Supervisor:

Kawahara Nurseries, Inc. (http://kniplants.com) is a third generation family business with 350+ employees. We are a wholesale grower producing outdoor garden plants at two facilities in Morgan Hill, CA and Gilroy, CA. We ship our plants to hundreds of retailers across California and Nevada. We are looking for a District Supervisor to manage and work with a sales and merchandising team responsible for servicing multiple retail locations. This position involves working early mornings and weekends. In addition to a competitive starting pay rate, you will have the opportunity to receive discretionary bonuses, as well as annual performance and compensation reviews. Mileage (clean driving record is a must) is reimbursed between stores and other benefits include medical, dental, vision, paid time off, paid sick leave and access to a 401k! A District Supervisor's goals are: (1) to maximize sales of product at each assigned store; (2) to minimize unsold product at each assigned store; and (3) to effectively manage your team's merchandising quality, efficiency and costs. The District Supervisor serves as a critical field component in driving sales at each store in his/her territory and in the overall day-to-day merchandising execution at the store level. An District Supervisor's job duties include the following: Sales Work to optimize the constantly changing balance of driving sales while managing sell through, merchandising quality and merchandising labor cost Assist in managing and optimizing product flow into each store with Replenishment team Adjust ordering and product mix strategies based on changing feedback from stores, merchandising team, consumer demographics by store and sales reports Work with Replenishment, Sales Administrator, Availability and Distribution teams on corporate walk orders and any issues such as tagging, bar code scanning, ad items, special orders and delivery date adjustments Customer Relationship Develop and maintain relationship with all corporate, store and nursery managers to identify product and merchandising opportunities in an effort to improve business relationship and results Solicit feedback from stores, employees and customers on a regular basis to log in a monthly feedback workbook that is emailed to account team monthly Team Management Recruit, hire and develop your merchandising team Manage and budget your overall labor spend as a percent of sales Audit and approve any edits to employee time cards and mileage Performance manage your team for all needs including promotions, areas for improvement and terminations when necessary Maintain optimal store visit schedule based on total sales volume, order deadlines, high-volume sales days, and delivery days Coach through constant feedback, training sessions, announced/unannounced walks, and quarterly and annual performance evaluations Merchandising Train team to execute company standards in merchandise quality, planogram execution, signage standards, and pricing needs Implement and follow up on merchandiser reporting sent from each store a minimum of each delivery day that includes photos, product requests, rack pickup information, and any other notes for District Supervisor and account team Implement and follow up on Store Watering Procedure Conduct different ordering and display experiments to test impact on goals Tentative start date: 9/28/2026

Job Type:

Full-time Pay:

From $25.00 per hour

Benefits:

401(k) Dental insurance Employee discount Health insurance Paid time off Vision insurance

Work Location:

In person