Garden Center Specialist

The Ace Hardware Titusville Garden Center Specialist works in partnership with the management team to ensure sales growth and profitable operations for the Garden Center.

Requirements

• Strong work ethic.
• Strong dependability.
• Outgoing and enjoys working with customers.
• Some knowledge and background in horticulture.
• Works toward garden center sales and profit growth.
• Responds with urgency to opportunities to improve the garden center.
• Ability to assist with merchandising and creating promotional displays.
• Working outdoors (in covered and non-covered Garden Center) for up to 100% of shift.
• Standing for extended periods of time, lifting, bending, kneeling and climbing a ladder.
• Creative problem-solving abilities.
• Dependable transportation.
• Ability to work productively with others.

Teamwork

• Always projects a positive, enthusiastic view of Ace Hardware Titusville.
• Available to work flexible schedule based on business needs and customer traffic patterns, to include nights, weekends and holidays.
• Comfortable working with other employees and sharing information that will benefit the Garden Center.
• Participates with seeing that Garden Center is appropriately maintained at all times.
• Sees that all customers are greeted and well served, sharing product knowledge and building a strong customer base.
• Works with Training Coordinator to see that garden center and store employees are up to date on basic Garden Center processes and product knowledge.
• Stays current with any and all Ace Garden Center training.

Merchandising

• Assists with ordering plants and other Garden Center merchandise using sales history and experience with helping make purchasing decisions.
• Helps maintain appropriate inventory control and builds stock in anticipation of peak seasons and reducing it during slow seasons.
• Collaborates with team to maintain a product assortment balance of unique local plants & trees with more mainstream plants.
• Assists with merchandising and creating attractive / compelling displays to achieve a “here’s what it can look like at home” presentation.
• Helps with pricing and signing in Garden Center.
• Participates with proper plant care to maintain the customer perception of high quality while minimizing shrinkage; including proper watering, wind / temperature mitigation and sun / shade management.
• Keeps up-to-date on the latest garden / nursery merchandise.
• Helps prepare appropriately for the start of each season, holidays and special events.
• Executes processes for profitable exit strategy for aging product.

The Garden Center Specialist should perform whatever task necessary to ensure the Garaden Center's success.

The list above defines basic responsibilities. Depending upon the store’s circumstances, this list may be expanded or altered.

Company Introduction

We are your local hardware store and we are a part of your community. Ace Hardware has over 5,000 stores around the world with the majority of those stores independently owned and operated by local entrepreneurs. These hard working men and women are part of the fabric of your community. They are small business owners who are local and loyal...just like it ought to be. While others have become large and impersonal, at Ace, we've remained small and very personal. That's why we say a visit to Ace, is like a visit to your neighbor.