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Do you love plants & people?
No plant experience is necessary! |
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About Botanicus,
Inc.
Botanicus, Inc. is a Western New York based interior
landscaping firm, servicing over 500 clients in Buffalo and Rochester.
We design, install and service live and “silk” plants in commercial
settings.
The company was founded by owner Kathryn O’Donnell in 1971, as a
retail plant store (The Plant Parlour). She manages the company with a
staff of 25 dedicated professionals. Botanicus is the largest interiorscaper
in Buffalo and the second largest in Rochester.
Our hiring goal is to match the applicant’s skills and natural behavior
to the job requirements. Our hiring process may include 3-4 interviews
and a behavioral profile analysis to be sure that the job is the right
one for the prospective employee.
Since we place more importance on natural behavior, we often hire people
with minimal plant experience. Our extensive training program uses our
in-house PlantMaster manual, resource guides, on-the-job and workshop
training. Our senior technicians will go with you periodically to evaluate
and enhance your knowledge level. Horticulture is an in-exact science,
and we are all still learning!
Our wages are above the industry average, and we offer benefits, even
for part-time positions.
Our main office is in Amherst NY, which includes a 4000 square foot warehouse
of plants, containers and silk. Our Rochester division has two drop off
warehouses and local support staff.
We are always looking for good people to join the Botanicus team. If you
know of anyone who might be interested in any of our career opportunities,
please give them this information. Thank you for your interest.
Kathy O’Donnell
Kathryn O'Donnell
President & Founder
Scroll down to learn about these positions: (we may not
have a current opening)
- Plant Care technician (part or full-time)
- Installation Assistant
- Marketing and Sales Assistant
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Click to download
Printable application:
Adobe PDF
Word Document
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Plant Care Technician
Duties
A trained Botanicus technician has assigned routes and is responsible
for the complete care of plants and clients on their routes. Technicians
go directly to their routes in uniform with equipment, and are paid
mileage from their first account to their last account. Routes may cover
a wide geographic range. At larger accounts, some equipment is stored
on site. Most of Botanicus' accounts are serviced with a replacement
warranty.
While caring for plants is a fun job, it's hard work! During the course
of a day, our technicians may carry a hundred gallons of water, and
spend all their time on their feet and walking around. It is a very
physical job, and you will get dirty.
Training is accomplished on the job with another technician or senior
horticulturist, in the warehouse in classes and workshops, through extensive
written manuals and other material, and periodic "Plantmaster"
meetings. The training process is long and intensive. It takes over
one year to understand the seasonal changes of indoor plants. In addition
to scheduled in-house training, our staff must make a commitment to
learning on their own, including outside reading and studying of resource
materials.
Hours & benefits
A plant technician with Botanicus is scheduled based on mutual needs.
Most offices are serviced during usual business hours (8 am to 5 pm,
Monday through Friday). Technicians are scheduled from 4 to 8 hours
a day, and three to four days per week. A technician typically works
20-35 hours. Horticultural Service Routes are usually serviced the same
day every week or every other week. Our technicians are responsible
to make arrangements to cover vacations, holidays, sick or personal
emergency days.
In the past, we have started technicians with hourly rates above minimum
wage, and we may give bonuses based on profitability and other factors.
Your performance will be evaluated based on variety of factors, including
plant quality, customer service, reliability, productivity and efficiency,
as well as communication, cooperation, and team effort.
Benefits currently include sharing the cost of single health insurance,
and group life and long-term disability insurance (if eligible), all
based on average hours. Botanicus also offers a SIMPLE IRA, (similar
to a 401K) with some level of employer matching.
Requirements
Excellent communication and organizational skills are needed. You will
need to provide your own transportation between accounts.
No horticulture experience is needed, but an interest in plants is helpful.
Passing a physical examination; see the "application job description"
for a listing of the physical requirements for this position.
Download Application
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Installation Assistant
Seasonal Holiday Décor Installation
- Unbox, inspect, set-up, fluff trees, wreaths and
greens
- Decorate greens with sprays, ornaments, etc.
- Plan and organize delivery, pickup schedule
- Load, unload, delivery, set-up, inspect holiday
décor and poinsettias
Shipping
- Box items in appropriate box and secure for protected
in shipping (including box in box and foam for fragile items, tie
down pots for trees)
- Knowledge of shipping limitations/ costs for lowest
cost, including separate upgrade containers
- Attach order paperwork and labels per current standards
Inventory
- Receive incoming items, check purchase order, update
purchaser if any discrepancies or damage
- Maintain inventory items with quantity and SKU on
boxes, initial and ongoing
- Notify purchaser when low stocking levels
- Assist with quarterly inventory counts
- May receive live plant shipments on weekends
Tree building
- Create basic tree and column shapes
- Select appropriate wood stems for finished shape
and size
- Drill into wood stems for natural shape and branching
- Shorten foliage branches as needed for natural shape
- Assemble with foliage, shape branches
Floral design (if needed)
- Select appropriate flower
stems, filler material, and container
- Cut and arrange flowers
- Prepare water-look designs with acrylic
- Arrange "designer" multi-flower arrangements
based on recipe
Warehouse Live plant care &
preparation
- Care for live plants in warehouse
- Assist in live plant shipments for Florida, including
unloading, checking, tagging, and staging
- Select plants and containers for orders and replacements,
per work orders
- Prepare plants by cleaning, trimming, and leaf shining
- Pot up plants in decorative containers
- Assist on-site installations as required
Other as needed
- Fill in for plant technicians on service routes
as needed
- Assist with any projects as needed
- Any other duties as assigned, duties may be changed
at any time
- Observe all procedures and safety rules
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Marketing & Sales Assistant
Job description
Provide lead generation with contact management software and other methods,
- Generate excel spreadsheet with name, address, phone
number from various sources.
- Call generated list to get proper contact name,
e-mail and fax number.
- Generate labels from Excel spreadsheet to mail flyers,
sales literature or fax/e-mail
- Follow up calls to qualify prospects and get appointments,
after literature is sent
- Use basic script, revise as necessary for better
response.
- Determine efficiency of marketing methods and pieces,
revise mailing and information pieces to improve.
- Determine companies with competitive service for
additional marketing efforts
- Tracking of contact until conversation with key
person occurs
- Call existing clients when new installs are done
and replacements to see our service was
Sales Support
- Enter proposals into computer and have checked by
sales person
- Verify availability of items before proposing
- Send proposals to client (via e-mail) with letter
and appropriate sales literature
- Follow up with client on proposal, and make changes
as requested or suggested
- Assist customers regarding questions or concerns
- When approved, verify items are in stock order any
special order items work order
- Call client to verify AR info, billing, tax status,
discuss delivery dates and logistics.
Skills
Excellent oral and written communication ability
Desire to learn
Computer skills to consist of excel, desktop publishing.
Pleasant phone voice and manner
Training
Benefits of plants and service
Benefits of Botanicus
Questions to ask
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