GARDEN CENTER ASSISTANT MANAGER
Posted: 4/26/24If you’re ready to take the next step in your horticultural career – this position is for you! We are seeking an experienced garden center employee to work closely with our store manager to develop, lead, manage, and grow our amazing team. As the Assistant Store Manager at our Lake Oswego Garden Center, you will have the opportunity to use your experience to lead in all aspects of the store and step into the manager role when they are off. You’ll work in step with the Store Manager to stay laser focused on customer experience while helping to develop our excellent staff. Your daily work will involve you in a wide range of activities, from overseeing inventory management and merchandising, to monitoring the financial performance of the store and assisting in the strategic planning for your location with the rest of the management team. To thrive in this position, you’ll need a passion for plants and customer service. Your strong knowledge of plants and horticultural care, along with your enthusiastic demeanor and eye for design, will make you the right fit for this key role. This is the ideal position for someone who has prior experience working in a garden center and wants to grow into a management role.
Benefits & Perks:
- Comprehensive and affordable health insurance: medical, dental, vision, mental health, and alternative medicine
- Paid vacation days
- Paid sick leave and holidays
- 401k with generous company match
- Competitive wages with weekly paychecks
- Annual bonus pending store performance and personal performance
- 40% employee discount on all plants and retail merchandise
- Uniforms provided at no cost
- Partner discounts and employee store passes at companies like Danner, Carhartt, Adidas, and Columbia.
- Annual company BBQ and team-building events
- Internal educational resources for training and support
- Tuition reimbursement for ongoing education
- Opportunities for professional growth and advancement within the company
Work Schedule and Environment:
- On-site position at our Lake Oswego location
- 40+ hours per week, more hours will be required during peak season
- Must be available to work on Saturday and Sunday as this is our busiest time!
Requirements and Qualifications:
- One year of horticultural experience is required
- One year of experience at a retail garden center preferred
- Strong knowledge of outdoor and indoor plants required
- Strong knowledge of horticultural care practices preferred
- Able to quickly learn and use software for retail transactions, ordering, and budgeting
- High school diploma or equivalent required
- Work outside in all weather conditions
- Able to lift and carry 50 pounds
- Able to push and pull up to 200 pounds with castors
What You’ll Do:
- Help maintain a clean and safe facility
- Work with all Department Leads to create displays
- Ensure customer service standards are met
- Lead the team to ensure the customer experience standards are met
- Step into any role for training and to assist during peak times
- Inventory management including overseeing receiving, selection, quality, and care of merchandise
- Act as lead buyer for one major category
- Develop staff by assisting with hiring, discipline, promotions, terminations, career development, compensation, training, and task management
- Facilitate a safe and positive working environment
- Monitor the financial performance of the store by knowing and understanding the budget, revenue, margins, expenses and net profit, and be able to explain variances in the numbers or performance
- Engage in strategic planning with the Store Manager and Division Manager and bring your ideas and thoughts for change
- Research, plan and execute on approved plans for store growth
About Dennis’ 7 Dees:
Dennis’ 7 Dees is a family-owned and operated business with deep roots in the Portland area. Along with our retail gardening stores, we provide residential and commercial landscaping services throughout Oregon and southwest Washington. Do you know someone that would be perfect for this role? Please share this with them!
GARDEN CENTER MANAGER
Posted: 4/23/24Use your experience, creativity, and passion for plants as a key leader in a fantastic company. As a Store Manager at our Lake Oswego Garden Center, you will be responsible for setting the overall tone and maximizing opportunities at this retail location. You’ll manage the store performance, including achieving budgeted financial results, executing all operational functions, maintaining merchandising standards, mindfully managing inventory, and optimizing the customer experience, all while maintaining and developing the staff. Success in this position requires strong knowledge of plants and horticultural care, management experience, and experience working in a plant-related setting like a garden center, nursery/grower, or landscaping company.
Benefits & Perks:
- Comprehensive and affordable health insurance: medical, dental, vision, mental health, and alternative medicine
- Paid vacation days
- Paid sick leave and holidays
- 401k with generous company match
- Competitive wages with weekly paychecks
- Annual bonus pending store performance and personal performance
- 40% employee discount on all plants and retail merchandise
- Uniforms provided at no cost
- Partner discounts and employee store passes at companies like Danner, Carhartt, Adidas, and Columbia.
- Annual company BBQ and team-building events
- Internal educational resources for training and support
- Tuition reimbursement for ongoing education
- Opportunities for professional growth and advancement within the company
Required Qualifications:
- Strong knowledge of plants and horticultural care
- 3 to 5 years of retail management experience
- 2 to 3 years of experience working at a garden center, grower, and/or landscaping company.
- Work outside in all weather conditions
- Carry and lift up to 50 pounds multiple times per day
- Push and pull up to 200 pounds (with castors)
- Walking, talking, grasping, hearing, handling, and feeling are done continuously
- Standing, sitting, stooping, reaching, and bending are done frequently
- Crawling, climbing, and kneeling are done rarely
You’ll spend your time focusing on these priorities:
- Customer Experience: Focusing on the appearance of the store, from maintaining a clean and safe facility to merchandising and ensuring customer service standards are met. You must be capable of stepping into any role for training purposes and assistance during peak times.
- Inventory Management: Overseeing the receiving, selection, quality, and care of merchandise.
- Staff Development: Performing human resource management functions including hiring, discipline, promotions, terminations, career development, and compensation, as well as ensuring efficient training and task management, and providing a safe and positive working environment.
- Financial Performance: Monitoring and understanding of numbers for budget, revenue, margins, expenses, and net profit of the store.
- Strategic Planning with Retail Director: Being engaged and involved by bringing your ideas and thoughts for improvements; researching, planning and executing approved plans.
About Dennis’ 7 Dees:
Dennis’ 7 Dees is a family-owned and operated business with deep roots in the Portland area. Along with our retail gardening stores, we provide residential and commercial landscaping services throughout Oregon and southwest Washington.
HELP WANTED
Posted: 1/3/24
For jobs and key employees throughout California and the Northwest, call Florasearch, Inc. You know us. For more than four decades we have been bringing together key people and excellent companies in the nursery and greenhouse industries and allied trades. Check our references. Confidential. Employer pays fee.
Florasearch, Inc.
1740 Lake Markham Rd.
Sanford, FL 32771
Ph 407- 320-8177
Fx 407 -320-8083
FloraSearch.com
[email protected]
HELP WANTED
Posted: 1/3/24
Loen Nursery, Inc. – Wholesale Growers & Suppliers of High Quality Plants We are always looking for career oriented skilled staff. Our operations include wholesale growing, shipping, landscape contractor sales, and retail nursery. If you have the interest and skills needed to be a part of our team, please apply. We are growers of container and field grown ornamentals.
We are looking for people in the following areas:
- Sales / Customer Service (Wholesale/Retail)
- Production / Growers / Supervisors
- Shipping and Receiving
- Inventory / Office Management and Admin / Purchasing
- Pesticide / IPM Managers and Applicators
- Irrigation Management / Skilled Laborers
- Outside sales throughout U.S. and Canada
- Controller / Accounting Manager
- Horticultural Website Developer
Applicants with specific work experience or education in the nursery industry is desired. Computer skills, Spanish / English bilingual, plant ID knowledge and equipment operation skills also preferred.
Pay commensurate with experience. Benefits to include: Paid vacation and sick leave, paid holidays, medical and dental insurance. Respond with resume to [email protected] to the specific job for which you qualify.
For more information, please visit us online at www.loennursery.com.
INSIDE SALES REPRESENTATIVE
TSW Nursery Sales Inc. is seeking a plant-knowledgable inside sales representative with 3-5 years of sales experience. The perfect candidate must be proficient in MS Office Suite and Quickbooks software, provide excellent customer services, have strong verbal and written communication skills, manage their time, and be organized. Salary commensurate with experience. Please mail or email cover letter and resume to:
TSW Nursery Sales, Inc.
Attn: Human Resources
P.O. Box 1217
Wilsonville, OR 97070
[email protected]
IPM / GROWER OPPORTUNITY
Posted: 1/16/24We are seeking an experienced and goal-oriented Sales Manager to lead our sales team and grow our customer base in the tree nursery industry. You will research current and potential markets to pinpoint potential business leads, then develop strategies to broaden our outreach and bring in new customers, conduct customer needs research to help direct product line enhancement. Plan and implement effective training methods to provide our sales representatives with the tools they need to meet annual sales goals. We prefer candidates who have at least three years of sales management experience in any industry (preferably in wholesale) and a history of success in that role.
Sales Manager Requirements and Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in business, administration, or related field preferred
- 5+ years of experience in sales, management, customer service, or a related field
- Demonstrated and proven sales results
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite and other related computer programs
Salary (DOE), Bonus, 401k, Healthcare, Vacation.
Apply to:
John Holmlund Nursery
Boring, OR
[email protected]
NURSERY MANAGER
Posted: 4/23/24Flower World Nursery in Snohomish, Washington is looking for an ambitious “hands on” Nursery manager who is bilingual in Spanish and English. Must have 5-10 years growing experience and looking for a career position with generous pay, benefits, and future company ownership. Responsible for 40% of nursery sales. Should be able to coordinate and supervise a crew of 12 -15.
Send your application to owner [email protected].
NURSERY STOCK BROKER
Posted: 1/3/24Segger Nursery Specimen Trees, www.segger.ca, 604-857-7783.
PESTICIDE APPLICATORS
Posted: 1/3/24Must be able to lift 35lbs to 50lbs containers repetitively, with occasional heavier lifting.
- Work requires repetitive twisting and bending.
- Must be able to work outdoors.
- Know how to drive a tractor
- Be able to carry a backpack sprayer – approx 20-30#
- Be able to carry a Warren Spreader – approx 15-20#
- We would prefer an employee that is able to speak, read and understand some English
- You must be able to follow all safety rules and practices concerning pesticides and operation of equipment.
- You will need to pass a medical evaluation or physical in order to wear a respirator
This describes most, but not all, of the duties required; and others may be assigned by the supervisor or management. Please apply in-person Monday to Friday between the hours of 8am to 4:30pm.
Iseli Nursery
30590 SE Kelso Rd Boring OR 97009
OFFICE: 503-663-3822 x231
www.IseliNursery.com