or barista experience is beneficial.
We have full time and part time roles available however all candidates must be available to work a minimum or 2 days during the week and 1 day at the weekend.
If you're ready to spread festive cheer and help create unforgettable Christmas memories, we'd love to hear from you! Email recruitment@ruxley-manor.co.uk to register your interest and tell us a little more about yourself.
This is a part time role working Wednesdays 9:30am - 5pm and weekends 8am - 10am.
We are looking for a hard working and detail orientated cleaner to ensure our customer toilets are maintained to a high standard.
You will be responsible for keeping all toilet areas clean, tidy and well stocked.
We are looking for someone who will take pride in their work and ensure that toilets are kept to a high standard of cleanliness to ensure we are offering an exceptional service to our customers.
This is a temporary role, working with us over the Christmas season, an immediate start would be preferred and there is potential for the role to be made permanent in the new year.
