Merchandising Service Associate - Plant Service Lead

Lowe's Companies, Inc.•Leesburg, VA

5d•$16 - $18•Onsite

About The Position

This role is responsible for executing Lowe's customer service policies and procedures, building vendor relationships, and collaborating with the Merchandising Service team. While most of the time will be spent on non-customer-facing activities, the individual is expected to engage with customers when opportunities arise, assisting them with locating, demonstrating, selecting, carrying, and loading merchandise. The role involves merchandising plants according to planograms, pricing, and color blocking, identifying and ordering replacements for damaged or missing signage and displays, and updating wayfinding and product location information. It also includes ensuring cross-merchandise and side stack products are appropriately placed to drive add-on sales, assisting with culling and pricing dead or distressed plants, and maintaining communication with other associates. The position requires identifying and communicating quality, quantity, and additional needs to supervisors, adjusting fixtures, rotating stock, and displaying products using power equipment. A key part of the role involves reviewing and entering completion details for assigned tasks, including time spent and uploading photographs. Additionally, the associate will ensure displays are safe and in working order, repair damaged packaging, manage trash and recycling, replace light bulbs, and report maintenance issues. The role also includes detecting and reporting security risks, maintaining housekeeping standards, and ensuring a safe and secure work environment by adhering to all safety requirements and using appropriate equipment and devices. The associate will operate various store equipment as needed and perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

6 Months Live nursery experience or General Merchandising experience

Nice To Haves

High school diploma or GED
6 Months Lowe’s sales floor experience
6 Months Experience performing product merchandising tasks including reading planograms, setting up and tearing down displays
3 Months Experience operating power equipment such as lifts, order pickers, and similar equipment

Responsibilities

Provide SMART customer service through the daily execution of Lowe's customer service policies, procedures, and programs.
Build relationships with vendors by providing direction and checking to ensure merchandise resets are completed according to Lowe’s specifications.
Collaborate with the Merchandising Service team and Manager by communicating project priorities, schedule, and project needs (e.g., materials, supplies, time).
Understand customers’ needs and assists in locating, demonstrating, selecting, carrying, and/or loading merchandise.
Engage with customers to understand his/her needs and assists in locating, demonstrating, selecting, carrying, and/or loading merchandise.
Listen to and responds knowledgeably and promptly to customer questions, taking them to areas of the store when necessary.
Demonstrate sincere appreciation to customers.
Communicate information to customers regarding all stock, special order merchandise, feature benefits, application, and warranty information related to Lowe’s programs.
Empty plant racks onto plant tables merchandising by planogram, price, and color block as they arrive.
Identify damaged or missing signage, displays, collateral and orders replacements in accordance with merchandising standards and planogram details.
Update/validate wayfinding and product location signage as well as digital maintenance of this information throughout the store.
Ensure cross merchandise, side stack products, j-hooks and gravity feed bins are placed appropriately, helping to drive add-on sales.
Assist with culling and pricing dead and distressed plants.
Maintain a high level of communication and partnership with MSM and red vest associates.
Identify and communicate issues with quality, quantity, and additional needs to Outside Garden Supervisor and MSM.
Adjust fixtures, rotates stock, displays products and support materials using power equipment (e.g., lifts, order pickers) per service expectations and processes.
Review, complete, and enter completion details (when, what, amount of time spent, taking and uploading photographs to confirm servicing completion, etc.) for all assigned service and maintenance tasks.
Ensure all displays are safe and in working order and repaired/replaced as needed.
Repair/seal damaged packaging and boxes including peg-hook items.
Remove all trash, moves cardboard boxes to the bailer and moves plastic wrap and other debris to the compactor.
Replace light bulbs and alerts the appropriate contact when additional maintenance issues are noted (lights out, painting, etc.).
Detect common signs of shoplifting, theft, and other security risks, and promptly communicates them to management and/or Asset Protection.
Ensure compliance with housekeeping standards and programs (e.g., Zone Recovery) to maintain cleanliness and organization of Outside Garden and working areas.
Maintain a safe and secure work environment, which may include conducting daily safety reviews, noting hazards, keeping aisles clear, and securing doors and gates.
Adhere to all safety requirements relevant to one’s regular job duties: top stock safety, reinstalling safety cables, use of aisle blockers, a tether line on power equipment, spotters, and safety devices.
Operate store equipment as needed depending on one specific role and department (e.g., Zebra phone, telephone, paging system, copiers, fax machines, computers, CCTV surveillance system, key cutter, panel saw, paint mixer, flooring cutters, compacter baler).
In addition to the above responsibilities, this individual is held accountable for other duties as assigned.

Benefits

Health, Dental and Vision insurance
Life and Disability insurance
Paid time off based on role, tenure, and locality, including vacation, holidays, sick and volunteer time
Flexible spending and health savings accounts
401(k) Retirement account with company match
Employee Assistance Program with concierge, work/life services and no-cost counseling for all kinds of needs
Education support programs, including tuition assistance and trade skills scholarships
Business Travel Accident insurance
Maternity and Parental leave
Adoption assistance
Lowe's Associate Discount and broad discount platform
Other discretionary benefits (based on eligibility) include annual bonuses, enrollment in Lowe's Employee Stock Purchase Plan and/or deferred compensation plan, and grant awards