Management Trainee Positions
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
(Depending on level of management trainee role, some or all of these might be part of the training process. This is not an exhaustive list.
- Produce annual budget and achieve budgeted goals
- Oversee and follow goals presented in budgets
- Work with the sales, inventory managers to identify orders on product
- Make sure all orders are being processed in timely sound manner
- Oversee nursery marketing in conjunction with the sales and the marketing department focusing on specific promotions to enhance sales, availability communication, customer appreciation, promotional materials and customer specific events
- Assist with purchasing wholesale materials
- Establish quantity needed to supplement inventory shortages
- Follow budget to help determine these quantities
- Keep track of inventory and distinguish any discrepancies to the warehouse manager
- Continue to develop and improve pesticide program and education
- Identify newest chemicals and those that have been discontinued
- Oversee maintaining of chemical usage log
- Oversee maintaining MSDS
- Hire employees and conduct training, assist with payroll duties
- Assign work schedules and duties to employees, hire employees, and supervise their work
- Prepare employees schedules or work assignments
- Enter time off hours and approve hours for payroll
- Maintain safety awareness
- Safety sensitive position
- Ensure all policies, procedure, and rules are being followed and those that violate are appropriately disciplined
- Implement safety training
- Explain and enforce safety regulations and policies to employees
- Communicate organizational policies and procedures
- Accommodate employees with a job with light duty restrictions
- Provide information to customer on the care of all goods and products sold and advice customer on procedural issues in addition to excellent customer service.
- Assist General Manger meetings as needed
Experience / Skills:
- Ability to effectively coordinate and complete numerous activities simultaneously.
- Ability to identify problems and work in conjunction with others to implement effective solutions.
- Independent judgment to develop creative solution to spontaneous problems that may arise.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Must be able to work effectively under pressure
- Forklift experience and certification required
- Full Time Position (10 hour days in most cases)
- The work requires walking and standing entire shift
- Must be able to lift, pull, push and/or carry 50lbs.
- Work Environment is weather dependent. Summer heat and winter cold are consistent work temperatures.
- Pre employment drug screening required
- Will need to operate equipment or drive on company business
- Excellent benefit package
- EOE
- E-Verify Participating Company
