Nursery Manager

Now Hiring at Hardwick Farmer's Co-Operative

• Directly involved with all stages of planning, ordering, preparing, maintaining, monitoring and evaluating the sale of Hardwick Farmers plant materials and lawn and garden hard goods.
• Responsible for the management of the store plant and lawn and garden product inventories. Keeping what our customers want and maintaining a profitable amount of inventory turns and paying special attention to the shortages, damages and shrink.
• Interacting with the vendors and staff to make sure the store has the best quality and quantity of plants and other supplies for our customers.
• Recommending and advising our customers on the best plants and products they need to complete their lawn and garden projects.
• Responsible for training the staff in proper plant care along with teaching effective display and enforcing company policy when needed.
• Communicate effectively with the general manager on the direction or any problems with the nursery staff, vendors, resources, safety and security of the nursery and store.
• Work in unison with the buyers that the nursery products overlap with.
• Keep abreast of the new lawn and garden trends and plant introductions to possibly add to the product mix.

• Self motivated, well organized and have a commitment to high quality on work performed.
• Willing to work and show a positive outlook with the staff and willing to work as part of the team.
• Able to multi-task with multiple departments and the changing day to day needs of the business.
• Needs to have good leadership skills along with excellent communication skills and willing to work weekends during the April to June busy season.

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