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- Company parties
- Employee discounts
- Flexible schedule
- Training & development
The Gardener’s Center | Darien
The Gardener’s Center is looking for a highly organized, computer-savvy person to help keep the operational side of our business accurate, organized, and running smoothly behind the scenes.
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys systems, details, follow-through, and bringing order to moving parts. You’ll play an important role in supporting purchasing operations, inventory management, vendor communication, and administrative operations throughout the year.
You will work closely with our buyers to help ensure purchase orders, pricing, receiving, inventory systems, and vendor paperwork are accurate and up to date, freeing our buyers up to focus on sourcing great products and planning for the seasons ahead.
This is an onsite position within a small, independent garden center environment. Former office managers, purchasing coordinators, administrative professionals, inventory specialists, bookkeepers, or retired professionals looking for meaningful part-time work are encouraged to apply.
Plant knowledge is a bonus, but not required.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Â Entering and reviewing vendor invoices and purchase ordersÂ
- Â Working closely with buyers to ensure pricing and POs are accurateÂ
- Â Verifying pricing and costs within our inventory/POS systemÂ
- Â Following up on vendor credits, shortages, and discrepanciesÂ
- Â Communicating with growers and vendors regarding billing or order issuesÂ
- Â Helping ensure inventory and receiving records stay accurateÂ
- Â Supporting invoice reconciliation and data accuracy across purchasing and inventory recordsÂ
- Â Organizing operational paperwork and maintaining clear systemsÂ
What We’re Looking For
- Â Prior experience in purchasing, inventory management, bookkeeping support, operations coordination, or office administration is requiredÂ
- Â Strong computer skills and comfort learning software systemsÂ
- Â Comfortable working with spreadsheets, inventory systems, and administrative workflowsÂ
- Â Strong communication and follow-through skillsÂ
- Â Extremely detail-oriented, organized, and reliableÂ
- Â Able to work independently and stay focusedÂ
Experience working in retail operations, wholesale, landscaping, distribution, or other fast-paced operational environments is highly valued.
We can teach our internal systems and workflows, but we are looking for someone who already brings strong administrative and operational experience to the role.
Schedule
-  Up to 20 hours/week during spring busy season (April–June)Â
-  5 - 10 hours/week during slower seasons (July–March)Â
- Â Flexible weekday schedulingÂ
- Â Fully onsite position in DarienÂ
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