Garden Center Manager: Full-Time

The Garden Center Manager oversees the company’s live goods program across all store locations, with primary operational responsibility for the large seasonal garden tent (March–October). The Manager ensures that all stores receive high-quality live goods, consistent seasonal support, and clearcommunication while building strong working relationships with each location’s leadership team. The Garden Center Manager is a key leader within the company’s live goods business, ensuring not only the success of the flagship garden tent but also the consistency, quality, and performance of live goods across all store locations.

Major Responsibilities:

The majorresponsibilities for this position include:

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• Lead daily operations of thecompany’s largest seasonal garden tent, including staffing, customer service,merchandising, and plant care.
• Manage, train, and develop seasonal team members, modeling professional standards and strong work habits.
• Maintain high-quality product presentation and plant health standards that set the example for all stores.
• Monitor inventory, sales, and shrink, and make informed decisions on product flow and replenishment.
• Regularly visit stores (outside the peak season) to understand their live goods layouts, customer base, space constraints, and seasonal needs.
• Provide leadership, coaching, and best-practice recommendations to stores to improve live goods presentation, handling, and sales.
• Act as the primary point of contact for stores regarding plant care questions, vendor issues, inventory concerns, or troubleshooting.
• Facilitate consistent communication so that all locations operate with aligned expectations, standards, and seasonal planning.
• Plan, forecast, and place orders for live goods for all store locations based on season, trends, data, and store-specific needs.
• Maintain strong vendor partnerships to ensure quality, timing, and reliable supply. Clearly communicate delivery schedules, product mixes, and seasonal expectations to all store teams.
• Adjust ordering strategies based on weather, sales pace, and feedback from store managers.
• Support stores with best practices for setup, merchandising, and care during each seasonal program.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

Minimum Requirements:

Theminimum requirements for this position include:

• Prior experience ordering, receiving, and inventory management in a garden center/fast paced working environment.
• Prior experience working with plants, garden centers, nurseries, or outdoor retail preferred.
• Strong understanding with Microsoft tools such as excel, outlook, and other administrative applications.
• At least 18 years of age
• Full-time work availability with extended hours required during the March-October season
• Flexible scheduling November -February to support store visits, planning, vendor relations, and seasonal preparation. 
• Strong customer service skills and a helpful, approachable attitude.
• Basic plant knowledge or a willingness to learn quickly.
• Comfortable training and guiding other seasonal associates without formal managerial authority.

Physical Requirements:

The minimum physical requirements for this position include:

• Employee must regularly move and/or lift 50lbs
• Ability to read, write, analyze, interpret and understand the English language with sufficient proficiency in order to read and understand.
• While performing the duties, the employee is regularly required to stoop, kneel, crouch, stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distant vision, and color vision with the ability to adjust focus

Gerrity’s Ace Hardware was started in 2020 by Gerrity’s Supermarket Owner, Joe Fasula. The Clarks Summit PA location was the first Ace Hardware purchased by Gerrity’s. Gerrity’s Ace currently has 7 locations and plans to open more in the future. We are affiliated with Ace Hardware Corporation based in Oak Brook, IL which is a retailer-owned hardware wholesaler that began operation in 1924.