Transplant your career into CT Gardens, LLC and grow with us! 

Be part of an organization that creates Legendary Customer Service for customers who want the best lawn and gardens and best care for their two- and four-legged friends with fur or feathers or friends with fins. CT Gardens, LLC, you probably know us best as Smithland, with stores in Connecticut and Massachusetts. We are based out of North Branford CT, and we are looking for Team Members who are friendly, energetic, focused on service, resourceful, team players, have a passion for growing, and an appetite to learn. A qualified Keyholder Team Member candidate creates sales and customer loyalty through sincere, courteous, knowledgeable, and helpful service and enables a positive shopping experience for customers through the maintenance of an easy to shop, clean, organized, and safe showroom floor inside and outdoors. Our Keyholder Team Members pleasantly deal with customers to ensure satisfaction. They are empathetic in resolving customer concerns and merchandise returns. 

Bring your Smile and Optimistic Warmth!

Our Keyholder Team Members have a genuine interest in serving customers with thoughtfulness and kindness. Our Keyholder Team Members love plants and pets and will ask customers about their gardens or about their furry, feathered, scaled, shelled, or finned “family” members. Duties include: Opening, closing, and cashing-out the store as scheduled and according to the applicable store procedures for safety and security. They will supervise employees for limited periods when the Store Manager is not on site. Keyholders greet customers with sincerity, and may be responsible for cashiering, product stocking and pricing, merchandising, customer service and sales, inventory tasks, cleaning, and various projects in any store department. Our Keyholder Team Members answer questions, resolve complaints, and guide our customers toward solutions. They are knowledgeable about our Loyalty/rewards programs, inviting customers not part of the Loyalty program with an explanation of program benefit. Keyholders may also assist customers with getting products to customer vehicles. 

Requirements: A key qualification for this role is demonstrated dependability. A Keyholder Team Member should also have high level of enthusiasm for service and personal energy, a strong work ethic, and strong interpersonal and conversational skills to create customer engagement. They help our customers feel comfortable in their shopping experience. Keyholder Team Members have some sales experience and a great attention to detail, an ability to work well in a team environment, and to work with a diverse staff. Successful Keyholder Team Members can grow into other career opportunities in our stores. Keyholder Team Member candidates must submit to a background check prior to the extension of an offer of employment. Our Keyholder Team Member opportunities may be full-time, part-time, regular, or seasonal, depending on the store location.

CT Gardens, LLC provides a pleasant and safe working environment, training programs, a fair and competitive wage, opportunity to earn a sales bonus, and the tools to be productive. CT Gardens, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer, does not discriminate based on any characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws and ordinances. Our management team is dedicated to treating all with respect in recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, benefits, Team Member activities, access to facilities and programs and general treatment during employment.