Yarnton Home & Garden is a destination home and garden store located just north of Oxford. The business has undergone a huge transformation over the last few years to what it is today – an award-winning retailer with customer experience at the heart of everything we do.

We would not be where we are today without an amazing team, and as we grow we are looking to recruit the right people to take the business confidently into the future.

If you would like to be part of our journey, please email us your CV and a line telling us why we should consider you to hello@yarntonhomegarden.co.uk  or see our vacancies below.

HOME INTERIORS & GIFT MANAGER
PERMANENT, FULL-TIME 

We are looking to fill this important role with a dynamic and organised Home Interiors and Gift Manager. You will be required to have in-depth product knowledge and help our customers with a range of queries by delivering first class customer service. We are looking for the right person to start an exciting and rewarding career with us.

The successful candidate will:

• Be a strong communicator and a skilled motivational people manager.
• Be able to drive sales and profitability for the business by ensuring that your team are driven and motivated to achieve set KPI targets and be responsible for the profit and loss for your department set by our Managing Director and Store Manager.
• Manage your team’s performance by supporting, coaching, training, and developing their skills and abilities.
• Care about the importance of a positive team culture.
• Be able to create visually appealing displays.
• Act as a duty manager and be a key holder for the business.
• Be IT literate and have exceptional organisational skills.
• Positively manage change and work with the team through each season change with care to deliver the best service for our customers.
• Work closely with our buying team to plan offers and promotions with sustainability being at the forefront of everything we do.
• Manage the rota and teams within our Home, Boutique, Toy Shop and Food Hall departments.
• Manage stock rotation and stock control.

 We are looking for:

The right candidate will be friendly, engaging, flexible, and hardworking with the ability to multi- task. You will be a great problem solver and be happy to work in a fast-paced environment. You will have extensive experience in working in a home and gift retail setting. This role is full time (8-hour shift) and alternate weekends.

 What we offer:

• Competitive salary.
• 28 Days holiday.
• Training and development to advance your career.
• Generous staff store discount.
• Stakeholder pension scheme.
• On-site parking.
• Referral programme.
• Discounted or free food.
• Company events.

If you would like to be part of our fun and growing business, please email a covering letter and CV, quoting the job title as the subject, to our Store Manager at hello@yarntonhomegarden.co.uk.