Job Description

We are seeking outgoing, friendly, and helpful team members to welcome and assist customers. Previous hardware 

experience is a plus but not a requirement as we provide extensive training. 

At FL Davis Ace Hardware, we’re independently owned and operated so helping our community is our number one priority. 

Make an impact in the community by helping your neighbors with their projects while working in a fast-paced and fun 

environment. Our mission is to go the extra mile for our customers and build a team that has the same attitude! 

Ace Hardware is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Drug-Free environment. Ace goes beyond hardware: build a 

future, a purpose, and a community with us. 

Position Summary  

The primary responsibility for all positions within FL Davis Ace Hardware is to  Amaze Every Customer Every Time  and uphold the Core Values as determined by the management team. Garden Center Supervisors are responsible for overseeing the daily operations or the nursery, managing inventory, maintaining plant health through tasks like watering and pruning, ensuring excellent customer services, and overseeing the plant purchases and sales. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities  

•   Inventory Management:  

Monitor and manage plant stock levels, ordering new inventory from suppliers, rotating stock to maintain freshness, and identifying potential overstock issues.  

• Plant Care:  

Oversee the health of plants by watering, weeding, pruning, fertilizing, and treating pests and diseases.  

• Sales and Customer Service:  

Engage with customers, provide plant selection advice, promote products, and address customer concerns.  

• Merchandising:  

Design and maintain attractive plant displays, including signage and pricing, to maximize sales potential.  

● Help unload incoming trucks and stock merchandise (as arranged by management). Maintain the nursery area: Keep clean, organized and fully stocked. Includes all outside area dedicated for Garden Center 

● Execute the daily operational, day-to-day goals, and priorities assigned by store management. Move with a sense of urgency while paying attention to the details. 

● Cooperate with others and work well as part of a retail team, for example actively participate in daily huddle meetings, share ideas for improvement with management. 

● Remove promotional bin tags from displays, and price tags as required following sales events, flyers, etc. 

● Restock merchandise displays as needed. 

● Handle special orders for all non-stock items. 

● Watch for shoplifters and take action, in line with company policy, that will discourage shoplifting. 

● Provide the best possible experience for Every Customer, Every Time by being helpful, knowledgeable, and friendly.  

● Serve Customers in assigned departments, or storewide, and provide needed advice or information, greet customers as soon as you encounter them. 

● Demonstrate the S.A.L.E.S. process 

● Actively participate in store communication and initiatives (e.g., Communication Board, Daily Huddle, store contests, etc.) 

● Promote the Ace Rewards program to all customers, describe the Ace Helpful Promise(s) and use the Magic Question.  

● Maintain awareness of all promotions and advertisement so you can tell customers about special sales. 

● Always wear your radio and headset in order to effectively communicate with other associates or management.  

● Assist customers with large or heavy items as needed. 

● Offer customers a red basket for their shopping use. 

● Assist in the training and development of peers 

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities  

● A strong understanding of plant identification, plant care practices, gardening techniques, pest and disease management. 

• basic horticulture knowledge 
• retail sales skills 
• inventory management
• Able to communicate professionally with customers and team members 

● Skilled at providing prompt, friendly and attentive customer service 

● Strong organizational skills with a passion for details 

● Willing to learn all areas of the store and help train others 

● Proven track record of being a team player 

● Knowledge and experience of Lawn and Garden department is strongly desired. 

● A continuous pattern of regular and prompt attendance is required.  

● Availability must be flexible including mornings, evenings, weekends, and holidays.  

● Bilingual (Spanish) verbal and written communication skills strongly preferred 

Physical Requirements  

The minimum physical requirements for this position include: 

● Ability to stand for an extended period of time, walk, reach, and bend to perform job duties 

● Move and handle merchandise up to 60 pounds, and fixtures throughout the store, which entails lifting and perform all functions as set forth 

Job responsibilities may change based on the needs of the business. 

● You'll be on your feet for most of your shift (up to 8 hours) 

Job responsibilities may change based on the needs of the business. 

WORK ENVIRONMENT   

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an associate encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the associate occasionally works near moving mechanical parts. The associate may work near outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. 

Pay, Benefits, and Perks:  

• Paid time off 
• Health Insurance offered for full time 
• Dental and vision offered for full time and part time 
• short term disability, long term disability, cancer, life, & AD&D offered for full time 
• 401K 
• Employee discounts 

We are your local hardware store and we are a part of your community. Ace Hardware has over 5,000 stores around the world with the majority of those stores independently owned and operated by local entrepreneurs. These hard working men and women are part of the fabric of your community. They are small business owners who are local and loyal...just like it ought to be. While others have become large and impersonal, at Ace, we've remained small and very personal. That's why we say a visit to Ace, is like a visit to your neighbor.

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