Sales Representative – Floral Industry
Job Type: Remote / Part-Time
Department: Sales & Events
Industry: Floral Design, Weddings & Events
Reports To: LE JARDIN ROSE LLC / Shop Manager
Position Overview
We are looking for a motivated, personable, and results-driven Sales Representative to join our floral business. The ideal candidate will have a passion for flowers, design, weddings, and special events, along with strong communication and relationship-building skills.
The Sales Representative will be responsible for generating new business, responding to customer inquiries, developing relationships with clients and event professionals, and converting leads into floral orders, wedding bookings, corporate accounts, and event contracts.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys working with people, has a strong sales mindset, and is excited about creating beautiful floral experiences for weddings, celebrations, corporate events, and everyday occasions.
Key Responsibilities
- Respond promptly and professionally to phone calls, emails, website inquiries, social media leads, and customer requests.
- Generate new sales opportunities through networking, referrals, outreach, partnerships, and follow-up with prospective clients.
- Meet with clients to understand their floral needs, preferences, vision, and budget.
- Prepare and present floral proposals, estimates, quotes, and event packages.
- Follow up consistently with leads and prospective clients to convert inquiries into confirmed orders and bookings.
- Sell floral arrangements, wedding flowers, event décor, corporate floral services, and other floral products and services.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with wedding planners, venues, event professionals, corporate clients, photographers, hospitality businesses, and other referral partners.
- Maintain an organized sales pipeline and accurately track leads, proposals, follow-ups, bookings, and sales activity.
- Meet or exceed individual and company sales goals.
- Provide exceptional customer service throughout the sales process and help ensure a smooth transition from booking to production and event execution.
- Stay knowledgeable about floral products, seasonal flowers, design styles, pricing, services, and current wedding and event trends.
- Represent the company professionally at networking events, bridal shows, venue visits, industry events, and client meetings.
- Collaborate with florists, designers, event teams, and management to ensure client expectations are clearly communicated and fulfilled.
- Identify opportunities to increase sales through upselling, add-on services, premium floral designs, décor, rentals, and event enhancements.
Qualifications
- Previous sales, customer service, hospitality, event, wedding, or floral industry experience preferred.
- Experience in floral sales or wedding/event sales is a strong plus.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong interpersonal and relationship-building abilities.
- Confident, friendly, professional, and comfortable speaking with clients and business partners.
- Strong organizational and time-management skills.
- Ability to manage multiple leads and projects while meeting deadlines.
- Comfortable discussing budgets, pricing, contracts, and closing sales.
- Strong attention to detail and follow-through.
- Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with a team.
- Proficiency with email, Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, CRM systems, or similar sales tools.
- Knowledge of flowers, floral design, weddings, or events is preferred but not required for the right candidate.
Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate is someone who is energetic, creative, outgoing, and sales-oriented, with a genuine appreciation for flowers and beautiful design. You should enjoy building relationships and have the confidence to guide clients from their initial inquiry through the booking process.
You are proactive about following up, comfortable asking for the sale, and motivated by achieving measurable results. You understand that exceptional customer service and strong relationships are essential to growing a successful floral business.
Compensation & Benefits
- Commission or performance-based bonus opportunities
- Opportunities for professional growth and advancement
- Employee discounts on floral products and services
- Opportunities to attend weddings, events, networking opportunities, and industry events
- A creative and collaborative work environment
Compensation: Commission
Schedule: Part Time
Location: Remote
How to Apply
If you are passionate about sales, flowers, weddings, and creating memorable experiences for clients, we would love to hear from you.
Please submit your resume and a brief introduction explaining your sales experience and why you would be a great fit for our floral team.
Job Types: Part-time, Commission
Pay: $60,000.00 - $120,000.00 per year
Work Location: Hybrid remote in New York, NY 10016
