What are the responsibilities and job description for the Garden Center Associate position at Lane Forest Products?
JOIN LANE COUNTY'S LEADING LANDSCAPE SUPPLIER! Lane Forest Products has a seasonal opening for a Garden Center Associate position at our Corner Store location in Glenwood.
Our team focuses on quality with an emphasis on customer service. If you’re a person who has at least 3 years nursery or garden center experience, this may be the perfect job for you.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provide friendly customer service and ensure customer needs are being met
- Assist customers with plant selections
- Advise customers about plant care, watering and fertilizing best practices
- Display trees, shrubs and accessories in retail garden center
- Ensure the retail yard is stocked with sufficient quantities of merchandise
- Assist in ordering and receiving merchandise
- Accurate Cash handling
- Operate Forklift, Front End Loader and complete all associated training and reviews as necessary
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications:
- 3 years of nursery or retail garden center experience
- Working knowledge of inventory management including buying, appropriate in-stock levels, and retail pricing preferred.
- Must have the ability to operate a Forklift and a Front End Loader (training provided)
- Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs. throughout the day.
Benefits (for Seasonal employees) include:
- Competitive base wage
- Purchasing Discounts
- Paid Time Off
- Holiday Pay
- Challenging opportunities, training and growth potential
Salary : $17 - $18