Garden Center Associate

Grass Pad Inc.; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Part time

Job summary

Grass Pad in Kansas City is hiring Garden Center Associates for Part-Time and Full-Time roles with hourly pay and seasonal/flexible schedules. You will greet customers, load materials, and help in nursery and garden areas.

The job emphasizes a friendly attitude, outdoor activity, and strong customer service. Responsibilities include loading goods, guiding vehicles, keeping areas tidy, and assisting with daily store tasks.

Qualifications

• Brings a positive attitude and enjoys working with customers.
• Willingness to work outdoors in varying weather conditions.
• Strong customer service mindset and communication skills.
• Self-motivated with reliability and ownership of tasks.
• Seeking a seasonal or flexible schedule opportunity.

Responsibilities

• Greet customers at the loading dock, verify tickets, and load items into customers’ vehicles.
• Guide customer vehicles in and out of the loading area efficiently.
• Be polite and courteous to ensure a great customer experience.
• Maintain a clean, safe loading area with stocked products.
• Assist with store chores and help with opening/closing procedures.

Skills

Positive attitude

Outdoor work

Customer interaction

Self-starter

Seasonal work

Job description

Job Title: Garden Center Associate
Location: Kansas City,MO
Status: Part-Time, Full-Time, Hourly, daytime, weekday and weekend availability
Reporting Relationship: Store Manager
Work Schedule: Seasonal/Flexible

Grass Pad is hiring Part-Time and Day-Time Garden Center Associates to work in our Barry Roadlocation.

This job might be for you if:

• You have a great attitude. We want our customers to enjoy shopping with us, and every person at the Grass Pad contributes to that experience.
• You enjoy working outside and being active.
• You enjoy working with people and interacting with customers.
• Take pride and ownership in the work that you do.
• You’re looking for a seasonal job with a great company.
• You have interest in lawn and landscape or outdoor activities.
• You are a self-starter and take pride in your work.

As a Garden Center Associate, your typical day might include:

• Greeting customers at the loading dock, checking their tickets, and loading fertilizer, sod, straw, mulch, rocks, plants, and other material into customers’ vehicles.
• Guiding customer vehicles in to and out of the loading area in an efficient manner.
• Being polite, respectful, and courteous to all customers to ensure a great customer experience.
• Taking ownership of the customer loading area to keep it clean, safe and clear of debris and full of the appropriate products.
• Helping with store chores like cleaning, emptying trash, opening and closing procedures, and other tasks as necessary.

Other responsibilities include:

• Engaging in conversation with the customer during the loading process.
• Understanding our branded products and packages.
• Assisting with watering in the nursery and flower departments.
• Assisting with unloading nursery trucks and displaying nursery products.
• Referring customer questions to the appropriate staff member.

Company History

Grass Pad is a family-owned company that started during the 1960s in Omaha, selling grass seed and fertilizer. Since then, we’ve built a business on honesty, integrity and putting the customer’s success first and foremost. We now have 6 locations – one in Omaha and five in the Kansas City area.

At the Grass Pad it is not uncommon to find people that have worked here for decades. We love passion and dedication in our employees, and when we see those traits, we fight to keep people around and help them grow. We offer career and responsibility growth, management training and extensive on the job training.

Grass Pad maintains merit-based employment and is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer.

Seasonality

Our busy season spikes in the spring and the fall. Normal business hours vary with the season, with our longest opening hours during the spring and falls seasons. For most of the year, our store is open 7 days a week. Weekend and overtime work will be required during the busy seasons.