Job Summary

The Retail Laborer is responsible for small plantings and deliveries at client properties; as well as helping customers and taking care of products in the Garden Center.

Core Values

• Culture of Safety Safety is always job #1

• A Growing Tradition Plants, Personally, Financially and Professionally

• Employee Owned Personal Pride in Success with an Owners Mentality

• Exceptional Customer Experience Delighting our Clients with our Products and Services

• Good Neighbors Community Pride Sharing our Success

• Respectability Treating Others as we want to be treated

Supervisory Responsibilities

• None.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Greeting customers

• Be able to assist customers with garden questions and guide them towards the right product(s)

• Maintaining an excellent sales floor and outdoor live goods area

• Be able to care for and merchandise live plants

• Set an example to other associates for excellent customer service

• Efficiently ring up all sales on a cash register properly and accurately, handle money, checks, and other types of payment received for products sold per process/policy

• Accurately make change by counting it back to the customer

• Clean and dust counters and shelves

• Clean and maintain the restrooms

• Empty the trash

• Be crossed trained to fill in at other departments

• All employees are expected to be flexible and to do "whatever it takes" to help other co-workers and the company succeed

• Incorporates safe work practices in job performance

• Regular and reliable attendance

• Performs other duties as required

Required Skills/Abilities

• Excellent customer service skills

• Friendly and outgoing personality

• Be detailed oriented

• Be motivated, hardworking and honest

• Plant knowledge is helpful, but not required

Education and Experience

• High school or equivalent (Required)

• Ability to multi-task recommended

• Ability to cross-train and support working at all stations based on business needs

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. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to:

• Have full range of mobility in upper and lower body

• Be able to reach overhead

• Be able to work in various positions, including, but not limited to, stooping, standing, bending over, sitting, kneeling, and squatting for extended periods of time

• Be able to lift, pull and push materials and equipment to complete assigned job tasks

• Be able to lift 50 pounds of weight frequently throughout assigned workday