1 Garden Center Associate Job in Mohnton, PA
Esbenshade's Garden Centers is Hiring a Garden Center Associate Near Mohnton, PA
Job Description: Garden Center Associate, Seasonal PT | Mohnton
Title: Garden Center Associate, Seasonal
Department: Garden Center
Classification: Seasonal, Part Time
Location: Mohnton Retail Store
Duration: Weekly hours end of March - end of June
- Email to: hr@esbenshades.com
- Print and return to the courtesy counter at our Mohnton Retail Store
Description: Responsibilities include providing sales and customer service support in the Garden Center department, executing restocking, merchandising and display plans as laid out by the department manager. Must have the ability to provide the highest level of customer satisfaction while performing all required job functions. Basic knowledge of gardening, including seeds and bulbs, pottery and containers, garden décor and other related hard goods is helpful. Some heavy lifting required.
Duties and Responsibilities: Our customer service is first and foremost. This means approaching every customer with a smile and pleasant attitude, offering assistance as needed, answering questions politely, following up later if you don’t know the answer at first, always being presentable and doing all you can to provide Esbenshade’s customers with a positive, successful shopping experience so that they will want to return.
- Ability to assist customers with garden décor, pottery, and garden related questions and recommendations
- Learning the basics of all of the items within the departments, as well as fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides and fungicides
- Receiving, checking in and processing shipments
- Stocking, pricing and cleaning merchandise in your area as needed
- Oversee quality control and cleanliness of your assigned areas
- Maintain a safe working and shopping environment at all times
- All other duties assigned by your supervisor or management personnel
- Helping with inventory count throughout the seasons
- Display a positive attitude at all times with employees and communicates problems or concerns with management
Skills and Abilities:
- Ability to provide outstanding customer service
- Speed and accuracy with processing shipments and transfers
- Creativity and merchandising experience a plus
Education and Experience:
- Basic knowledge of gardening and garden related product helpful
- Simple computer experience or willingness to learn
Time Requirements:
- Willingness to work an average of 2 - 3 evenings per week during our Spring busy season (if evening hours are agreed upon at hiring)
- Most Saturdays are required
- Some Holidays (Easter weekend, Mother’s Day weekend, Black Friday) the week of our Parking Lot Sale (June 19 - 22) are required
Physical Requirements:
- Must be able to lift heavy objects (up to 40-pounds)
- Must be able to work on your feet for long periods (8 - 10 hours)
- Must be able to work in the following environments: dust, heat, coolness and high humidity
Job Summary
Full Time
$26k-33k (estimate)
02/09/2024
06/03/2024
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