What are the responsibilities and job description for the Greenhouse Associate Seasonal, FT and PT Available (March 25th-End of June position at Esbenshade's Garden Centers?
Title: Greenhouse Associate Seasonal, Part Time available
Department: Greenhouse
Location: Lititz Retail Store
Classification: Seasonal, Part Time and Full Time
Duration: March 25th-End of June
Description:
All associates are expected to offer our customers polite, prompt, and courteous service with a smile. Associates are expected to have the ability to be patient when confronted with a challenge, and to continually seek out knowledge of all plants and products.
Greenhouse associates must proactively sell and maintain plant material, while having an interest in fulfilling our customer's visions and dreams. They will assist the greenhouse department manager with all daily operations within the department.
Duties and responsibilities:
- Provide excellent customer service to customers, employees and management.
- Ensure good communication with customers, employees and management.
- Must be tolerant, tactful, cheerful, sincere, polite, honest, encouraging and accommodating.
- Have the ability to perform (or willingness to learn) necessary maintenance on plant material to unsure it is healthy and ready for retail sale.
- This would include watering, cleaning, dead heading, etc.
- Keeping the greenhouse areas clean, neat and organized.
- This would include general cleanup, removing trash, sweeping walks, weeding, etc.
- Assist with unloading delivery trucks and restocking tables.
- Assist with creating attractive selling displays throughout the greenhouse area.
- Assist with scouting for pests and diseases on plant material.
- Knowledge of weekly sales items throughout the greenhouse department.
- Knowledge of our Customer Loyalty Card Program.
- Commitment to attend employee meetings.
- Willingness to do duties assigned by your supervisor or management personnel.
- It is mandatory that all employees obey safety rules and to exercise caution in all their activities.
Education & Experience:
- Basic knowledge of annual and seasonal flowers, as well as houseplants is very helpful, but not required.
- Simple computer experience or willingness to learn.
Time Requirements:
- Willingness to work an average of two to three evenings per week in spring busy season if evening hours are agreed upon at hiring.
- Most Saturdays are required.
- Some Holidays and the week of our parking lot sale are required (Easter weekend, Mother’s Day weekend, Black Friday).
Physical requirements:
- Must be able to work on your feet for long periods. (8 to 10 hours)
- Must be able to work in all conditions; dust, heat, cold, rain, snow and high humidity.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Seasonal
Pay: $13.00 - $15.00 per hour
Expected hours: 20 – 40 per week
Schedule:
- 4 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Evening shift
- Morning shift
- Rotating weekends
- Weekends as needed
Work Location: In person
Salary : $13 - $15
