Maintenance Team Account Manager

Leverage your passion for horticulture and your customer relationship skills to grow business at one of the only privately owned fullservice landscaping companies in Colorado.

Dessignscapes Colorado

Designscapes Colorado is a landscape design/build firm with an impressive portfolio of commercial and residential projects ranging from large community parks and streetscape design to extensive outdoor living spaces and quiet intimate gardens. The breadth of our services and experience is vast but our company focuses on giving each client a customized oneonone experience. We view ourselves as partners with our clients employees community and our environment. We are a handson and clientcentric company with a warm culture – join the family!

What You Will Do

The Maintenance Team Account Manager uses their horticulture knowledge and relationshipbuilding skills to grow business in a portfolio of accounts within residential and/or commercial sites. This role is responsible for the supervision and coordination of daily landscape maintenance operations installs and other maintenance requests for the assigned properties.

Responsibilities:

• Manage a portfolio of commercial/residential accounts and develop close client relationships through a strong understanding of client needs and challenges.
• Exceed client expectations by providing proactive communication and excellent customer service.
• Schedule site visits and meet clients regularly to conduct site walkthrough to ensure work is performed at a high level.
• Work with crews to ensure they are aware of the expectations to complete the job in a timely manner and within budget.
• Responsible for managing job expenses related to labor and materials to meet budget guidelines.
• Acquire new maintenance accounts through business development as well as selling enhancements.
• Set and meet financial goals for the account portfolio.

Who You Are

You have a passion for horticulture and an eye for detail. Leveraging your strong relationshipbuilding and communication skills you exceed customer’s expectations and provide a positive experience. Your sales skills along with your knack for connecting with people allow you to grow your accounts with ease. You take pride in your work and are not afraid to be handson with the accounts you manage. You are professional have an upbeat demeanor and always positively represent the company.

Qualifications:

• 4 years of residential horticulture experience or 1 year of commercial horticulture experience
• 2 to 4 year degree in Agronomy or Horticulture or equivalent horticulture experience.
• Strong knowledge of pesticides pesticide uses local plants and annual color.
• Possess strong sales and customer service skills
• Ability to understand standard maintenance practice in landscaping and knowledge of irrigation controller programming and water management skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office. Experience with Aspire software a plus.
• Bilingual in Spanish a plus.
• Qualified Supervisor (QS) pesticide applicator license in Colorado preferred.
• Valid driver license and clean motor vehicle record required.
• 70% travel to client sites required.
• Assisting with snow management required.

Benefits

$80000 $100000 salary bonus incentives
Medical dental and vision (50% paid by the employer)
401(k) retirement plan
2 weeks accrued paid vacation that increases with time at the company
7 paid holidays
Life insurance policy
Company vehicle