FULL-TIME (35 - 40 HRS) - SALES TECHNICIAN (LAWN AND GARDEN) - HOME STORE - NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO

NEXCOM•San Diego, CA

About The Position

Come work for us as a FEDERAL EMPLOYEE and help support our mission by providing customers with quality goods and services at a savings and to support quality of life programs for active-duty military, retirees, reservists and their families. Job Summary: Responsible for ordering maintaining and selling live goods and other garden items merchandising providing technical guidance to patrons and staff customer service.

Requirements

GENERAL EXPERIENCE One year of responsible experience in retail sales store work or other work that demonstrated the ability to perform the duties of the position.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE 8 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 problems and diseases planting and maintenance of live goods lawn installation and maintenance pond building landscaping and other yard projects.
Certified Nurseryman or Master Gardener.
Certified Forklift - forklift used as needed to assist with plant deliveries

Responsibilities

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 provide 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 seasonality 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 assist and directs offloading.
Ensures inventory is properly maintained.
Ensures garden center is appropriately staffed at all times.
Designs landscapes for customers.