Retail Sales Associate

Green Oak is hiring for the Retail Sales Associate position in Jackson, MS. This hands-on role supports the operation's day-to-day production and care work. Reliable execution and early communication matter because the work directly affects plants, animals, equipment, coworkers, customers, or the surrounding property. What you will do • Water, move, space, label, prune, weed, and organize nursery plants according to their needs and supervisor direction. • Assist with receiving, potting, propagation, order preparation, loading, or customer support as assigned. • Identify visible plant stress, pest pressure, irrigation trouble, damaged stock, or label errors and report them promptly. • Welcome garden-center customers, learn the location and basic care needs of live-plant and garden inventory, answer routine questions within training, and connect specialized questions with an experienced team member. • Support accurate sales transactions and product handling, keep plant and merchandise displays clean and orderly, restock assigned items, and protect living material while moving or preparing purchases. • Watch for dry or stressed plants, damaged products, missing or incorrect labels, low stock, spills, and customer concerns, addressing assigned issues and reporting anything that needs a grower or manager. How the work fits together Nursery priorities begin with living inventory: irrigation and plant-health checks cannot wait simply because another task is more convenient. Work then moves through production care, accurate organization, order or sales preparation, and cleanup. Careful labels and handling protect months of plant growth and ensure customers receive the correct material. At Green Oak, the employer also makes these role-specific priorities clear: Welcome garden-center customers, learn the location and basic care needs of live-plant and garden inventory, answer routine questions within training, and connect specialized questions with an experienced team member. Support accurate sales transactions and product handling, keep plant and merchandise displays clean and orderly, restock assigned items, and protect living material while moving or preparing purchases. Watch for dry or stressed plants, damaged products, missing or incorrect labels, low stock, spills, and customer concerns, addressing assigned issues and reporting anything that needs a grower or manager. What the employer is looking for • At least two reliable references, a valid driver's license or equivalent identification, strong communication, attention to detail, initiative, a constructive attitude, and ability to follow instructions and maintain high standards. • Ability to work independently when needed and cooperatively with the garden-center team, remain active through a retail shift, handle routine plants and merchandise safely, and learn enough inventory information to help customers accurately. • Dependable attendance, direct communication, and willingness to follow the employer's safety, quality, and customer- or production-care procedures. • Ability to complete the role's active, in-person work and to ask for instruction before using unfamiliar tools, equipment, products, or animal-handling methods. Schedule, conditions, and compensation Green Oak lists both full-time and part-time status for Retail Sales Associate. The Jackson location is open Monday through Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., but individual shifts, weekly hours, weekend rotation, wage, and start date are not published. The employer lists paid holidays for full-time employees, paid time off, access to group-rate insurance plans, employee discounts, training, mentorship, and growth opportunities; applicants should confirm eligibility and waiting periods for the schedule offered. The employer does not publish a numeric wage range on this page, so no compensation has been estimated. Applicants should confirm the final hours, overtime treatment, starting assignment, travel or reporting point, supplied equipment, and benefit eligibility directly with the employer before accepting an offer. This is an in-person horticulture and outdoor position with a small operation. Daily priorities can change with weather, plant or animal condition, equipment availability, customer schedules, and the season. The successful person should arrive ready to work, communicate early when a task or condition is unclear, follow the employer's safety and quality procedures, and leave tools, vehicles, production areas, and job sites secure and ready for the next shift. Applicants should expect active work that may include long periods of standing or walking, bending, lifting, repetitive hand tasks, noise, dust, mud, pollen, heat, cold, rain, or work around moving equipment. The exact physical demands differ by assignment. Candidates should discuss any accommodation needs with the employer and confirm the final schedule, overtime treatment, training period, travel expectations, and benefit eligibility before accepting an offer. Only compensation and benefits expressly published by the employer are included here; unpublished terms have not been estimated. How to apply Complete Green Oak's application form, upload a resume, and select Retail Sales Associate. Include two reliable references and describe any garden-center, nursery, floral, plant-care, retail, customer-service, inventory, merchandising, or cash-handling experience.