**Garden Center Shift Supervisor - Topeka, KS**

Positions start in March!

**As a seasonal employer, we want to attract the best combination of candidates. We will hire based on the best combination of candidates to cover our hours of operation instead of pre-setting shifts. The application will ask for the hours you are available to work which will allow us to hire a team that can cover the open operation hours.**

**The following are the shifts that we are looking to select supervisors for:**

Mon-Fri 8:45am to 7:30pm, Sat 7:45am to 7:30pm, Sun 9:45am to 6:30pm. We will hire 2-4 candidates to cover these hours.

**Shift Supervisor Job Description:**

Basic Function: To contribute to the day to day operations of the Garden Center which includes: Sales and customer service, receiving and stocking freight, building and maintaining displays, plant care, acting as an on-duty supervisor during store shifts ensuring company Labor Guidelines and company Policies/Procedures are followed, operating the cash register, handling daily shift balancing and deposits. Completing store and employee paperwork. Providing training and direction to store employees.

***These are seasonal only positions available March - late June.***

Essential Responsibilities

* Help ensure all product is put away in a timely fashion.

* Help ensure plant health with proper care and placement.

* Help ensure that the store is kept swept and clean.

* Assist with training and development of a staff of 4 - 10 employees.

* Provide leadership and direction to staff while working.

* Work as a team with other supervisor(s) to ensure the store is operating based on company guidelines.

* Responsible for balancing the shift cash drawers and daily sales receipts.

* Responsible for preparing and making deposits daily when closing the store.

* Possibly assisting with interviewing potential new staff.

Required Knowledge/Skills

* Ability to communicate with customers, staff and management.

* Ability to work with a cash register.

* Able to help resolve complaints and problems as they arise from customers and employees.

* Basic math skills.

* Basic plant knowledge or the willingness to learn about plants and gardening.

* Ability to work with various technologies such as a cash register, tablets and credit card machines.

* The ability to stand on your feet for 6-12 hour days (shift depending), on concrete parking lots.

* The ability to lift 20lbs repeatedly for at least 4 hours.

* The ability to lift up to 50lbs.

* The ability to stoop and bend repeatedly for several hours.

* The ability to work in the outdoors, which could include weather as cold as 20 degrees, as hot as 95 degrees, and long-term exposure to the sun.

**Shift Supervisor Positions pay $16.50 - $17.00**