Garden Center Team Member - Seasonal

Job Description

Job Description

Description:

Looking for an adventurous, outdoor opportunity? We are in need of a team member to close out our garden season and do clean-up for this year for approximately 3-4 weeks and then, work in the Spring from April through August for the next gardening season. This is perfect for a college student or someone who is looking for a seasonal opportunity. This role has the potential to grow into a full-time position in another capacity!

Job Summary:  

Responsible for the Garden Center including merchandising for container plants, hanging baskets, perennials, annuals, vegetables, succulents, and other seasonal items. Clean-up of debris and materials post-season and properly winterize trees. 

Essential Functions:

· Provide excellent customer service.

· Balancing sales goals with inventory levels within the Garden Center.

· Unloading, moving and consolidating plants.

· Discard old product, refresh plants.

· Follow safety rules and aware of trip hazards.

· Stock tables with merchandise.

· Ensure proper signage is in place always.

· Ability to work independently.

· Ability to use point-of-sale (POS) system.

· Strong communication skills.

· Perform other duties as needed.

Job Qualifications:

· Previous greenhouse experience a plus, or the passion for gardening.

Physical Requirements : 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

The team member is required to stand and use a computer workstation, walk, use hands and fingers, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms, climb stairs; balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, talk and hear. The team member may occasionally have to lift and/or move up to 50-75 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment : 

This job generally operates in an outside environment with occasionally working in a store environment.