Garden Center Associate (Seasonal, Closing Shifts)

Garden Center Associate

At Adams, we prioritize creating a warm and welcoming environment for both our customers and team members. We believe exceptional customer service goes beyond meeting needsit's about treating everyone with genuine respect, kindness, and appreciation. Each team member is expected to greet customers personally, serve them with friendly, polite, and knowledgeable assistance, and always put customer needs above other tasks. Additionally, we value a workplace where employees treat each other with the same courtesy and respect as our customers, fostering a collaborative and supportive atmosphere that reflects our commitment to service excellence.

Adams employees are expected to provide friendly service to our valuable customers, ensuring that each experience reflects the commitment to providing quality products that Adams is known for. For the Garden Center Associate, this means providing friendly, informed service, maintaining clean, organized, and well-stocked displays, and using product knowledge to assist customers and enhance their shopping experience.

Your Day-to-Day

• Provide friendly, knowledgeable service to customers in person and over the phone
• Keep shelves, displays, and all areas of the department clean, organized, and well-stocked
• Monitor product quality and presentation, addressing any packaging or display issues
• Unpack, price, and stock inventory accurately with correct signage, including the use of a HHT
• Operate the register and assist with bagging and loading customer purchases
• Maintain both indoor and outdoor spaces, including sweeping, dusting, and straightening products
• Prioritize customer assistance over tasks and help create a positive shopping experience

What You Bring To The Farm

• Knowledge or willingness to learn about products and their location on the sales floor
• Bringing helpful service to all customers.
• Ability to demonstrate and set the example for Adams' culture and values
• Ability to operate Adams' point of sale systems
• Willingness to work collaboratively and communicate with a team of co-workers and managers
• Exhibit enthusiasm, positivity and/or knowledge about Adams' products and quality

Working Conditions

• Consistently move, adjust, and position items weighing up to 50 pounds
• Occasionally ascend/descend a stepstool, stepladder, and/or ladder
• Repeating motions that may include the wrists, hands and/or fingers for duration of shift
• Communicate with others to exchange information
• Moving self in different positions to accomplish tasks including in tight and confined spaces
• When appropriate, working in outdoor weather conditions
• Stand for majority of your shift, including squatting and/or stretching

Perks of the Job

At Adams, we believe in recognizing and rewarding excellent work with competitive compensation and meaningful benefits. In addition to quality compensation, at Adams you can expect generous medical, dental and vision coverage (for applicable roles), voluntary benefits like pet insurance, paid time off and holiday pay, flexible pay schedules with DailyPay, and best of all, our generous Employee Discount.

The salary range for this position takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including skill sets, experience, training, certifications and other business needs.

At Adams, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their position, and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each situation. We're committed to providing a supportive and rewarding environment that helps our team members thriveboth professionally and personally.

Requirements

Part time availability, evening and weekend shifts required. Must be 18 or older to qualify for position. Responsibilities include forklift operation (training included), heavy lifting, warehouse and outdoor activity, unloading of delivery trucks, and customer service.