Now Hiring - Hartland Location

Serves customers by training staff; purchasing and displaying products.

Job Description
-Opens and Closes the Retail Floor.
-Trains store staff by reviewing and revising orientation to products and sales training materials; delivering training sessions; reviewing staff job results and learning needs with retail store manager; developing and implementing new product training.
-Evaluates competition by visiting competing stores; gathering information such as style, quality, and prices of competitive merchandise.
-Purchases inventory by researching emerging products; anticipating buyer interest; negotiating volume price breaks; placing and expediting orders; receiving and verifying orders.
-Attracts customers by originating display ideas; following display suggestions or schedules; constructing or assembling prefabricated display properties; producing merchandise displays in windows and showcases, and on sales floor.
-Promotes sales by demonstrating merchandise and products to customers.
-Helps customers by providing information; answering questions; obtaining merchandise requested; completing payment transactions; preparing merchandise for delivery.
-Identify and investigating customer complaints and service suggestions.
-Maintains a safe and clean store environment.
-Maintains inventory by checking merchandise to determine inventory levels; anticipating customer demand.
-Prepares reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information.
-Maintains quality service by establishing and enforcing organization standards.
-Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; benchmarking state-of-the-art practices; participating in professional societies.
-Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
-Hours range from 40 hours per week to 65 hours per week depending on season.
-Seeking out and utilizing hiring avenues for recruiting new staff
-Tear down and deep cleaning during off season.

-Experience in various departments in the Garden Center industry
-High School Education
-Management Proficiency
-Customer Service
-Presentation Skills
-Analyzing Information
-Basic Safety
-Promotions
-Understanding the Customer
-Verbal Communication Skills
-Need to perform mechanical work with instruction