Weekend Shopkeeper

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Start Date: ASAP  Compensation: $18-$20/hour

As a Shopkeeper, you will work with customers exhibiting excitement, paired with a strong knowledge of plants and the ability to listen and problem solve. You are committed to helping customers and offering exceptional customer service. While on the sales floor you also practice an exceptional attention to detail for plant care, merchandising and overall shop cleanliness. 

You are expected to restock products when they are sold, pot plants for customers upon request, and act with an overall sense of ownership while working on the sales floor. You must be comfortable working on your feet for 8 hours at a time and able to lift objects at least 40 lbs in weight.  You must have a flexible schedule and hours/days worked are subject to change depending on business needs.

Responsibilities/Duties

Shopkeeper Sales Generation

  • Communicate at all times Tula’s ethos and mission
  • Assist customers in selecting plants and products that will work for their specific environment.
  • Educate the customer on care so they can make informed plant decisions.
  • Troubleshoot customer plant care and pest issues.
  • Ring up sales and schedule deliveries.
  • Understand all functions in POS.
  • Memorize product prices of items and services.
  • Always offer repotting services.
  • Enter customer contact information for plant/planter requests.
  • Inform customers of Tula’s newsletter, Google reviews and upcoming workshops/events.

Shopkeeper Operations

  • Adhere to Tula House Handbook and Employee Manual 
  • Upon arrival, always check in with the manager to learn the goals for the day.
  • Assist with receiving, stocking and merchandising all deliveries (plants, planters, dry goods, etc). 
  • Team player - help/assist your fellow shopkeepers throughout the work day. Help with ringing sales and bagging/wrapping plants purchased, clean up after a re-pot, or plant id and care. 
  • Educate yourself and ask questions about new plants and products.
  • Understand and follow the open & closing procedures. 
  • An hour before you are expected to leave, check-in with your Manager for closing procedures. 
  • Practice close attention to detail and a sense of urgency at all times. 


Shopkeeper Visual Merchandising 

  • Shop floor should always be merchandised, clean and orderly. 

  • Plants should always face forward - best side faces the customer.
  • Arid Room plant sticks should always face forward for easy reading 
  • Replace merchandise items that were sold throughout the day. Fill empty spaces by remerchandising the product.

Qualifications/Requirements

  • 1+ years of retail experience, visual merchandising is a plus.
  • 1+ years in horticulture or hospitality experience.
  • Available on weekends. 
  • Keen eye for detail and design.
  • Proven ability to generate sales. 
  • Self-starter, exhibiting an exceptional work ethic while taking initiative. 
  • Curious and excited about unique plants, facts and origins. 
  • Enthusiastic about working within a small business and building as a team. 
  • Act with a sense of urgency.
  • Comfortable and enthusiastic about physical labor. 
  • Ability to stand on your feet for 8 hours and lift at least 30 lbs. without assistance.

Additional Information

About Tula House 

Hello and welcome to Tula House! We are a husband and wife team with a true love for space, experience and the natural world.

We launched Tula House in April of 2016 from a warehouse showroom and the original plant truck, “Tulita”. After numerous pop-ups, fairs, brand partnerships and even a summer transforming shipping containers into an unlikely shop, in November of 2018, we opened Tula House in Greenpoint.

With over twenty years of experience in design and retail, our passion lies in the transformation of spaces and the experience you have with them. This idea translates to the product curation and experience of Tula House retail as well as our design services for your home and commercial spaces. 

Our love for plants and design also transcends to the way we run our business. It informs the artists and makers we work with and the ideas we bring to our gardens. We have always believed that design is For All Living Things. We work hard at maintaining a small yet mighty business, supported by an incredible team of individuals without whom we wouldn’t be able to achieve any of this. Tula House is dedicated to make your space fun and beautiful - in whatever capacity you choose.

Welcome home to Tula House. Our house is your house and we are so happy you are here.


 

Contact Information

Tula House
Email: careers@tula.house
Phone: (718) 389-0530
Website: Apply Online