Floral - Designer

Bristol Farms • Santa Barbara, CA

8d • Onsite

About The Position

The Floral Designer is responsible for training and coaching employees on department procedures and tasks. This role, under the direction of the Floral Manager, involves in-service training for all employees and documentation of training. The designer coordinates activities related to ordering, processing, and selling products, ensuring proper display and sales techniques. They advise customers on flower quality, handling, and factors affecting perishable products. A key responsibility is maintaining high-profit margins through budget adherence, sales goals, cost of goods management, expense control, price adjustments, and waste management. The designer also manages the display and sale of flowers, plants, and accessories according to company merchandising standards and trains employees on floral design and customer relationship skills.

Requirements

• One-year certificate from college or technical preferred; or three to six months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Regularly required to stand and/or sit for eight hours at a time; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; talk or hear; and taste or smell.
• Frequently required to reach with hands and arms.
• Required to sit and occasionally stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Nice To Haves

• Management-in-training position, requiring qualities needed for a Floral Manager.

Responsibilities

• Train and coach employee procedures and tasks for the department.
• Responsible for in-service training for all employees and documents all training.
• Coordinates activities of workers engaged in ordering, processing, and selling of products.
• Assures proper displaying and selling of department products to customers.
• Advises customers on the quality of flowers, methods of handling flowers and plants, and other factors affecting this perishable product.
• Maintains high-profit margin by the approved pre-set budget and pricing schedule.
• Manages and assures proper displaying and selling of flowers, plants, and accessories by company merchandising standards.
• Trains and encourages all employees on floral design and customer relationship skills.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: Associate degree