Assistant Landscape Center Manager

Assistant Landscape Center Manager

Manheim, PA

Are you looking for a growth-focused opportunity where you can help rebuild and lead a retail nursery division from the ground up—turning your green industry experience into a pathway for professional advancement and leadership? 

Why You'll Love Working with Us

• Career Growth: Build a future with opportunities for learning, advancement, and long-term stability.
• Family-oriented: Join a company with over 125 years of history that values relationships and treats you like part of the family.
• Quality Focus: Contribute to landscaping and nursery work known for excellence throughout Lancaster County.
• Team Values: Work alongside people committed to integrity, trust, and collaboration daily.
• Community Impact: Be part of a cornerstone business that invests in local connections and sustainability.

Root's Nurseries LLC has been a cornerstone in the Lancaster community since 1895, specializing in residential and commercial landscaping, as well as retail and wholesale tree sales. With 100 acres planted in shade, flowering, and evergreen trees, we are committed to integrity, quality, and customer care as we continue growing our landscaping and nursery services legacy.

What You'll Do as an Assistant Landscape Center Manager:

• Assist the Landscape Center Manager in overseeing daily operations, including staffing, scheduling, and inventory management, and by coordinating with suppliers to maintain stock levels, ensuring product quality.
• Help customers in selecting trees and shrubs suited to their landscape goals.
• Provide personalized service and education to homeowners on plant care and maintenance.
• Maintain plant health through routine care, irrigation management, and pest control.
• Operate nursery equipment and assist with deliveries, pickups, and logistics.
• Ensure a clean, safe, and organized nursery environment.
• Work full-time Monday-Friday, 7 a.m.-5 p.m., with occasional required travel within a 50-mile radius.

Our Ideal Assistant Landscape Center Nursery Manager:

• Experienced: 2+ years of green industry knowledge, nursery operations, or landscape supply. Experience operating nursery equipment is preferred, and a CDL A or B license is a plus.
• Organized and customer-focused: Manages scheduling and inventory with attention to detail while delivering excellent service to contractors and homeowners.
• Active: Comfortable working outdoors in all weather conditions, lifting to 80 lbs., and performing the physical aspects of nursery operations.
• Tech-savvy: Knows or can learn QuickBooks and POS systems.

What We Offer Our Assistant Landscape Center Nursery Manager:

• $20-$25/hour, DOE
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Paid holidays
• Company-provided shirts, pants, & shoes
• Employee discount on nursery products
• Opportunities for professional growth
• Company-paid continuing education
• An established, family-oriented company that invests in its people and community
• A company that is revitalizing its retail division and creating long-term opportunities for growth

To Apply

We'd love to hear from you if you have experience in tree and shrub sales, nursery operations, or landscape supply, and are excited about the opportunity to assist in leading a team in revitalizing our retail division. Please submit your resume in PDF or Word format for consideration through this job posting.

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REQUIREMENTS

• Experienced: 2+ years of green industry knowledge, nursery operations, or landscape supply. Experience operating nursery equipment is preferred, and a CDL A or B license is a plus.