Store Manager

Store Manager

Lititz PA

Lead a dynamic garden retail team where no two days look the same and your leadership directly shapes the customer experience.

Why Youll Love Working with Us

• Variety in Your Day: Lead a fast-paced retail environment where every season customer and challenge brings something new.
• Less Desk Time: Stay active and engaged throughout the day while leading operations on the sales floor and throughout the garden center.
• Meaningful Customer Interaction: Help customers solve problems and confidently complete their gardening and outdoor projects.
• Team Leadership Impact: Support coach and encourage your team while fostering a positive successful work environment.
• Flexible Family-Oriented Culture: Join a family-owned company that values teamwork community involvement and investing in employees.

About Us

Esbenshades is more than a garden center we are a family-owned business with deep roots a strong entrepreneurial spirit and a passion for helping things grow. For more than 60 years we have built our reputation on exceptional customer service quality products and lasting relationships. We value hard work collaboration creativity and leaders who want to make a meaningful impact.

What Youll Do as a Store Manager:

• Oversee day-to-day operations for the Lititz retail location including nursery greenhouse garden center design and customer service departments.
• Lead coach & support department managers team leads and retail associates across seasonal operations.
• Manage staffing scheduling team development performance management and shared store opening and closing responsibilities.
• Maintain high standards for store presentation safety operational consistency and customer experience across the store and nearby retail locations.
• Partner with department leaders and buyers to support merchandising purchasing inventory management and seasonal product planning.
• Monitor store performance metrics support revenue and profitability goals and ensure accuracy in POS and inventory systems.
• Resolve escalated customer concerns with professionalism and a solution-oriented approach.

Our Ideal Store Manager:

• Retail Leadership Experience: 5 years of retail management experience preferably within a garden center nursery greenhouse or related retail environment with the ability to build strong teams and maintain a positive workplace culture.
• Communication and Interpersonal Skills: Ability to communicate professionally and build strong relationships with employees customers vendors and leadership.
• Organizational and Analytical Strengths: Strong time management problem-solving and organizational skills with the ability to balance multiple priorities in a fast-paced seasonal environment.
• Self-Motivated and Adaptable: Self-directed dependable and flexible in changing retail and seasonal conditions.
• Technical and Physical Capability: Comfortable using POS and inventory systems while working in active retail and greenhouse environments that require extended standing lifting and exposure to varying temperatures.
• Values-Driven Mindset: Committed to teamwork customer service and supporting a collaborative hardworking culture.

What We Offer Our Store Manager:

• $62000-$68000 annual salary depending on experience
• Full-time Monday-Saturday retail leadership schedule with overtime during peak seasons
• No Sunday hours and flexible scheduling support during busy seasons
• Health dental & vision insurance
• Paid time off
• Paid holidays
• Retirement plan with Roth IRA eligibility
• Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Christmas bonus
• Generous employee discount
• Family-owned company that invests in employees supports local nonprofits and values generosity teamwork and long-term relationships

To Apply

Retail Store Managers Garden Center Store Managers Nursery Managers and Nursery Retail Management professionals seeking a hands-on leadership opportunity in a fast-paced family-owned garden center environment are encouraged to explore opportunities with Esbenshades Garden Center.

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Requirements:

• 5 years of retail management experience preferably within a garden center nursery greenhouse or related retail environment
• Experience with POS operating systems