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Job DescriptionReporting Relationships: Store Manager
Work Schedule: Hours vary by season. This position may require evening and weekend work.
“Come Have Fun and Enjoy the Great Outdoors!”Do you enjoy working in an open or outdoor environment? Do you enjoy interacting with customers and associates with a common interest? Need a little physical activity in your life? Like having a flexible schedule?
If you answered “YES” to any of the above, this may be the perfect job for you!Pike Nurseries has been serving residents in the Southeast for nearly 60 years. Pike Nurseries is recognized as a leader in the Garden Center Industry for its commitment to providing the best selection, quality, service and horticultural expertise. With Pike’s sister brand, Armstrong Garden Centers, in California, the company is considered to be the largest independent garden center company in the U.S. with career opportunities and growth from coast to coast.
Summary of Duties and Responsibilities:Ensures that the department has adequate inventory, customers are being helped and the area is kept clean.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
Understands that safety, proactive customer engagement and customer satisfaction are our top priorities.
Directs team effort to achieve departmental sales budgets.
Maintains appealing displays of all department merchandise.
Takes inventories of product and places orders for needed material including special orders.
Ensures signs are posted for all merchandise that appears in our advertisem*nts.
Is responsible for the maintenance of the display areas, (straightening, sweeping, stocking and watering).
Receives and displays all incoming stock in a timely manner using current receiving procedures, noting all defective/damaged merchandise and ensuring that credit is received.
Ensures that all inventory is accurately priced and signed.
Maintains accurate throwaway and markdown records for the back office.
Maintains basic knowledge of materials within your department.
This position requires some physical activity such as lifting, squatting, bending, twisting, pushing, pulling and walking. Unassisted lifting limits between 30 and 50 lbs. Individuals may be required to do any or all of these situations throughout the work day, with an emphasis on walking and standing for a major portion of the day. The outside environment will comprise most of the day with some inside building activity.
Company DescriptionPike Nurseries has 15 metro Atlanta retail stores in Georgia and 4 retail stores in the Charlotte, North Carolina area as well as a Landscape Design division and three growing facilities in Marietta, Dahlonega and Ringgold, Georgia.
We are proud to be an employee owned company. Please ask about our ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan) benefit. Only 4% of companies are ESOP companies. Come join a team that puts their associates first! We look forward to hearing from you!
Pike Nurseries has 15 metro Atlanta retail stores in Georgia and 4 retail stores in the Charlotte, North Carolina area as well as a Landscape Design division and three growing facilities in Marietta, Dahlonega and Ringgold, Georgia. We are proud to be an employee owned company. Please ask about our ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan) benefit. Only 4% of companies are ESOP companies. Come join a team that puts their associates first! We look forward to hearing from you!
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Education and Training
Industries
Retail
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