Schedule: Full-Time (40+ hours/week), Some Saturdays Required Hourly Rate: $40,450 - $50,450 annually, depending on experience Benefits: PTO after 6 Months | 401(k) with up to 4% company match
Why You’ll Love Being a Brownswood Team Member
Are you organized, customer-focused, and energized by helping relationships and sales grow? Brownswood Nursery & Landscape is seeking a Junior Inside Sales Representative to support our Wholesale Account Sales Manager and help provide an exceptional experience for our professional customers.
In this role, you will serve as a primary point of contact for Brownswood’s wholesale customers, helping strengthen existing account relationships, process orders, follow up on quotes, and keep sales opportunities moving forward. You’ll develop a strong understanding of our wholesale program, plant inventory, and customer needs while gaining hands-on experience in both sales and nursery operations.
This position combines customer relationship building, sales support, organization, and hands-on inventory coordination - making it a great opportunity for someone who enjoys variety, takes pride in follow-through, and wants to grow within a sales-focused role.
Brownswood Nursery & Landscape is a third-generation, family-owned nursery and landscape company serving the Charleston area since 1978. Our operations include growing, retail and wholesale nursery sales, landscape design, installation, and maintenance. We believe strongly in developing our team members and creating opportunities to grow professionally.
What We Offer
- Great potential for personal and professional growth
- A fast-paced, friendly, and energetic work environment
- On-the-job training
- Horticultural certification and training opportunities, including SC CNP and SC CLP
- Competitive compensation commensurate with experience
- 401(k) with 4% employer match for eligible team members
- Paid Time Off
- Childcare partial reimbursement credit
- Employee discount
What You’ll Do
Wholesale Customer Relationships & Sales Support
- Serve as a primary point of contact for wholesale customers, providing responsive, professional service.
- Build strong relationships with existing wholesale accounts and develop an understanding of their businesses, purchasing needs, and preferences.
- Identify opportunities to strengthen and grow business with existing customers.
- Develop a thorough understanding of Brownswood’s wholesale program, products, services, and ordering processes.
- Review and assist with the vetting of new wholesale account applications.
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date wholesale customer contact and account information.
Order & Quote Management
- Assist the Wholesale Account Sales Manager with creating, organizing, and tracking sales orders, quotes, and work orders.
- Monitor open quotes and estimates and provide timely customer follow-up.
- Maintain accurate notes and documentation related to customer conversations, orders, and sales opportunities.
- Help ensure orders move efficiently from initial request through fulfillment.
- Run and review monthly wholesale account activity reports to help monitor customer activity and sales performance.
Inventory & Order Fulfillment
- Assist with identifying and pulling plant material for wholesale orders.
- Help maintain organized plant holding areas.
- Ensure plant material being held for customers is properly flagged, tagged, and associated with active sales or work orders.
- Communicate with team members as needed to help ensure accurate and timely order fulfillment.
What We Are Looking For
- A positive, professional, and customer-focused individual who enjoys building relationships
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Excellent organization, follow-through, and attention to detail
- Ability to manage multiple orders, customer requests, and follow-up tasks at the same time
- A self-starter who is comfortable taking initiative while working collaboratively with a team
- Ability to work effectively in both an office environment and hands-on nursery or plant holding areas
- Willingness to learn plant material, Brownswood systems, and wholesale sales processes
- Familiarity with nursery operations, horticulture, customer service, or wholesale sales is a plus