Garden Center Cashier

Job Title: Garden Center Cashier
Location: Bonner Springs
Status: Part-Time, Full-Time, Hourly, Daytime and Some Weekend Availability
Reporting Relationship: Store Manager
Work Schedule: Hours vary by season.

The Grass Pad is hiring Part-Time and Day-Time Cashiers to work in our Bonner Springs location.


When people visit the Grass Pad, they are greeted by smiling faces and a friendly attitude. In the role of Cashier, you're likely to be the first and the last person to interact with the customer. The Grass Pad specializes in answering questions and helping customers find the right products - while you won't be responsible for answering every customer question, you will need to know where to find the answers. We pride ourselves in the service that we offer all our customers, from commercial clients to people starting lawn care for the first time.


This position has the potential to evolve into a supervisory role.


This job might be for you if:


You have a great attitude. We want our customers to enjoy shopping with us, and every person at the Grass Pad contributes to that experience.
You enjoy talking to people. As a cashier you will interact with most customers that walk through the door.
Like working in an open air, green environment.
Enjoy being around plants and the outdoors.
You have excellent attention to detail and can handle multiple tasks at once.
You have experience as a cashier.
Have a green thumb or are interested in gardening or lawn care.

Bonus: You have an artistic flair and enjoy merchandising products.


As a Cashier, your typical day might include:

• Greeting customers as they walk through the door and directing them towards a salesperson.
• Answering the telephone in a courteous and professional manner and directing phone calls to the correct stations.
• Making radio callouts to the customer service staff to ensure customers are properly served.
• Accurately and quickly handling cash, check and credit card transactions with a variety of customers.
• Handling transactions for commercial customers, including using appropriate tax codes and charge accounts.
• Assisting with design and merchandising of the sales floor, including setting up promotional displays and writing signage.
• Restocking shelves and keeping products clean and orderly.
• Counting in and out the drawers at the beginning and end of each day.

Other responsibilities include:

• Engaging in conversation with the customer to add a personal touch to each transaction.
• Understanding our main products and quickly explaining their benefits to customers.
• Assisting with clerical duties like stocking shelves, pricing items and housekeeping duties.
• Operating a computer-based point of sale system and other office equipment.

Company History


The Grass Pad is a family-owned company that started during the 1960s in Omaha, selling grass seed and fertilizer. Since then, we've built a business on honesty, integrity and putting the customer's success first and foremost. We now have 6 locations - one in Omaha and five in the Kansas City area.


At the Grass Pad it is not uncommon to find people that have worked here for decades. We love passion and dedication in our employees, and when we see those traits, we fight to keep people around and help them grow. We offer career and responsibility growth, management training and extensive on the job training.


Grass Pad maintains merit-based employment and is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer.


Seasonality Our busy season spikes in the spring and the fall. Normal business hours vary with the season, with our longest opening hours during the spring and falls seasons. For most of the year, our store is open 7 days a week. Weekend and overtime work will be required during the busy seasons.