Garden Center Associate

Grass Pad Inc.; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

Grass Pad Inc. is hiring Garden Center Associates for their Bonner Springs location. This role involves providing excellent customer service by loading products, maintaining a clean environment, and ensuring customers have a positive experience. The position is flexible and seasonal, perfect for those who enjoy working outdoors and interacting with people.

Qualifications

• Great attitude and enjoys working outside.
• Takes pride in their work and interacts with customers.

Responsibilities

• Greeting and loading customer vehicles with products.
• Maintaining a clean and safe loading area.

Skills

Customer service

Positive attitude

Outdoor work

Job description

Job Title : Garden Center Associate

Location : Bonner Springs

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 Bonner Springs location.

As a Garden Center Associate, you will be responsible for reading the customer's receipt and loading the correct products into their vehicle in a timely manner.

The customer comes first at the Grass Pad, and having a smile on your face and a positive attitude is an important part of the job.

Ensuring the customer has an excellent experience and leaves with the correct products is the top priority of this position.

This job might be for you if :

• You have a great attitude.
• You enjoy working outside and being active.
• You enjoy working with people and interacting with customers.
• You take pride and ownership in the work that you do.
• You're looking for a seasonal job with a great company.
• You have an 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 and out of the loading area efficiently.
• 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.
• 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 1980s in Omaha, selling grass seed and fertilizer.

Since then, we've built a business on honesty, integrity, and putting the customer's success first.

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.

Seasonality

Our busy season spikes in the spring and the fall.

Normal business hours vary with the season, with our longest opening hours during spring and fall seasons.

For most of the year, our store is open 7 days a week.

Weekend and overtime work will be required during busy seasons.