Metcash

Retail Team Member - Garden Specialist

Metcash  •  Commonwealth of Australia (Onsite)  •  4 hours ago
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Job Description

About the role

Do you have a passion for plants, gardening and helping people create beautiful indoor / outdoor spaces?

K&B Mitre 10 Norwood is looking for a Garden Specialist Retail Team Member to join our team on a part-time basis (25-30 hours per week). This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who enjoys sharing their garden knowledge, providing great customer service, and working in a hands-on retail environment.

You'll be a key part of our Garden Centre, helping customers find the right plants, products and advice for their next gardening project. This role works across a rotating roster and requires availability to work every second Saturday and Sunday.

What you will be doing;

  • Assisting customers with plant selection, gardening products and seasonal advice
  • Providing outstanding customer service
  • Maintaining healthy, well-presented plant displays
  • Receiving, watering and caring for plant stock
  • Processing sales through the POS system
  • Creating customer orders and organising deliveries where required
  • Maintaining pricing, signage and promotional displays
  • Following safety procedures and helping keep the store clean and tidy

You’ll likely be a match if you have:

  • Strong knowledge of plants, gardening and outdoor products
  • Previous experience in a garden centre, nursery, landscaping, horticulture or a similar environment
  • A genuine passion for gardening and helping customers
  • A friendly, approachable and customer-focused attitude
  • Reliable availability to work a rotating roster, including every second weekend
  • Basic computer skills and confidence learning new systems

About Us

K & B Timber & Hardware Pty Ltd is a prominent player in the hardware, timber, building supplies and truss manufacturing industries. For over 40 years our team have been on a mission to build a sustainable business that is recognised by its customers for its value-adding, innovative products and outstanding customer service. We achieve our mission by focusing on three key essential factors:

  • The Health, Safety and Wellbeing of our customers, visitors, suppliers and employees
  • Providing quality products and innovative solutions for our customers every time
  • Developing an industry-trained and experienced workforce that will go the extra mile for our customers

K & B Timber & Hardware Pty Ltd is part of the Total Tools Hardware Group and is a wholly owned entity of Metcash Limited.

Metcash

About Metcash

At Metcash, we’re the power behind an independent Australia & New Zealand. From the humble origins of our first family-owned corner store in 1927, we’ve been backing independents and strengthening the communities they operate in for almost 100 years. With a national network of more than 10,000 independent retailers and a further 90,000 wholesalers, we’re the driving force behind local, family-owned businesses – sticking up for the little guys and helping them become the best stores in town. And while we may be large in size, we’ll always be locals at heart.

Today we’re Australia and New Zealand’s leading independent retail partner and wholesaler in food, liquor and hardware. We have over 80 years of experience supporting and championing the interests of independent grocery, liquor and hardware sectors. Headquartered in Sydney, our world class distribution facilities across the country allow us to operate on a huge scale to unite Australia's independent grocers, delivering products to more than 10,000 retail premises and a further 90,000 wholesale customers across the food, grocery, liquor and hardware markets. Our network of Successful Independents includes a large portfolio of brands such as IGA, Foodland, Mitre 10, Home Timber & Hardware, Cellarbrations and the Bottle-O.

At Metcash we have a single purpose - Successful Independents - it is at the heart of everything we do. Success starts with our people. Employing over 6,000 people, Metcash champions the interests of the independent retail industry. We are a team of people who are resilient and empowered, who take initiative and pride in their work and above all operate with integrity. Our core operations are key to providing our customers and retailers with merchandising, operations and marketing support through our strong retail brands.

Whilst we operate on a huge scale, we think big but we act local. We believe that independence is worth fighting for and this is at the core of our business divisions.

Industry
Wholesale & Distribution
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Macquarie Park, AU
Year Founded
1927
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