Senior Floral Production Lead

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We are hiring a Senior Floral Production Lead! This is a key leadership role responsible for overseeing daily floral production, shop operations, and event execution to ensure high-quality floral arrangements and efficient workflow. We are looking for an experienced leader with strong floral design expertise, production management skills, and team leadership experience to drive efficiency, maintain quality control, and elevate the artistic and operational standards of our floral shop.

About Us

Nehemiah Group, dba Southside Blooms & Chicago EcoHouse, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit farm-to-vase florist based on the South Side of Chicago. We specialize in unique, fashion-forward floral arrangements while maintaining an unwavering commitment to environmental sustainability and community impact. By offering employment and training opportunities for at-risk youth, we strive to create a lasting positive impact in the communities we serve, to find out more click here.  

While resumes, work experience, and education are important, we prioritize talent, passion, and creativity—hiring individuals who can help us create extraordinary moments for our customers and shape the future of our floral business

Role

As a Senior Floral Production Lead, you will be responsible for managing all aspects of floral production, inventory oversight, quality control, and event execution. You will lead Junior Floral and assistant flower shop production members ensuring smooth workflow, staff development, and high-end floral execution. Additionally, you will mentor junior floral staff, oversee shop efficiency and sustainability practices, and collaborate with leadership to drive operational success.

Your Core Contributions To The Team

• Supervise & Train Staff: Lead Floral team members, including Junior Leads, Assistants, and Youth Apprentices, by providing training, mentorship, and clear expectations
• Oversee & Optimize Floral Production: Supervise all aspects of the floral production process, ensuring workflow efficiency and artistic excellence in all designs.
• Event Floral Execution – Oversee event floral production, including large-scale functions such as weddings and corporate events, ensuring seamless execution.
• Quality Control & Design Standards: Review floral arrangements to ensure consistency, durability, and aesthetic excellence before delivery.
• Shop Organization & Maintenance: Ensure that work spaces, tools, and inventory areas remain clean, efficient, and well-maintained.

About You

• Extensive experience in floral production, retail floral management, or event floral design.
• Proven leadership abilities, including staff training, team development, and workflow oversight.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to troubleshoot production or inventory challenges.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills to coordinate across departments and ensure shop operations run efficiently.
• Attention to detail and commitment to maintaining high-quality standards in floral design, production, and sustainability practices.
• Physically capable of standing for long periods, lifting up to 50 pounds, and working in a fast-paced environment.

Job Description

The Senior Floral Production Lead is a key leadership role responsible for overseeing daily floral operations, staff supervision, inventory oversight, and event floral execution. This position is ideal for an experienced floral professional who is passionate about quality design, production efficiency, and team mentorship.

Key Responsibilities

• Advanced Floral Production: Execute high-end floral arrangements for daily sales, events, and special occasions while maintaining quality standards.
• Event Floral Execution: Plan, coordinate, and lead floral event setups, ensuring high-end floral arrangements meet client specifications.
• Staff Leadership & Training: Oversee flower production members providing guidance and ensuring quality standards.Own opening and closing procedures, delegating tasks, and ensuring a smooth workflow in the shop. Serve as a floor supervisor, ensuring workflow efficiency and production deadlines are met.
• Schedule & Manage Shifts: Responsible for creating and maintaining the floral team’s work schedule. Ensure adequate staffing levels, approve shift changes, and monitor attendance. Ensure all team members properly clock in and out.
• Enforce Workplace Policies & Corrective Action: Monitor team performance and adherence to floral policies, including attendance, safety, and work quality. Address performance or behavioral issues as they arise, providing feedback and implementing corrective action in coordination with leadership and HR.
• Ensure Compliance with Floral Safety Protocols: Adhere to and enforce safety regulations, ensuring that all floral work is carried out safely and efficiently.
• Inventory & Supply Oversight: Manage flower stock, hard goods, and shop supplies, placing orders and tracking inventory to maintain operational consistency.
• Quality Control: Ensure all floral products meet shop standards before delivery or customer pickup.
• Collaboration & Communication: Work closely with the Senior Floral Production Lead and Operational Supervisor to coordinate daily production goals and address workflow challenges.Ensuring clear communication and problem resolution.
• Sustainability Practices: Follow Eco-friendly guidelines in floral care and waste management.

Requirements

• Floral Design & Event Knowledge – Advanced skills required.
• Team Mentorship: Provide feedback on team performance, helping to identify employees ready for promotion.
• Weekend & Holiday Availability: The floral industry experiences peak demand during weekends and holidays, so the ability to work during these times is essential to meet customer needs and ensure smooth farm operations.
• Physical Stamina & Strength: This role requires lifting and carrying buckets of water, bags of soil, and other heavy objects, as well as standing for extended periods.
• Reliability & Commitment: Consistent attendance is crucial to maintaining operations. Team members are expected to adhere to their scheduled shifts and provide timely notice for any necessary absences. 
• Teamwork & Communication: Must be able to work collaboratively and take direction from supervisors and senior floral staff.

All The Other Stuff

This position reports to the Operational Supervisor. In their absence, the Chief Operating Officer will provide oversight and direction as needed. This is a non-exempt position.

The Nehemiah Group is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace dedicated to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce. We are committed to building an environment of mutual respect, free of discrimination and harassment, where opportunities are available to everyone based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications. 

The job functions listed above represent the primary duties and responsibilities of this job and in no way state or imply that these are the only duties to be performed by you. Other duties and responsibilities within the scope of this job may be assigned. You will be required to follow all instructions and to perform all duties requested by your manager, subject to reasonable accommodation and within the scope of the position.