Garden Center Associate

Garden Center Associate

Are you looking for a career that allows you to enjoy daily personal satisfaction from a job well done and that rewards you for performing at a higher level?

Costa Farms has a Garden Center Merchandiser position in Big Box Retail Garden Centers around Portland, OR - Vancouver, and Longview, WA!

80% of our Supervisors and Area Managers started as Merchandisers and were promoted to their current positions. You could do the same!

Job Summary : The Garden Center Merchandiser is responsible for executing operational tasks as directed by teammates and / or the Costa Farms managers at the teams' stores. The Merchandiser should focus on learning the skills and thought processes necessary to meet Costa Farms standards successfully.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

• Comply with safety standards while working in the stores and demands the same of other Costa Farms employees.
• Exhibit high levels of productivity and accuracy while Merchandising products in the stores.
• Energetically execute tasks as directed by members of the team.
• Strive to learn as quickly as possible and improve execution and productivity every day.
• Complete surveys and Go Spot Check missions correctly and promptly.
• Arrive to set location(s) to meet with the team as needed and consistently complete shifts.
• Prepare stores for tours, meetings, and other events as required.
• Provides excellent customer service to stores and store personnel by exhibiting impeccable professionalism, integrity, and decorum.
• Ensure that consumers are treated well by projecting a cheerful, helpful, and friendly persona.
• Attend meetings as requested.

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Company Overview :

Who is Costa Farms? We're one of the world's largest horticultural growersbut without an ego to match our acreage. Our headquarters are in Miami, Florida, where we were founded in 1961. Costa Farms started on just 30 acres, and over the last 60 years, we've grown to more than 5,000 acres worldwide. We have farms in North and South Carolina, Central and South Florida, and the Dominican Republic, plus an office in China. Costa Farms employs nearly 6000 engineers, marketers, accountants / analysts, human resources professionals, growers, and plant scientists!

Here at Costa Farms, we live by the values of H3 : being Humble, staying Hungry, and always Hustling. The team rallies to the mission of being a lean, green, growing machine dedicated to enriching the world by bringing plants into everyone's life.

True to that mission, we grow more than 1,500 plant varieties. Driven by the spirit of innovation, the team is constantly testing new plants and developing new solutions to make it easier for retailers and plant parents to enjoy plants. As one aspect of our many sustainability efforts, we're also continuously testing different ways of growing our plants to increase quality and improve their ecological footprint.

We cultivate plants, as well as a winning culture. Join the team, and you'll find opportunities to learn and grow. You'll collaborate with other driven, determined people who together keep Costa Farms an industry leader. You'll support and be supported by a team that cares about each other, our customers, our consumers, and our community.

You'll also find that Costa Farms is committed to providing a diverse environment. We're proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, disability, age, military status, marital status or veteran status, or any other group status protected by federal, state, or local law.

All applicants must be work-authorized.

Costa Farms will not sponsor any visa for this position.

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Costa Farms offers competitive wages and benefits, including :

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