Now Hiring - Nursery/Landscape Sales Representative, Willoway Distribution Center, Hilliard in Hilliard, OH

Willoway Nurseries, a progressive, forward thinking company, is hiring! Willoway is on the forefront of the horticulture and nursery industry with technology, marketing, growing techniques and currently practices open book management throughout the company. This means you will be part of the success of the business with a complete understanding of how the business works financially, operationally, and strategically. With 5 locations to serve all segments of the green industry, Willoway is the primary supplier of horticulture products in Ohio and ranks among the top nurseries in the Midwest. We are seeking employees who can positively contribute to the growth of the company with the goal to make this your lifelong career.

The Nursery/Landscape Sales Position is a full-time position with opportunity for an earned bonus program. Benefits include a competitive program with paid time off, paid holidays, paid unscheduled time off, health insurance with Health Savings Account option, life insurance, 401k with employer match, and more. Willoway Nurseries cares about your safety and is proud to be a drug free workplace.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Assist walk-in landscape and green industry business customers with their plant selections
• Upsell additional green industry and horticulture products and services to customers onsite
• Input customer orders into point-of-sale computer system for walk in customers received via text, email, phone call
• Place customer orders from suppliers
• Send pictures of our plants and products to customers upon request or direct them to the pictures on the company website/portal
• Log customer interactions into Salesforce customer relationship management system (CRM)
• Back up on the following tasks: invoicing, receiving, transfers, spraying/ production tasks, answering the phones

Additional Responsibilities:

• Pull orders and Load Customers when needed
• Tagging Customer orders in the sales yard including field stock, container stock, annuals, shrubs, etc
• Order material for customers from preferred suppliers
• Read and Respond to sales and customer related Emails related depending on the situation/customer
• Answer Product Availability questions
• Seasonal work to include pruning and other work at the nursery
• Customer Retention
• Manage the customer relationship of currently established customers when they visit the DC’s
• Visit customers based on situation / customer
• Assist with unloading and set down of orders when needed
• Email invoices to customers if needed

Skills:

• Sales Pad Point of Sale software- executing sales transactions, closing
• Equipment operating skills (skidsteer, forklift, loader, delivery trucks)
• Computer skills including a focus on Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Salesforce

Knowledge:

• Horticultural/Plant care knowledge
• Landscape or green industry knowledge a plus
• Ability to communicate efficiently between customers and other employees
• Technical degree or any horticulture certifications a plus

Abilities:

• Qualified people skills and a desire to work with a wide range of customers
• Strong reasoning and problem solving mentality
• High level of emotional maturity

Work Environment:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and outside weather conditions. The employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 80 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work schedule

40-45/week July-February

45-50/week March – June (Some Saturdays Required)

Overtime will be paid for hours worked above 40 each week at the rate of 1.5 times the hourly wage

Pay Range $20-25 per hour

Behaviors

• Team Player: Works well as a member of a group
• Enthusiastic: Shows intense and eager enjoyment and interest
• Dedicated: Devoted to a task or purpose with loyalty or integrity

Motivations

• Ability to Make an Impact: Inspired to perform well by the ability to contribute to the success of a project or the organization
• Flexibility: Inspired to perform well when granted the ability to set your own schedule and goals