Careers
We’re a great place to grow!
Buchanan’s is a great place to grow!
We’re always looking for good people!
Work in a great setting with a friendly garden center team. Buchanan’s is a great shopping experience & a fun place to work. If you love gardening and thrive in an upbeat, service-focused, outdoor environment, we may have the perfect opportunity for you!
Now Hiring!
Cashiers – Part Time
Hard Goods Associate – Full Time
Green Goods Associate – Perennials, Trees & Shrubs – Full Time/Part Time
Receiving Supervisor – Full Time
Job Descriptions
Job Description: Customer Service / Sales / Hardgoods (Full Time/Part Time)
Reports to: Hard Goods Sales Area Leader
Position Purpose: Excel in the selling of garden center merchandise, plant care, pottery and related products using professional sales techniques, creative merchandising and superior customer service, along with maximum productivity and controlled expense while striving to achieve company sales goals.
Key Job Responsibilities:
- Be readily available to assist customers, encouraging maximum sales of pottery and outdoor living merchandise, fertilizer, herbicides, insecticides, soils, amendments, mulches, etc.
- Learn and offer current and correct information about pots and plant care, OL merchandise, incoming pottery orders, plant care orders, etc.; work with SAL/Management Team to ensure you are giving the best information.
- Greet and assist customers with their needs.
- Spend adequate time with customers while also accomplishing other daily tasks.
- Assist with pricing, labeling, display and maintenance of all hard goods merchandise.
- Assist with overall appearance of facility and sales area; assist in movement and stocking of department goods.
- Help maintain adequate inventory levels of products: dust, spray, re-tag/pot, front, and signage. Assist with ordering at times. Assist with physical inventory. Assist with maintaining appropriate levels of merchandise as well as accounting for inventory.
- Relay requests to Management Team with proper forms.
- Receive inventory when labor and maintenance supervisor is not present; sign and check for quality.
- Work with the Hardgoods SAL to schedule and complete your daily tasks to maximize productivity.
- Communicate necessary information with employees and management.
- Provide helpful and thorough customer service to customers on the phone.
- Diagnose customer plant issues and offer the best advice.
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform 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 employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Each BNP person is an integral part of the overall success. To keep BNP operating at an efficient, effective and profitable level, all BNP members are asked to assist in different areas of the operation and to perform tasks that are outside of their day-to-day responsibilities. However, exceptional customer service is every BNP employee and leader’s responsibility
Cashier Job Description
You’re the kind of person that loves engaging with other people: You’re never shy about talking to strangers. Smiling just comes natural to you! You always want to make a great impression on customers and make sure they feel welcome and taken care of. Manners are important to you both in face-to-face encounters and on the phone. In fact, juggling phone calls and the customer standing in front of you in a professional manner is a skill you’ve mastered. You’re never too busy to make sure a customer gets exactly what they need.
You’re computer savvy and have two years of register experience. Handling cash, making calculations and properly counting back change is no problem for you. You like keeping things tidy and will make sure that between customers you keep the register areas tidy and stocked with cashier supplies. Plus, you’re independently motivated: You don’t need someone reminding you about your daily duties.
You might have some gardening experience…but if you don’t then you at least have an interest in learning. You’re not afraid to be honest when you don’t know the answer and have no problem linking the customer up with sales staff that can help. You’re looking for a part time or full time job and are available to work weekends. Heat and rain don’t bother you because you prefer being outdoors.
Are you inexperienced on the register but have a passion for wanting to work at an independent garden center? Tell us your story and we’ll happily consider your application!
Job Description: Customer Service / Sales Green Goods
Reports to: Green Good Sales Area Leader
Position Purpose: Excel in the selling of garden center merchandise, plants and related products using professional sales techniques, creative merchandising and superior customer service, along with maximum productivity and controlled expense while striving to achieve company sales goals.
Key Job Responsibilities:
- Be readily available to assist customers, encouraging maximum sales of plants and related products.
- Learn and offer current and correct information about plants, plant care and planting procedures; work with SALs to ensure you are giving the best information.
- Greet and assist customers with their needs.
- Spend adequate time with customers while also accomplishing other daily tasks.
- Assist with pricing, labeling, display and maintenance of plants and related products.
- Assist with overall appearance of facility and sales area; assist in movement and stocking of department goods.
- Help maintain adequate inventory levels of products: dust, spray, deadhead, re-tag, re-pot, front, and creating signage. Assist with ordering at times. Assist with physical inventory. Assist with maintaining appropriate levels of merchandise as well as accounting for inventory.
- Assist with custom potting projects and fulfilling special orders.
- Relay requests to SALs with proper forms.
- Receive inventory when SALs are not present; sign and check for quality.
- Work with the SALs to schedule and complete your daily tasks to maximize productivity.
- Communicate necessary information with employees and management.
- Provide helpful and thorough customer service to customers on the phone.
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform 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 employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear and taste or smell.
The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
Each BNP person is an integral part of the overall success. To keep BNP operating at an efficient, effective and profitable level, all BNP members are asked to assist in different areas of the operation and to perform tasks that are outside of their day-to-day responsibilities. However, exceptional customer service is every BNP employee and leader’s responsibility
Job Description: Receiving / Delivery Supervisor
Reports to: Management Team
Position Purpose: Oversee and coordinate all receiving and outgoing deliveries in an organized and efficient manner.
Key Job Responsibilities:
- Opening Procedures:
- Unlock and open soil lot gates
- Storage facilities and warehouse
- Place cones out for delivery trucks
- Check delivery schedule for incoming and outgoing deliveries
- Closing Procedures:
- Parking company vehicles at the warehouse
- Lock up the warehouse
- Pull traffic cones from receiving area.
- Managing Deliveries
- Oversee and coordinate all receiving in both the Soil Lot and East Lot.
- Coordinate with SALs prior to when trucks are expected, size of order, locate price tags and get carts/racks ready.
- Will train staff in proper procedures for safely and efficiently receiving, delivering, unloading, checking, pricing, recycling etc.—all activities that occur in both lots.
- Will delegate trained “unloaders” and “checkers” for each truck as needed.
- Will ensure that receiving paperwork is checked, signed and handled according to SOP.
- Coordinate with SALs and visual merchandiser in pricing and distributing received goods to the floor for sale safely, quickly and efficiently.
- Work to maintain good relations with vendors and drivers.
- Arrange, delegate, train, and oversee customer deliveries. Do deliveries when necessary or for training purposes. Ensure paperwork is handled according to SOP.
- Inform SAL or MOD of any product issues prior to the delivery driver leaving.
- Ensure that BNP delivery protocol is followed and report any problems to the MOD.
- Oversee Fed-X and UPS deliveries. Ensure that all deliveries are accounted for and are taken to the proper area for receiving.
- MOD to provide back-up during heavy delivery days and lunch breaks.
- Ability to lift 25-50lbs.
- Maintain Delivery Areas
- Keep racks and carts organized and available ahead of time for receiving, according to what vendors are coming – i.e. do they drop off their racks in exchange for others, do we unload their racks onto ours?, do we unload onto ground?,
- Make sure racks to be used are in good repair and have proper shelf spacing for maximum efficiency.
- Each day keep both lots organized and clean and free of debris; ready for the next day.
- Make sure dumpsters are managed and access is clear for trash trucks.
- Keep empty pallets neat and disposed of as needed.
- Organize and ensure recyclable flats and trays are sent back with trucks when possible.
- Instruct all staff how to deposit and store empty pots, flats, trays, Styrofoam and other materials for recycling or reuse or return. Keep neat and organized.
- Monitor all company vehicles; IE: forklift propane levels, truck maintenance, van maintenance, following all BNP protocol when using any company vehicle.
- Completing or delegating any store maintenance projects organized by the MOD
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform 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 employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear and taste or smell.
The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
Each BNP person is an integral part of the overall success. To keep BNP operating at an efficient, effective and profitable level, all BNP members are asked to assist in different areas of the operation and to perform tasks that are outside of their day-to-day responsibilities. However, exceptional customer service is every BNP employee and leader’s responsibility.
This position is Monday through Friday with occasional weekends. This is a full-time hourly position and is eligible for PTO, health benefits and 401k after waiting period.
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- Buchanan’s Native Plants of Houston is one of the leaders in the garden center industry and a member of the Texas Nursery & Landscape Association (TNLA).
- Our reputation makes us an employer of choice for gardening professionals and experienced amateur gardeners alike.
- All team members receive training in the latest native plant information and organic gardening techniques. Full-time staff may qualify for vacation and insurance benefits.
- We prefer you apply in person — come in and fill out an application (you may attach your resume) or print from the link above and bring it in. You may also send your application in advance by email.
Email: ops@BuchanansPlants.com and use “Employment” in the subject line.
Buchanan’s is a great place to grow.