Garden Center Manager

GARDEN CENTER MANAGEMENT

General Responsibilities: Fully responsible for all phases of the garden center including , sales, training of employees, staff meetings, quality control and plant maintenance, receiving of goods and all aspects of customer service.

Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to the following:

  • Guiding and supervision of garden center personnel.

  • Daily scheduling and start-up of personnel.

  • Preparation, counting, and balancing cash registers every morning and evening.

  • All retail sales including deliveries, plantings, or pick-ups.

  • Inspection of garden center, at least once a day, for weeds, insects, diseases, damage, moisture problems, pruning needs, signage, quality control, etc…

  • Organization and purchasing of all materials and plants for the garden center and landscape departments.

  • Entering and updating bar codes, sale prices and dates, purchase orders, receivers, etc… into the QuickBooks POS system.

  • Supervision of propagation, planting, and maintenance of all plant material for the garden center and landscape departments.

  • Handling and resolving of any concerns or complaints.

  • Writing and placement of all help wanted ads for the garden center department.

  • Preparation, placement, and scheduling of all advertising, special events, and promotions for garden center and landscape departments.

  • Training all employees as needed on cash register, phone etiquette, customer relations, plant identification, plant care and maintenance, etc…

  • Pruning, spraying, fertilizing, weeding, etc… all plant material.

  • Pricing and inventory of all plant material and merchandise.

  • Proper winter protection of all plant material.

  • Inspection and maintenance of all buildings and greenhouses at least weekly.

  • Cleanliness of entire garden center and nursery sales areas.

  • Removal or treatment of any diseased or second quality materials or plants.

  • Ordering all hard goods for garden center and landscape departments.

  • Maintenance of sprinkler system including start-up, shutdown, draining, repairs, etc…

  • Offering input on future growth, improvements, product lines, etc…

  • Willingness and ability to become a Certified Nursery and Landscape Professional.

  • Putting in whatever effort is required to complete any and all assigned tasks.

  • Enforcement of the company’s policies and manual.

  • Hiring of garden center personnel.