EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Chelsea Garden Center
231 West 29th Streett
Suite 801
New York, NY  10001
Office: 212 717 3434
david@chelseagardencenter.com

Consider building your career with Chelsea Garden Center, in business since 1984. We are a dedicated group of plant enthusiasts in a multi faceted business. Our company is headquarters to New York's leading garden center, design installation services and a heavy construction hardscape division. We offer our employees growth opportunities through diligence and a consistent work ethic. Salaries and compensation are truly commensurate with your work experience. We are seeking candidates for the positions below. Please email your resumes to david@chelseagardencenter.com or fax them to us at 212 727 3637. A detailed job description of each position will be emailed back to you.

Administrative Assistant
N.Y.C.’s largest garden ctr. looking for highly motivated, energetic, detail oriented, flexible individual to assist and support office staff. Computer lit. with proficiency in wp, spreadsheet, and database programs. Knowledge of QuickBooks required. 50+ wpm. Heavy phones. Health insurance after 60 days. Eligible to participate in our 401-K plan after 1 year. Salary comm. w/ exp.

Benefits/Salary
Please send resumes via email to betty@chelseagardencenter.com

Floral and Foliage Plant Buyer
Purchase annuals, perennials, herbs, & tropical plants to supply our stores. Candidate must have a degree or certificate in horticulture/floriculture from an accredited institution, or have a minimum of three years experience in the nursery field.

• Daily purchasing by phone, fax and internet to maintain proper inventory levels.
• Constant inventory monitoring, compare vendor pricing and quality.
• Constant vigilance to ensure “Chelsea quality control”.
• Liaison with our sales staff plants required for installations.
• Reading trade journals and keeping current with new introductions and trends.
• Receiving orders, separating sold items, inspecting for quality, provide pricing.
• Fielding customers questions on specific plant availability.
• Assembling upcoming orders for sales staff and ordering required materials.
• Advising Chelsea’s designers of availability and for necessary substitutions.
• Preparation of a daily list to assist manager and staff with product arrival.
• Attend local and regional plant shows and visit local growers for product updates.
• Purchase seeds and bulbs on a seasonal basis.
• Maintain budget compliance with CFO.
• Keep a detailed accounting of all purchases and approve invoices for payment.
• Pre-booking material to ensure availability during peak season.
• Travel to attend tradeshows and visit nurseries.

Benefits/Salary
Position is full time and year round. Salary will be commensurate with candidate’s qualifications. Benefits include health insurance. Please send resumes via email to david@chelseagardencenter.com david@chelseagardencenter.com.

Driver (CDL) / Landscaper
Driver / Landscaper needed for our landscape construction division. Commercial Driver's License (CDL) is required. Landscaping skills are preferred but will train someone who is willing to learn. Candidate must be hardworking, reliable and able to work long hours. Compensation commensurate with experience.
E-mail resume to larry@chelseagardencenter.com.

Assistant Bookkeeper
Full time multi faceted position in a busy, pleasant garden center office. Must have QuickBooks knowledge; be computer literate with experience in Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and work well with others. Benefit Package. Salary commensurate with experience.
E-mail resume to betty@chelseagardencenter.com or fax to 212-727-3637.

Garden Design/Sales
Chelsea is expanding its design sales division. We are seeking to fill two full time positions. The ideal candidate should have a solid Background In landscape design and plants. The successful candidates will be expected to Follow their designs from inception through Installation Salary and commission commensurate with Experience. Health insurance and 401K plan Are included in the compensation package. Reply in confidence to david@chelseagardencenter.com Or send resume to:
D. Protell
231 West 29th Streett
Suite 801
New York, NY  10001

Gardners
We want you! If you have experience, can drive a light truck and want the opportunity to work for New York's leading garden concern installing only top quality plant materials let us know. You will work along side a great team of people. Now's the time to email your resume. We have both full time year round and seasonal positions available.

Landscape Construction
Our landscape construction division is seeking a year round skilled assistant Forman with both stone setting and carpentry skills. The ideal candidate will have experience in landscape construction; plan reading and customer liaison skills. Ultimately you will be expected to run your own jobs based on your depth of experience. Salary and compensation commensurate with your skill set.

Garden Center Sales Staff
We have the most wonderful group of store employees anyone could ever ask for. That said, it's spring and we are taxed. We need both full and part time retail sales associates who love plants and love dispensing knowledgeable advice to our customers. At this time of year we prefer candidates with horticultural expertise but we are open to training willing enthusiasts.