(NEX NORFOLK) SALES TECHNICIAN-LAWN AND GARDEN

NEXCOM • Norfolk, VA

3d

About The Position

Responsible for ordering, maintaining and selling live goods and other garden items; merchandising, providing technical guidance to patrons and staff; customer service.
Provides technical guidance and instructions to customers in the selection, placing, planting and follow-up care of live goods.
Is proficient in insect and plant problems and diseases, insecticides and chemicals; provides guidance and corrective and preventative assistance to customers, recommends products.
Conducts seminars and "how to" clinics on planting and maintaining live goods, lawn installation and maintenance, pond building, and landscaping and other yard projects.
Conducts regular technical and product knowledge training for staff. Responsible for ensuring sales associates are properly trained in all areas especially care of live goods and use of chemicals, organic, etc.
Responsible for in stock position. Ensures timely and seasonal deliveries of live goods, organics, seeds, chemicals and building materials. Works directly with vendors. Ensures levels are appropriate to sales velocity. Responsible for anticipating seasonalbility of merchandise and responding with proper merchandise in the proper levels.
Ensures all goods are properly merchandised and signed. Trains staff.
Schedules deliveries of nursery stock and bulk items; assists and directs offloading.
Ensures inventory is properly maintained.
Designs landscapes for customers.
Ensures garden center is appropriately staffed at all times.
Must be a Virginia Certified Nurseryman or Master Gardener.
Must be forklift certified

Requirements

• One year of responsible experience in retail sales store work or other work that demonstrated the ability to perform the duties of the position.
• 18 months experience in retail sales performing duties of the position including work that required knowledge of lawn and garden products such as providing guidance to customers in the selection, placing planting and care of live goods, use of insecticides and chemicals to resolve insect and plant problem and diseases, planting and maintenance of live goods, lawn installation and maintenance, pond building, landscaping, and other yard projects.
• Must be a Virginia Certified Nurseryman or Master Gardener.
• Must be forklift certified

Responsibilities

• ordering, maintaining and selling live goods and other garden items
• merchandising
• providing technical guidance to patrons and staff
• customer service
• providing technical guidance and instructions to customers in the selection, placing, planting and follow-up care of live goods
• providing guidance and corrective and preventative assistance to customers, recommends products
• Conducting seminars and "how to" clinics on planting and maintaining live goods, lawn installation and maintenance, pond building, and landscaping and other yard projects
• Conducting regular technical and product knowledge training for staff
• ensuring sales associates are properly trained in all areas especially care of live goods and use of chemicals, organic, etc.
• Ensuring timely and seasonal deliveries of live goods, organics, seeds, chemicals and building materials
• Working directly with vendors
• Ensuring levels are appropriate to sales velocity
• Responsible for anticipating seasonalbility of merchandise and responding with proper merchandise in the proper levels
• Ensuring all goods are properly merchandised and signed
• Training staff
• Scheduling deliveries of nursery stock and bulk items
• assisting and directing offloading
• Ensuring inventory is properly maintained
• Designing landscapes for customers
• Ensuring garden center is appropriately staffed at all times

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed