What are the responsibilities and job description for the Garden Manager In Training position at Lifescape?
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Job Description:
Lifescape Colorado is seeking an eager, dedicated, and passionate individual to join our team as a Garden Manager In Training. The Garden Manager In Training (GMIT) is a training position for a future Garden Manager position. The GMIT will observe and assist existing Garden Managers in building and maintaining strong relationships with our clients and internal staff. In addition to client management responsibilities, the GMIT will work intensely within the various departments that represent Lifescape Colorado to better understand our processes and types of work that we perform.
- Shadow and work alongside Garden Manager throughout the year
- Work alongside crews and service departments to improve understanding of services we provide
- Develop strong relationships and trust with clients
- Assist with frequent client communication by providing weekly updates on property status
- Shadow Garden Managers on leads for new maintenance contracts and client meetings
- Conduct property inspections on a regular basis (Every 1-2 weeks)
- Assist with seasonal color bidding, ordering and installation
- Communication with client, crew, and client representative
- Assist with enhancement bidding and installation
- Assist Garden Managers with showing the client’s vision of property to the crew
- Assist Garden Managers with work orders and service requests
- Crew Interaction: Meet crews on site on a regular basis to ensure high-quality work, along with strengthening camaraderie and mutual respect
- Production Interaction: Effectively create response plan for issues on accounts and communicate with Foremen, Production Manager, Irrigation team, or Sr. GM
- GM Teamwork: Collaborate with other Garden Managers to analyze production, costs, gross margins, and other metrics. Help others out with their responsibilities when needed.
- Property Care Team: Review and analyze data and metrics to represent performance and progress towards goals.
- Communication: Timely and professional communication with team members via email, phone, text or any other format. Adhere to the 10-5 rule (communication received before 5pm gets a same-day response, communication received after 5pm gets a next-day response by 10am)
- Meetings: Attend weekly GM Team meeting, weekly One-on-One with Client Service Manager, and other trainings, meetings, promotional events, seminars, garden shows, etc. as identified and scheduled.
- Policy: Understand and adhere to company policies and procedures, mission statement, and core values.
- Professionalism: Always represent the company in a responsible and professional manner.
- Snow Captain: Manage a route of snow management properties in the winter months, managing the crew and quality of work performed onsite.
- Snow Management: Assist snow crews with plowing or shoveling as needed.
- Emergency Phone: Take your turn occasionally being responsible for the after-hours on-call phone.
- Other: Special projects and duties as assigned.
Pay Transparency
Mariani Enterprises LLC is committed to pay transparency and equity among all employees and provides employees with an environment where pay transparency and dialogue on compensation are allowed. Mariani Enterprises LLC complies with Equal Employment Opportunity laws as well as federal, state, and local laws on compensation, pay transparency, and pay equity.
Position Range:
$50,000 - $60,000
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Mariani Enterprises, LLC is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in employment with regard to race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, age, sex (including sexual harassment), sexual orientation, marital status, physical or mental disability, military status or unfavorable discharge from military service or any other characteristic protected by law.
Salary : $50,000 - $60,000
