
Poyntons Nursery
1 week ago
Poyntons Nursery is an award-winning nursery and garden centre located in Essendon. Poyntons is a one-stop destination for all gardening needs that is complemented by a café that offers seasonal menus and breathtaking views. Poyntons Nursery also provides a fabulous range of current trends in homewares, giftware and furniture. A role at Poyntons is an opportunity to work within a successful group of professionals who pride themselves on providing their knowledge, advice and passion for all things Horticultural.
About the Role:As an Indoor Plants Horticulturist at Poyntons Nursery, you will play a key role in our Glasshouse; assisting customers, maintaining plant health, and contributing to the overall success of our nursery. Responsibilities for the role include but are not limited to the below:
- Customer Assistance: Provide expert advice and assistance to Glasshouse customers regarding plant selection, care and maintenance solutions. Address customer inquiries and offer personalised recommendations based on their gardening needs.
- Plant Maintenance: Monitor and maintain the health and appearance of Glasshouse plants, including watering, fertilising, pruning, and pest control. Conduct regular inspections to identify and address any signs of disease or stress in plants.
- Inventory Management: Assist in the entire inventory management process, including receiving deliveries, stock placement and offloading. Maintain precision in labelling and organisation of stock. Communicate stock needs with Greenlife Buyer and Nursery Manager as required.
- Merchandising: Merchandise stock by organising plants logically, creating seasonal displays, using colour coordination and varied heights for visual appeal, providing clear signage, and grouping related items together.
- Collaboration: Work closely with other horticulturists, nursery assistants, receivers, and management to collectively fulfill all nursery duties as required. This collaborative effort is essential to maintaining a cohesive and efficient operation within the nursery.
- Post-secondary horticultural education (e.g. Certificate III in Parks & Gardens, Certificate III in Horticulture etc) is required.
- Minimum 3-5 years of INDOOR PLANTS experience in a retail nursery is preferred, but INDOOR PLANTS experience in other environments will be considered. All candidates must be able to demonstrate how they have applied their horticultural knowledge and skills-set in previous roles.
- Communication: Excellent verbal communication skills to interact with customers and team members effectively.
- Teamwork: The desire to work collaboratively with others and remain calm in a fast-paced environment.
- Reliability: Punctual, responsible, and able to commit to a flexible work schedule, including weekends.
- Diligence: Able to follow processes and procedures in an organised and efficient way.
- Palpable sense of urgency and proactive work-ethic.
- Attention to Detail: Being observant to customer needs, accuracy in maintaining inventory levels and displaying a consistent focus to the task at-hand.
- A collaborative work environment with passionate coworkers and a very supportive management team.
- We close at 5pm every day, so you'll never have to work an evening or night shift
- Free onsite parking.
- Close proximity to Essendon and Moonee Ponds railway stations, the 57 tram route and several bus routes.
Poyntons Nursery is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value the unique backgrounds, experiences and contributions of each person and encourage and celebrate diversity.
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To give yourself the best opportunity to progress your application, please outline in your cover letter how your skills and experience meet the role requirements.
Thanks for taking the time to consider Poyntons Nursery as a future employer and we look forward to hearing from you. All queries can be made via email to hr@poyntonsnursery.com.au.
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