Job Description

Want to join our team and help green the nation? Join a business that reduces the nation's carbon footprint with every sale.

About us

Johnsons Nurseries is a three-generation family business located in North Yorkshire, equidistant between York and Harrogate, with 100 years' experience in growing and supplying millions of trees, shrubs and plants to UK-wide planting schemes each year.

This is an exciting opportunity to assist with the management of our Goods Inwards department. You'll be receiving stock from both the UK and EU, checking the quality, assisting with ensuring that we meet all requirements regarding plant health and helping to manage and guide the Incoming Goods team.

Your main responsibilities:

Supervising the receipt of all traded plants, ensuring that all stock is received within agreed specifications Ensuring that all traded stock is allocated to the correct location Assisting with ensuring that the company meets statutory requirements in regard to plant health Ensuring effective supervision of employees

What we are looking for:

Experience of managing a small team Effective communication skills to liaise with colleagues at all levels Literacy skills to complete paperwork and input data Organisational skills to deal with a variety of tasks and situations

Please visit our website for the full job description and employee specification.

Why work for us?

We genuinely believe we have one of the best working environments with stunning views over the Vale of York. We currently employ a workforce of 120, rising to 150 seasonally across our three sectors: Commercial, Retail, and our onsite Trade Cash and Carry. We are proud of our low employee turnover and ability to identify, recruit and develop employees who go on to give 20, 30 or even more than 40 years' service.

Benefits to working at Johnsons:

Generous holiday entitlement Early finish on a Friday Food days Annual attendance bonus Onsite parking Employee referral scheme Ice lollies during the summer Profit share bonus Pension fund Health Shield health cash plan Staff events Trade Cash and Carry discount Extra mile bonus

How to apply

If you like the sound of this opportunity and are interested in becoming part of our team, please send your CV and a covering letter, clearly setting out how you meet the requirements of our job role, to recruitment@johnsonsnurseries.co.uk by Wednesday 22 October 2025.

The full list of attributes for this job role can be found in our employee specification, where we have also identified how each one will be assessed: therefore, please check this carefully to ensure that your CV and covering letter address all of the relevant attributes we have set out.

Please note:

if you do not provide a covering letter to your support your application, we will be unable to take your application further.

At the moment we do not wish to receive CVs from Agencies.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: 30,000.00 per year

Benefits:

Bereavement leave Company events Company pension Cycle to work scheme Employee discount Free parking On-site parking Referral programme Sick pay
Work Location: In person