The Plant Peddler Horticultural Operations Manager Smyrna, GA · Full time

Helping to create and maintain great spaces throughout the Atlanta Metro.

Description

About The Plant Peddler

The Plant Peddler is an interior landscape service provider that has been beautifying Atlanta since 1983. The business maintains interior plants and plantscapes, ranging from desktop orchids to multi-story green walls to event staging, throughout the Atlanta Metro.


About the Horticultural Operations Manager Role

Horticultural Operations Manager leads a team of employees that help The Plant Peddler and its clients create great environments, enhancing some of Atlanta's best interior spaces. Specifically, the role encompasses a number of duties that helps keep The Plant Peddler running, including greenhouse plant maintenance, plant maintenance at client sites, and the staging/installation of environments including commercial settings, weddings, graduations, conferences, etc.


Technical Duties:

  • Manage scheduling of operation team employees
  • Lead preparation of plants for delivery to client sites
  • Lead staging/installation of plants at client sites at the direction of The Plant Peddler's design team and design partners
  • Lead installation of seasonal Holiday Decor
  • Lead delivery of recurring plant rotations
  • Help maintain plants on client sites
  • Help maintain plants in The Plant Peddler greenhouses


Customer Service Duties:

  • Exhibit courteous behavior at all times while engaging clients.


Ideal Candidate:

  • Has horticultural experience
  • Has managerial experience
  • Has staging, installation, or merchandising experience
  • Able to lift plants and staging/installation materials, including 6' - 8' trees


Benefits:

  • Paid vacation
  • Employer-paid healthcare benefits
  • 401K
  • Potential to grow professionally with fast-growing company


Requirements

  • A positive attitude
  • Licensed driver
  • Pass DOT Physical