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Designs, cuts and arranges live, dried, or artificial flowers and foliage for funeral services, cemetery, and special events. Provides excellent customer service when reviewing product selection, writing orders, and receiving payments. Delivers arrangements.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Prioritizes work to meet deadlines
• Maintains clean, neat, and tidy design work area and flower cooler
• Discusses needs, suggests products, seasonal products, and floral services commemorating special events, quotes products, as well as records accurate orders and payments
• Plans arrangement according to client's requirements, utilizing knowledge of design and properties of materials, or selects appropriate standard design pattern
• Collaborates to resolve issues
• Reviews orders for clarity, product availability, events schedule
• Trims material and arranges bouquets, wreaths, terrariums, and other items using trimmers, shapers, wire, pin, floral tape, foam, and other materials
• Maintains design equipment in good working order; notifies management when repairs or replacements requirements
• Drives company vehicles to deliver floral arrangements to client homes or service venues
• Collaborates with floral colleagues on design, scheduling, issues, and process
• Packs and wraps completed arrangements for transportation
• Takes precautions to secure floral designs during transportation
• Answers calls and greets clients in a courteous and empathetically
• Collaborates with Funeral Director to clarify contractual requests
• Selects flora and foliage for arrangement

MINIMUM Requirements

Education

• Training in Floral Design preferred
• High School or GED equivalent

Certification/License

• Valid state issued driver’s license with an acceptable driving record
• Certificate from School of Floral Design preferred

Experience

• 3-5 years of experience in floral design
• Demonstrated knowledge of floral products and design
• Demonstrated knowledge of the care of floral plants and flowers

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Detail oriented
• Clear and articulate communication skills
• Adaptable to frequently changing priorities
• Problem solving skills
• High level of compassion and integrity
• Basic computer, internet and word processing skills
• Ability to multi task and prioritize

Work CONDITIONS

Work Environment

• Limited amount of local and/or multiple location traveling required
• Work indoors and outdoors during all seasons and weather conditions
• Professional Dress is required when in contact with families.

Work Postures

• Frequent, continuous periods of time standing, up 6 hours per day
• Climbing stairs to access buildings frequently

Physical Demands

• Physical effort requiring manual dexterity is required

Work Hours

• Working beyond “standard” hours as the need arises

Postal Code: 38122

Category (Portal Searching): Operations

Job Location: US-TN - Memphis

Job Profile ID: F00217

Time Type: Full time

Location Name: Memphis Crematory