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Sales Assistant
@ West Coast Gardens
Surrey, British Columbia
Overview
West Coast Floral is hiring a Sales Assistant, a full-time role on weekdays from 8:00am to 4:30pm. The work is customer service and administrative support for the sales team, including order processing, data entry and email responses. Pay is $30 to $35 per hour depending on experience.
Pay:
$30–$35 an hour
Responsibilities:
- Respond to customer emails and inquiries professionally
- Process orders and perform accurate data entry
- Assist with customer accounts and order requests
- Support the Key Account Manager and sales team
Requirements summary:
- Previous experience in sales or customer service
- Strong Microsoft Excel skills
- Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Experience with Microsoft Access is an asset
- Horticulture industry experience is an asset
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-09-22
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-11
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-01
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Job details
| Seniority | Entry level |
| Department | Sales |
| Hours per week | 40 |
| Schedule | day |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Office |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Education | Bachelor’s degree (preferred), College diploma (preferred) |
| Fields of study | Business administration |
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West Coast Gardens
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Your destination garden centre, growing plants for your garden + home
Full company description
West Coast Gardens’ nursery, garden centre and greenhouses are situated in South Surrey BC. We offer a wide selection of annuals, tropicals, hanging baskets, planters, perennials, shrubs, herbs, veggies and more. Our retail garden centre serves the Vancouver and BC Lower Mainland area and offers high impact plants for your home and garden. Our wholesale division delivers homegrown plants and planter designs weekly throughout the Western Canada and Pacific Northwest markets. Our clients include Costco Canada and USA, Sobeys, Albertsons and large independent garden centres nationwide. West Coast Gardens has a long rooted history, founded by the VanderMey family in 1981. As a third-generation grower, Jason VanderMey literally grew up with the garden as his playground. Jason and his wife, Wybranda, have now teamed up with Nathan and Jill Van Huizen, as owners of West Coast Gardens garden centre and nursery, adding another 15 years of industry experience to the dynamic team. We are always looking for innovative new growing techniques and trends, in order to be ahead of the industry and offer new plant products to all our customers whether wholesale or retail. With 220,000 feet of growing capacity, producing 2.5M plants annually, we provide fresh and unique products for all four seasons. There’s always something happening at West Coast Gardens. Offering a truly unmatched shopping experience, where guests are inspired by the idea of merging home and garden to create an experience for the senses. Stroll through our nursery, overflowing with garden and indoor plants, grown locally and artfully displayed. For the home, a highly curated blend of artisan merchandise, furniture, decor, garden containers and gifts for all seasons. West Coast Gardens merges a local home and garden brand into a celebration of heritage, community and design.
- LinkedIn followers
- 548
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 18
- Reported office locations
- 1420 172nd Street, Surrey, BC V3Z 9M6, CA
- Other recorded names
- West Coast Gardens
- Specialties
- Hanging Baskets
- Succulents
- Home Decor
- Annuals
- Soil
- Perennials
- Trees & Shrubs
- Indoor Plants
- Plants
- Garden
- Cacti
- Vegetable Gardening
- Herbs
- Tropicals
- Christmas
- Trees and Shrubs
- Gardening
- Grow Your Own Food
- Food Gardening
- Landscaping
- Plant Care
- Orchids
- Bonsai
- Fruit Trees
- Patio Decor
- and Seasonal Decor
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
- No
West Coast Gardens’ nursery, garden centre and greenhouses are situated in South Surrey BC. We offer a wide selection of annuals, tropicals, hanging baskets, planters, perennials, shrubs, herbs, veggies and more. Our retail garden centre serves the Vancouver and BC Lower Mainland area and offers high impact plants for your home and garden. Our wholesale division delivers homegrown plants and planter designs weekly…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Retail |
| Company size | 51-200 employees |
| Headquarters | Surrey, BC |
| Organization type | Privately Held |
| Year founded | 1981 |
| Specialties | Hanging BasketsSucculentsHome DecorAnnualsSoilPerennialsTrees & ShrubsIndoor PlantsPlantsGarden |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 13 |
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West Coast Floral is seeking an enthusiastic and organized individual to join our sales team. West Coast Floral is a family-run business with a strong team that prides itself on staying at the forefront of industry trends while providing a high level of customer service.
Our sales team works with a wide range of customers, from small florists and garden centres to some of the largest grocery retailers.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide customer service and general administrative support to the sales team
- Respond to customer emails and inquiries in a timely and professional manner
- Process orders and perform accurate data entry
- Assist with customer accounts and order-related requests
- Maintain accurate sales and customer information
- Provide support to the Key Account Manager and sales team as required
- Communicate with customers and internal departments to help ensure orders and requests are handled efficiently
Qualifications
- Previous experience in sales or customer service-related role
- Strong Microsoft Excel skills
- Experience with Microsoft Access is an asset
- Enjoys working in a team environment
- Strong customer service skills and a customer-first mentality
- Excellent time management and problem-solving skills
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- exceptional attention to detail and accuracy
- Experience within the horticulture industry is an asset
Education
- Diploma or bachelor's degree in business administration is preferred
Hours
- Full-time, 40 hours per week; Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm
Compensation
- $30 - $35 per hour, depending on experience
Apply within or email directly [email protected]
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