What are the responsibilities and job description for the Receiving Associate position at Pacific School of Religion?
Job Description
Job Purpose:
A Receiving Associate’s primary purpose is to provide superior customer service by greeting and assisting every customer with their gardening inquiries when they come into the nursery. Receiving Associates will also be expected to assist in unloading all plant, pottery, soil and smallwares deliveries, and working the new product onto the sales floor. A final primary purpose for Receiving Associates is to ensure the nursery is always operating smoothly by completing various maintenance projects as assigned, both individually and with peers.
Job Duties and Responsibilities:
We are a locally owned and operated retail plant nursery and garden center. Centrally located to Wilsonville, West Linn, Tualatin, and Lake Oswego, we provide high quality, locally sourced plants and plant accessories. We pride ourselves on our strong customer service skills and willingness to work hard while enjoying what we do.
We are a locally owned and operated retail plant nursery and garden center. Centrally located to Wilsonville, West Linn, Tualatin, and Lake Oswego, we provide high quality, locally sourced plants and plant accessories. We pride ourselves on our strong customer service skills and willingness to work hard while enjoying what we do.
Job Purpose:
A Receiving Associate’s primary purpose is to provide superior customer service by greeting and assisting every customer with their gardening inquiries when they come into the nursery. Receiving Associates will also be expected to assist in unloading all plant, pottery, soil and smallwares deliveries, and working the new product onto the sales floor. A final primary purpose for Receiving Associates is to ensure the nursery is always operating smoothly by completing various maintenance projects as assigned, both individually and with peers.
Job Duties and Responsibilities:
- Greeting customers and maintaining a friendly and personable demeanor.
- Answering customer queries about product availability and locations, basic plant care, and proper soil amendments.
- Staying up to date on current product availabilities and sales promotions.
- Supporting fellow Receiving, Watering, Cashier, and Sales teams in completion of nursery projects.
- Quickly and efficiently unloading new products from all delivery trucks into receiving zone.
- Accurately and efficiently rotating new product from receiving zone onto sales floor.
- Assembling and disassembling sales tables, product displays, shade tents, etc.
- Assisting in maintaining plant health with proper watering and preventive maintenance.
- Assisting Cashiers with customer carry-outs when backup staffing is needed.
- Cleaning, weeding, and pruning around the property as needed or assigned.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Regularly unloads large box trucks of plant materials ranging from 2-100 pounds onto tables and ground.
- Frequently moves body to bend, twist, and lift large or awkward sized pots, plants, and bags of soil.
- Frequently pushes and pulls garden carts and racks filled with plant materials ranging from 25-100 pounds.
- Frequently traverses mildly sloped, graveled terrain.
- During peak season, can walk upwards of 30,000 steps or more in a shift.
- Frequently communicates with customers and coworkers.
- Constantly works in all outdoor weather conditions.
- Occasionally ascends/descends ladders to complete various tasks.
- Some use of power and gardening tools will be required.
We are a locally owned and operated retail plant nursery and garden center. Centrally located to Wilsonville, West Linn, Tualatin, and Lake Oswego, we provide high quality, locally sourced plants and plant accessories. We pride ourselves on our strong customer service skills and willingness to work hard while enjoying what we do.
We are a locally owned and operated retail plant nursery and garden center. Centrally located to Wilsonville, West Linn, Tualatin, and Lake Oswego, we provide high quality, locally sourced plants and plant accessories. We pride ourselves on our strong customer service skills and willingness to work hard while enjoying what we do.