Dammann’s Garden Company is a busy independent garden center. We love plants and we pride ourselves in providing our customers with a friendly atmosphere, exceptional service, and quality trees, shrubs and plants. We seek motivated employees who enjoy working with both plants and people. At Dammann’s, we like to work hard, but we have a lot of fun doing so! We offer a fair and pleasant work environment. We are accepting new applications to fill the following positions:
Garden Shop Cashier
Hiring Seasonal, Part-time and Full-time, flexible schedules.
Love being around plants and people who love plants?
You’re always the first smiling face people see when they walk in the room, and you enjoy making people feel comfortable and helped. You’re good at making small talk and you’re just as comfortable picking up a phone call as you are on the computer. You like to keep your spaces tidy and organized and have an eye for details. You’re not afraid to say you don’t have the answer to someone’s question, but you’re always happy to find someone who does. You like to stay active and prefer a variety of different tasks throughout your day.
If this sounds like you, you might be the perfect fit as a Garden Shop Cashier at Dammann’s. As a cashier you’ll play an integral role in our entire customer’s experience, from “Hello”, to “See you next time!” You’ll be operating our registers to provide a friendly and accurate checkout experience for our customers, making sure they also get carry-out assistance; as well as helping to keep the store looking fresh and organized as product moves around or new plants and products arrive. You might even pitch in on caring for plants if the team needs your help.
Previous retail experience is helpful, but not required; if you’re the right fit we’ll train you. We use the Counterpoint POS so if you have experience with using it, or other Retail POS systems, that’s a plus!
Requirements: Comfortable working in variable weather conditions, standing or walking for extended periods, bending, lifting, carrying, Lift 50 lbs.
Support Staff & Carry-Out Team Member
Hiring Seasonal, Part-time and Full-time, flexible schedules.
You lead an active life and enjoy being outdoors. You like to stay physically active with a variety of tasks instead of sitting behind a computer all day. You’re the friendly, helpful sort and are happy to pitch in wherever you’re needed. You’re not afraid to say you don’t have the answer to someone’s question, but you’re always happy to find someone who can help them. You like working in a team and supporting your co-workers.
If this sounds like you, you might be the perfect fit as part of our Support Staff team Dammann’s. While you’re not responsible for customer sales, you do play an important role in our customers’ experience by assisting with our deliveries and making sure our plants and products are loaded in and stocked efficiently. You’ll also load plants and heavier items for customers into customer vehicles, water plants and trees in the garden center, and help keep everything clean and tidy. These tasks require a focus on safety.
Previous retail support or stocking experience is helpful but not required: if you’re the right fit we’ll train you.
Requirements: Comfortable working in variable weather conditions, standing or walking for extended periods, bending, lifting, carrying, Lift 50 lbs. Ability to drive a forklift, pallet jack, operate cart movers, etc. not required but a PLUS so make sure to let us know if you have these skills.
Garden & Greenhouse Sales Advisor
Hiring Seasonal Part-time and Full-time, flexible schedules.
Are you your friend’s and family’s go-to for plant or gardening advice?
You’re an enthusiastic plant lover with gardening and/or houseplant experience, or perhaps you work professionally in the horticulture industry. You love talking to people about their plants and gardening and you’re keen on guiding them to solutions. You’re not afraid to handle a variety of questions, or to say you don’t have the answer to a question; you’re always happy to work to find one or provide resources. You’re a good listener and a confident communicator, so you can figure out just what a customer needs. You like staying active with a variety of tasks and enjoy working outdoors as part of a supportive team.
If this sounds like you, you might be the perfect fit as a Dammann's Garden or Greenhouse Sales Advisor. As a salesperson you play an integral role in our customers’ experience; from “Hello”, to making sure they get what they need (and what they didn’t know they need!), to “See you next time!” In between customers you’ll help to keep our plants healthy and organized, stay on top of plant signage, communicate with our buyers and management on plant and product needs, and pitch in to help out cashiers on the registers in a pinch. You might even lead a workshop or teach a class if you have specific expertise to share.
Garden Center experience is highly preferred, but we can also work to train you if your plant and gardening knowledge is solid and you have other sales experience. Degrees in horticulture, garden design, landscape, or related, Horticulture or Garden Design Certificate, State Nursery & Landscape Certification, Certified Arborist, all a PLUS but not required. Please let us know if your knowledge and experience falls into a particular category, such as houseplants, garden plants, shrubs and trees, etc.
Requirements: Plant and/or gardening knowledge and experience. Comfortable working in variable weather conditions, standing or walking for extended periods, bending, lifting, carrying, Lift 50 lbs.
Buyer Assistant; Receiving & Committing
Hiring Seasonal Part-time and Full-time, flexible schedules.
Do you love working data entry and keeping spreadsheets tidy?
You’re an organized person with an eye for detail. You’re the sort of organized person everyone can count on to make sure data is entered correctly and you excel at finding errors. You like seeing the behind-the-scenes work and knowing how the data keeps an operation running smoothly. You’re comfortable with computer work and you like consistency in your workday. You enjoy working mostly on your own, but in support of a collaborative team.
If this sounds like you, you might be the perfect fit as a Dammann’s Buyer’s Assistant! As a Buyer Assistant you play an integral role in our customers’ experience by making sure all plant and hardgood orders received, committed inventory, and write offs, are entered correctly into our POS so inventory numbers stay accurate at all times. This role is crucial to supporting the buyers in making accurate purchases, and sales staff who need to quote on-hand inventory to customers. During busy times you may support the rest of your team by picking up the phone now and then to answer availability questions for garden center staff or the occasional customer.
Previous Garden Center experience is a plus, but not required; if you’re the right fit we’ll train you. We use the Counterpoint POS so if you have experience with using it, or other Retail POS systems, that’s also helpful. .
Requirements: Some data entry experience. We’ll evaluate case-by-case. Comfortable sitting for extended periods for computer work.
All potential employees are evaluated without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital, veteran status, presence of a non-job related handicap, or any other legally protected status.
If you are interested in joining our team, please submit the following application.