Landscape Designer (Nursery team member)

Overview:

As Farmer John’s Landscape Designer, you will collaborate with homeowners to create visually appealing and functional outdoor spaces. This role requires developing innovative design concepts that prioritize aesthetics, sustainability, and functionality.

Salary:  

$ 18 +/hour (dependent on experience)

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop landscape designs of exceptional horticultural and artistic standards based on client-provided pictures and measurements.
• Collaborate during initial meetings to understand client requirements and preferences.
• Utilize design software (e.g., Dynascape) or hand-drawn techniques to create detailed landscape plans, including site layouts and planting schemes.
• Select appropriate plant species, materials, and elements to achieve desired aesthetic and functional goals.
• Present design proposals and concepts to clients, incorporating feedback and revisions as needed.
• Assist Nursery team members with various tasks, including customer assistance, plant maintenance, unloading shipments, and merchandising.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Past experience in Horticulture with a strong understanding of plant species and landscaping materials.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with a positive attitude.
• Ability to stand and walk for extended periods (up to 10 hours per day) and lift heavy objects (50+ lbs) multiple times daily.
• Previous sales experience is advantageous.
• Proficiency in hand rendering, drafting, and computer-aided design (CAD) software (e.g., AutoCAD, SketchUp, Adobe Creative Suite).
• Strong multitasking abilities with the capacity to manage overlapping priorities effectively.
• Proven experience in landscape design with examples of previous projects.
• Knowledge of sustainable landscaping practices and principles.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary based on experience and qualifications.
• Health insurance, retirement plans, and other benefits.
• Opportunities for professional development and continuing education in landscape design.

Full or Part-Time Customer Service Positions

Description:

The role of the Front Counter position is to ensure that each and every customer is served in a friendly, professional and timely manner. You will also be asked to manage customer queries and complaints, process purchases, schedule deliveries and answer phones. You will need to remain calm when customers are frustrated and some experience working with computers would be helpful.

Responsibilities:

• Maintain a positive, empathetic and professional attitude toward customers at all times.
• Greet all customers with a friendly and welcoming manner.
• Identify customer issues/complaints and take necessary steps to resolve them including getting assistance from other departments.
• Communicate respectfully at all times.
• Some knowledge of plants would be helpful.
• Keep the “register station” stocked with all necessary items, clean and organize when necessary.
• Overseeing of other Customer Service staff.
• Learn and adapt to new tasks or situations quickly and cooperatively.
• Required to open and/or close all register stations, count money and ensure that amounts are correct and that there is adequate change for the next day.
• Check customers out for their purchases, handle exchanges and returns.
• Enter and schedule deliveries and pick-up using the computer and communicating with the warehouse.
• Teamwork is something we stress in the work environment. Everyone is expected to follow and perform the same rules/policies/daily duties and work together to make each day run as smoothly as possible.

Front Counter /Customer Service Requirements:

• High school diploma, GED or equivalent.
• 1 + years of experience in customer service related role
• Basic computer skills and excellent phone disposition
• Ability to stay calm when customers are stressed or upset.
• Positive, service -oriented attitude

Pay range:

Pay: $14.00 starting

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Holidays
• Monday to Friday
• Weekend availability

Experience:

• Customer Service: 1 year (Preferred)

Full or Part-Time Boutique Retail Sales Positions

Description:

Farmer John’s is a family-owned, high-end, garden center/landscape design and Boutique in Farmington Hills. We are proud to have a supportive and fun group of employees! We strive to create an enjoyable working environment and we’d love to have you.

Sell high-end boutique apparel to consumers.

Education and Experience

No formal educational credential
Short-term on-the-job training

Knowledge

Sales and Marketing

Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services.

Customer and Personal Service

Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

Skills

Basic Skills

• Active Learning Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
• Active Listening Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Speaking Talking to others to convey information effectively.

Social Skills

• Coordination Adjusting actions in relation to others’ actions.
•  Service Orientation Actively looking for ways to help people.
• Social Perceptiveness Being aware of others’ reactions and understanding why they react as they do.

Resource Management Skills

Time Management Managing one’s own time and the time of others.

Working Environment

• Requires standing for long periods of time
• Requires use of ladder; lifting a minimum of 25lbs
• Requires face-to-face discussions with individuals, teams, the public, and customers.
• Requires contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise)
• Requires dealing with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous people
• Requires coordinating with others in accomplishing work activities.
• Job tasks are performed in close physical proximity to other people
• Requires working indoors in environmentally uncontrolled conditions. Greenhouse environments vary with seasons. Winter can be chilly and Spring/summer can be extremely hot and sometimes uncomfortable.

Tasks

• Greet customers and ascertain what each customer wants or needs.
• Recommend, select, and help locate or obtain merchandise based on customer needs and desires.
• Compute sales prices, total purchases, and receive and process cash or credit payments.
• Answer questions regarding the store and its merchandise.
• Maintain knowledge of current sales and promotions, policies regarding payment and exchanges, and security practices.
• Describe merchandise and explain the use, operation, and care of merchandise to customers.
• Ticket, arrange and display merchandise to promote sales.
• Inventory stock and requisition new stock.
• Exchange merchandise for customers and accept returns.
• Watch for and recognize security risks and thefts and know how to prevent or handle these situations.
• Clean shelves, counters, and tables.
• Establishing and maintaining interpersonal relationships with customers.
• Communicate with supervisors and peers
• Interacting with computers including POS on cash registers and credit card processing machines.
• Organizing, planning, and prioritizing work
• Assisting and caring for others; greet customers, patrons, and visitors.
• Clean work area.

Pay: $14.00 starting

 

Full-Time, Part-Time, Temporary Visual Merchandiser/Sales Associate

Job responsibilities:

• Develop creative merchandising displays that balance customers’ expectations and company’s objectives
• Maximize customer interest and sales levels by displaying products appropriately
• Maintaining store shelves and inventory
• Work to create inspirational displays with both real and artificial flowers
• Responsible for walking the store every day and keeping all store displays full and clean at all times
• Always keep a clean, and organized work space.

Job requirements:

• Have proven working experience in merchandising
• Up-to-date with the latest merchandising trends and best practices
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
• Strong listening, presentation and decision making skills
• Highly organized, self-driven, with a fast pace, get the job done attitude
• Ability to lift 25+ lbs

Pay: $15.00 starting

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Holidays
• Monday to Friday
• Night shift
• Weekend availability

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Preferred)

Experience:

• Merchandising: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Location: One location

Pay: $14.00 starting

 

Full-Time, Part-Time, Garden Supplies Team Member

Purpose

We are looking for associates with excellent communication skills to assist customers, stock shelves and rotate products in the dry goods (garden supply/chemical) area of our greenhouse. This fast-paced job often requires moderate lifting (up to 50lbs.).

Education and Experience

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Experience with plants preferred
• Short-term on-the-job training
  

Knowledge

Customer and Personal Service

Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

Skills

Basic Skills

• Active Learning Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
• Active Listening Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
•  Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Reading Comprehension Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
•  Speaking Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Writing Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
• Ability to lift 50lbs+ products.

Social Skills

• Coordination Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
• Service Orientation Actively looking for ways to help people.
•  Social Perceptiveness Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.

Complex Problem Solving Skills

Complex Problem Solving Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.

Resource Management Skills

•  Time Management Managing one’s own time
  

Work Context

Physical requirements

• Requires repetitive movement
• Requires using hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls
• Requires walking
• Requires bending or twisting
• Requires standing
  

Communication

•  Requires contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise)
• Requires face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams
  

Conflict

Requires dealing with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous people

Level of Challenge

• Requires repeating the same physical activities or mental activities over and over
• Requires being exact or highly accurate
  

Personal Interaction

• Requires work with external customers or the public
• Requires work with others in a group or team

Work Setting

• Requires working indoors in environmentally uncontrolled conditions. Greenhouse varies with the seasons. Winter can be chilly and Spring/summer can be extremely hot and sometimes uncomfortable.
• Job tasks are performed in close physical proximity to other people
  

Tasks

• Answer customers’ questions about merchandise and advise customers on merchandise selection.
• Change price tags on merchandise if/when needed.
• Stock shelves, racks, cases, bins, and tables with new or transferred merchandise.
• Unpack and place sales floor merchandise.
•  Clean display cases, shelves, and aisles.
•  Maintain advertising signs and displays of merchandise on shelves, counters, or tables to attract customers and promote sales.
  

Activities

Performing for or Working Directly with the Public

Getting Information

Handling and Moving Objects

Stock supplies or merchandise.

Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships

Communicating with Supervisors and peers

Selling or Influencing Others

Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events

Attach identification information to products, items or containers.

Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge

Processing Information

Developing and Building Teams

 

Pay: $14.00 starting

Warehouse team member

Purpose

Farmer John’s is a family owned, high end, garden center/landscape design and
Boutique in Farmington Hills. We are proud to have a supportive and fun group of
employees! We strive to create an enjoyable working environment and we’d love to
have you.

Assist other team members in warehouse activities and delivery driver with
scheduled deliveries, when needed. See below tasks for more detail.

Pay rate: $ 16 – 19/hour depending on experience and skills

Education and Experience
High school diploma or equivalent
Valid driver’s license
Chauffeur license not required, but useful Knowledge
Customer and Personal Service

– Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal
services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for
services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

– Knowledge of principles and methods for moving goods carefully and efficiently
Skills

Basic Skills

● Active Learning Understanding the implications of new information for
both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.

● Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying,
taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as
appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

● Critical Thinking Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and
weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to
problems.

● Learning Strategies Selecting and using training/instructional methods
and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching
new things.

● Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or
organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.

● Reading Comprehension Understanding written sentences and paragraphs
in work related documents.

● Speaking to others to convey information effectively.

● Writing communicates effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of
the audience.

● Required ability to lift 50 lb+ regularly

● Ability to operate forklift and pallets jacks in a variety of weather condition
(or the willingness to learn)

● Ability to efficiently load the truck with the daily deliveries.
Social Skills

● Coordination Adjusting actions in relation to others’ actions.

● Service Orientation Actively looking for ways to help people.

● Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others’ reactions and understanding
why they react as they do.
Complex Problem Solving Skills

● Complex Problem Solving Identifying complex problems and reviewing
related information to develop and evaluate options and implement
solutions.
Technical Skills (Preferable but not required)

● Equipment Maintenance Performing routine maintenance on equipment and
determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.

● Equipment Selection Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed
to do a job.

● Operation Monitoring: Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make
sure a machine is working properly.

● Operation and Control Controlling operations of equipment or systems.

● Quality Control Analysis Conducting tests and inspections of products,
services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.

● Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.

● Troubleshooting: Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what
to do about it.

● Basic knowledge of tools; ratchets and sockets, drills and drivers,
screwdriver, saws and other misc. basic tools.
Resource Management Skills

● Time Management managing one’s own time.

● Ability to follow step by step instructions.

Work Context

Body Positioning

● Requires repetitive movement

● Requires bending or twisting

● Requires using hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls

● Requires walking and running

● Requires standing

● Requires using stairs frequently (with or without a load)
Communication

● Requires face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams

● Requires contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise)
Conflict

● Includes conflict situations

● Requires dealing with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous people
Environment

● Requires working in very hot (above 90 F degrees) or very cold (below 32 F
degrees) temperatures
Level of Challenge

● Requires being exact or highly accurate
Pace and Scheduling

● Requires meeting strict deadlines
Personal Interaction

● Requires work with others in a group or team

● Potentially coordinating or leading others in accomplishing work activities

● Requires work with external customers or the public
Responsibility for Others

● Includes responsibility for the health and safety of others

● Includes responsibility for work outcomes and results
Work Attire

● Requires wearing common protective or safety equipment (Heavily enforced
when using tools; no exceptions)

● Requires meeting company standard dress code
Work Setting

● Job tasks are performed in close physical proximity to other people

● Requires working in a closed vehicle or equipment

● Requires working outdoors, exposed to all weather conditions

● Requires working indoors in uncontrolled conditions
Tasks

● Ride in trucks to assist in delivering such items as grills, patio furniture,
umbrellas and plants/trees/shrubs.

● Listen to and resolve customers’ complaints regarding products or services.

● Assist in delivering a wide variety of items to different customer locations via
different routes.

● Assist delivery driver to follow routes and time schedules.

● Load, unload, prepare and inspect the delivery vehicles.

● Follow all DOT regulations and safety standards.

● Assist in performing deliveries in a timely manner.

● Preparing and checking each item for delivery daily.

● Loading the delivery truck for daily deliveries.

● Assist in the organization and daily upkeep of the warehouse according to
company standards.

● Assist other team members in the upkeep and care of all company vehicles
and equipment.

● Perform various misc. tasks as assigned.

● Drive company pickup truck to carry out various tasks for company such as
picking up material from hardware stores, big box stores and other needed
items.

Activities

Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment

● Operate vehicles or material-moving equipment (if licensed and/or certified).
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships

Performing for or Working Directly with the Public

Performing General Physical Activities

● Clean machinery, equipment and vehicles.

● Load shipments, belongings, or materials. Getting Information

● Review customer information.

Communicating with Supervisors, managers and peers

Developing and Building Teams

Handling and Moving Objects

Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events

Tools and Technology

Tools – Wide variety of tools

Vehicles

● Company pickup truck

Dollies

● Dollies

Technology

Map creation software

● Familiar with Google maps (preferable but not required)

● Route planning software

Seasonal Delivery Driver

Purpose

Farmer John’s is a family owned, high end, garden center/landscape design and Boutique in Farmington Hills. We are proud to have a supportive and fun group of employees! We strive to create an enjoyable working environment and we’d love to have you.

Drive trucks or other vehicles over established routes or within an established territory and deliver goods, such as grills, patio furniture, umbrella, plants/tree/shrubs.

Pay rate: From 37440 – 41600/year, depending on experience and skills

Education and Experience

High school diploma or equivalent

Chauffeur license required

Acceptable driver’s record with no traffic violations
Documents and/or references of experience as delivery driver

 

Customer and Personal Service

Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

Transportation

Knowledge of principles and methods for moving goods by road.

Tasks

• Drive trucks to deliver such items as grills, patio furniture, umbrellas and plants/trees/shrubs.
• Listen to and resolve customers’ complaints regarding products or services.
• Deliver a wide variety of items to different customer locations via different routes.
• Follow routes and time schedules.
• Load, unload, prepare, inspect and operate the delivery vehicles.
• Follow all DOT regulations and safety standards.
• Perform deliveries in a timely manner.
• Preparing and checking each item for delivery daily.
• Loading the delivery truck for daily deliveries.