Seasonal House Sales

1 week ago


Waterdown, Canada Connon Nurseries Full time

Title: Seasonal House Sales Associates Reporting to: Seasonal House Supervisor

Department: Sales Yard Date issued: 01.03.2024

Location: Trenton l

**Job Summary**:
As a Seasonal House salesperson, your primary focus is on sales - optimizing the time you spend with customers and selling useful add-ons with the intent of successful planting. Below is a list of responsibilities for a salesperson:
**Customer Service and Sales**:

- Interacting with the customers and assisting them with any questions.
- Maintain a professional attitude and appearance while demonstrating a superior level of service when working with customers and staff.
- Help customers locate, choose plants and products for gardening needs.
- Showing customers good add-on products to ensure good gardening practices.
- Stay up to date on current sales and specials.
- Pull home gardener and trade orders as directed.

**Plant Care and Yard Maintenance**:

- Assistance in unloading product off of skids when / where needed.
- Let supervisor / manager know if you notice: plant levels are low and needs reordering or if plants are not in good condition and need to be re-processed back to our production fields.
- Setting up displays and shifting of plant material, as directed by supervisor.
- Weed, dead head, clean and space plant material.
- Watering plant material, as directed by supervisor.
- Tidy aisles for carts, hoses and miscellaneous plant material.
- Communicate to yard supervisor any poor batches of plants, or disease/insects if found.

**Watering**:

- Generally, this will be assigned by the seasonal house supervisor.
- Watering should ideally be done thoroughly before customers are in the area, but if

required take caution when watering with customers in the area.
- Keep hoses in good shape - if leaks appear, stop and repair.
- Ensure hoses do not impede customer foot traffic.
- Always check plants before watering (feel their weight) - never assume all plants need

watering when one plant is dry.
- Water mínimally if the weather is coot and damp.
- Water thoroughly during hot dry weather.
- If posts are larger - water each container to ensure water reaches the bottom of the

container to ensure the entire root system is wet.
- Be aware of areas where the wind might dry plants out more.
- If a plant is wet - do not water.
- Check the entire area first thing in the morning and just before shift is finished.
- If further watering is required after your shift, communicate to next shift.

**Other duties**:

- Keeping seasonal area tidy (general cleanliness - as others will be called upon for cleaning).
- Keep annual carts out of aisles and back where they belong (make sure you are not moving a customer wagon that is in use).
- Keep compost buckets tidy.
- Watch that signage is in the correct location.
- Be aware and informed as to the location of all seasonal plants.
- Be prepared to unload receiving trucks, price plants and place plants on tables or under tables.
- Always be careful moving racks, carts, wagons around other staff and customers.
- Moving plants when as directed, from one location to another.
- Repotting plants when necessary (hanging baskets do fall).
- Keep flats and pots in consistent straight rows - maintain the professional look.
- If any plant or other product is out of place, check with other staff and put it in it’s proper location.
- Pricing and labelling of all necessary plants.
- Work with other staff if large orders are needed to be unloaded.

Connon Nurseries is an equal opportunity employer. Should you require any modifications during the interview process please contact our Human Resources Manager at 9056897433.

Expected start date: 2024-05-01

**Job Type**: Seasonal
Contract length: 4 months

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- Morning shift
- Weekends as needed

**Experience**:

- Nursery or equivalent: 2 years (required)
- previous Plant Sales: 2 years (required)

Work Location: In person

Expected start date: 2024-05-01



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