Assistant Nursery Manager (Church Hill)

Assistant Nursery Manager (Church Hill)

22 Feb 2024
Maryland, Eastern shore 00000 Eastern shore USA

Assistant Nursery Manager (Church Hill)

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Unity Church Hill Nursery, located on the Maryland's Eastern Shore, is a retail nursery operation with a focus on providing sustainable products, native plants and, for the past three years, small scale food production. In addition to the retail nursery, our 44 acre farm is the base of our sister company Unity Landscape Design/Build and home to many dynamic projects including demonstration gardens featuring ecologically friendly and functional outdoor living spaces and about 1.5 acres of food production gardens exploring and integrating innovative techniques to improve soil health and produce nutrient dense food to serve our local, direct retail market through a farm stand and farmers' market and wholesale market of local grocers and restaurants.

Job Summary

o Assist nursery manager with management of day to day operations of Unity Church Hill Nursery

Essential Functions

o Assist customers in retail nursery and farm stand

o Train current and new employees on computers, daily operations and protocols

o Take on manager responsibilities in the absence of the Nursery manager

o Create purchase orders in Windward for all orders, receive orders in Windward, create labels for all received orders, handle all returns and replacements for damaged inventory

o Assist nursery manager with coordination of special events, sales, and nursery promotions to insure they are professional, effective, and successful

o Implement IPM and fertilization program after transition period working with nursery manager

o Coordinate all special orders

o Coordinate delivery and installation schedule

o Insure retail areas are clean, organized, and captivating at all times

o Insure all product has updated pricing with clean legible tags

o Oversee marketing program for nursery including submission of all advertising materials prior to submission dates, post blogs per set schedule, maintain web pages, Facebook pages and other social media outlets current and optimized

o Attend all nursery events

Qualifications: Valid driver's License, management experience in a retail environment, strong communication skills, 3 years experience working in the nursery or landscape field, strong horticulture, pest and plant ID knowledge

Compensation based on experience.

Visit our website: unitychurchhillnursery.com for more information and to find out about other job opportunities.

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