Floral Sales

Wage Range: $17.15 to $20.75 – depending on experience with provable hours or work sample

Benefits:

• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) – 100% Company paid
• DailyPay – Employee’s option to work and get paid today
• 401K – Company matching up to 4% (if elected)
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance (no deductible medical option)
• Company paid Life Insurance for full time (30 hours)
• Voluntary Insurance Products
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Paid holidays
• Vacation Time
• Bereavement & Jury Duty pay
• Paid Sick & Safe Leave – Employees earn 1-hour sick leave for every 40 hours worked
• Paid Family & Medical Leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Essence of Position

To provide a pleasant and efficient floral experience by actively engaging guests, ensuring they receive unparalleled hospitality and professional service. 

Shared Expectations for all roles within our company include, but are not limited to the following:

• Creating a welcoming atmosphere for everyone.
• Embracing Yoke’s Core Values and Mission Statement as an integral part of your contribution to our team.
• Promoting Yoke’s sales and company growth by patronizing Yoke’s stores and representing our company in the community with a positive message.  
• Participating enthusiastically with genuine care for our shared success, always remembering we are the owners of Yoke’s.

Tasks of Position

The following are core and essential responsibilities of this position. Associates are responsible for completing any and all duties assigned as required for the successful operation of our business. All associates are required to perform their job duties in a manner which upholds the integrity and honesty of our company.

• Reporting for assigned shifts on time, and on a regular basis, capable of communicating clearly and demonstrating suitable physical abilities to safety perform assigned tasks and duties, prepared to provide excellent service.
• Promoting sales through active discussions with guests, offering product recommendations, and discussing current promotions and service information. (Examples may include: ordering products special requests, assisting guests locate any products throughout the store, offering special deals on large orders when requested, and chatting about Yoke’s signature items, fresh board and sweet deal suggestions, or providing information about products).
• Providing exceptional service by greeting guests, and informing them of special features, product information, and services offered by the Floral Department. 
• Understanding and capable of the following: cultivating and caring for ornamental plants, building and installing floral displays in outdoor and indoor settings, fertilizing, watering, weeding, transplanting, thinning plants, maintaining hand tools and other equipment, filling helium balloons, wrapping items, and using “This One’s On Us” cards to “Make Our Guests Crazy About Us!”
• Operating (at minimum) the following equipment in a correct and safe manner: com-line, telephone, baler, trash compactor, box cutter, helium dispenser, pallet jack, scissors, stem cutter, and watering canister.
• Mentoring new associates or associates who are new to the department or task and assuring a positive learning environment.
• Participating actively in the Floral Department’s accident reduction plan including: monitoring displays for trip hazards or instability, observing safe lifting techniques, and recognizing safety features of all machinery, store evacuation plan, and robbery policy.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This job has no formal supervisory responsibilities; however, every Yoke’s associate has a shared opportunity to be a leader on the job. The following quote exemplifies our belief in leadership for all associates:

“Whether you are the president of a company or the janitor, the moment you step from independence into interdependence in any capacity, you step into a leadership role. You are in a position of influencing other people.” - Stephen Covey

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty sufficiently.

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• Education and/or Experience

High school diploma