Colonial Gardens, located in Blue Springs, MO, was added to our brand family in 2016. Founded in 1969, renovations began in 2017 to create an agritourism destination. It is the garden center, reimagined! We offer a greenhouse, nursery, café and coffee shop, event space, and farmer’s market. It’s where plants, food and farms connect. Educational classes promoting local agriculture and sustainability as well as private events are also offered.

Colonial Gardens is part of the DCA Outdoor family of brands. We are vertically integrated and take pride in being an industry leader. We’re not only streamlining the production and distribution of

landscape products, but we are also working to reduce the carbon footprint. Through our continued

growth and innovation, we will have the highest impact on our world.

If you are a positive dynamic leader with ability and drive to motivate and manage a team, thrive in a

fast paced environment, and have a genuine care in leading teams to provide exceptional customer experience, drive sales, and maintain a safe and positive work environment, we invite you to apply for the position.

The Nursery Manager is responsible for the planning and execution of sales, staffing, merchandising, and general operations in the Nursery, and Perennials departments.

Manage and develop these teams to be motivated in providing a positive customer experience, a productive shopping environment, proactively drive sales and support events, provide plant care, ensure merchandising is current with seasonal needs, maintain inventory stocked, while meeting financial responsibilities in accordance with organizational goals.

Key Responsibilities:

Operations Management: Lead and manage to optimize revenue expectations and staffing of assigned departments to appropriate seasonal budget targets and to meet customer service needs
Customer Service & Merchandising: Responsible for exceptional engagement with internal and external customers in support of assigned departments. Accountable for visual merchandising,signage, planograms, min/max models, and space utilization, while maintaining a safe work and customer environment
Inventory & Equipment Management: Accountable for the optimal inventory assortment, inventory planning, merchandise replenishment for departments during seasonal changes. Maintain quality control of all equipment, assets, physical plants, and maintenance for departments
Leadership: Lead, manage, and hold accountable the staff of departments and partner with all other management to execute successful operations

Essential Job Duties:

Set and manage a comprehensive business plan, operating budget, and goals that deliver on performance and growth
Develop staff through tools such as scorecards, weekly one-to-ones, team meetings, product training, and special projects
Provide information to customers on the care of products within these departments, responsible for teaching and training staff on the same
Responsible for customer-facing workshops, events, social media posting, and other functions to further the engagement of these departments with the brand values
Responsible for building relationships with KAT and Services Department to ensure delivery & install operations run well, the various assortments service our customers well, and leads with product selection and SKU management for these KAT dependent categories
Ability to plan for upcoming seasonal product and have it ready to sell during the appropriate
time by creating visual merchandising plans

Other Duties and Responsibilities:

Explain and enforce safety regulations and policies
Guide and lead landscape display beds and oversee maintenance of those areas
Help or assist with any other duties as necessary or needed to help maintain or improve the company

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Ability to lead teams in a positive way with a ‘can do’ attitude
Strategic operational department planning
Ability to work in a fast paced, team environment
Attention to detail
Adhere to all safety rules and requirements

Minimum Qualifications:

Required: 5-7+ years in Retail/Garden Center environment
Required: High school diploma or GED equivalent
Required: BS (Bachelor of Science) in Horticulture, OR comparable work experience with trees, shrubs and perennials, nursery, and landscape environments
Required: 5+ years of team management and successfully leading teams
Preferred: Experience in a nursery or retail environment

Benefits You Will Enjoy:

Health, dental, and vision insurance 1st of the month after 30 days
Generous 401k match with immediate vesting
PTO that begins after 90 days
On the job training that prepares you to succeed
Company culture centered around growth and innovation

We honor our core values and expect our employees to as well. They are work hard, take pride in your work, be optimistic and respectful, show commitment, and continually grow.

We invite individuals who think like we do and will position us for major organizational growth to apply today. Join us in revolutionizing the green industry!

If you meet the criteria for this position, please apply today.

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