Plant Buyer

We need to output only HTML fragment, no markdown fences. Use

for section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to include sections only when posting has real specific content. We have content: description about company, role overview. Could be "About the role". Responsibilities: list of key responsibilities. Requirements/Qualifications: experience & qualifications. Skills: maybe combine? The posting includes "Experience & Qualifications" with many bullet-like sentences. We can split into Requirements (experience) and Qualifications (education) but we can just put under Requirements or Qualifications. Also there is Pay: competitive salary range $90,000–$110,000, depending on experience. Also later mentions base salary range $59,600–$77,400 (conflict). Actually there are two salary ranges: first says Competitive salary: $90,000–$110,000, depending on experience. Performance-based bonus opportunity. Then later: The base salary for this position typically falls within the range of $59,600.00 to $77,400.00 annually. Starting wage may vary... This seems contradictory; maybe it's a mistake but we must preserve all substantive info. So we need to include both statements. Could put under Pay section both statements. Benefits: later mentions "Competitive weekly/bi-weekly pay, discretionary bonuses, 401(k) with company match, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, paid time off (vacation, sick, volunteer, holidays, birthday, floating), medical/dental/vision, flexible spending accounts, company-paid life and short-term disability, plus optional long-term disability, and additional life insurance. All benefits subject to eligibility." Also earlier: "SRS Distribution offers additional competitive and non-financial benefits. Depending on the role, associates may also be eligible for performance-based bonus programs, commissions, profit-sharing programs, car allowance or automobile and fuel program, and reimbursement for travel expenses in accordance with company travel policy." So we have benefits details. Schedule: not mentioned explicitly. No schedule info. So we should not create Schedule section. We need to remove boilerplate: EEO, accommodation request, background check, etc. Also remove navigation, cookie, legal, duplicated lines, application instructions. Also remove "Job Location: ..."? That's substantive location; we could include as a short paragraph maybe under About the role or separate? The instruction: do NOT put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short

or drop it. Job location is metadata but maybe we keep as a short p. It's substantive info about where job is. We'll include a short p. We must not repeat job title as heading. So no heading for "Plant Buyer". We'll output sections: About the role (maybe a paragraph summarizing role), Responsibilities (ul), Requirements (ul), Qualifications (ul) maybe combine? But we have many items; we can split into Requirements (experience) and Qualifications (education/preferred). Skills: maybe include negotiation, communication, organizational skills, analytical ability, etc. Could be under Skills. We need to avoid filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present. Let's extract content. About the role: The first paragraph: "Fiore Nursery and Landscape Supply is a 110-year-old leader in the Chicagoland wholesale landscape industry. We provide trees, shrubs, evergreens, perennials, ornamental grasses, and other live plant material to landscape contractors, designers, and green-industry professionals throughout the region. As part of Heritage Landscape Supply Group, Fiore is growing while maintaining the relationships, expertise, and customer-focused approach that have made us successful for generations. We are looking for an experienced Plant Buyer to lead live-goods purchasing and inventory planning for our growing operation. This is a hands-on position for someone who knows plants, understands the nursery industry, and knows how to buy. You will work directly with growers and vendors throughout the Midwest and across the country while partnering with sales, branch management, and operations to ensure we have the right material, quality, price, location, and timing." That's good. Responsibilities: list after "Key Responsibilities:" then bullet lines. We'll capture each sentence as

. List: - Purchase trees, shrubs, evergreens, perennials, ornamental grasses, and other live plant material. - Develop seasonal purchasing and replenishment plans based on sales, inventory, customer demand, and market conditions. - Manage inventory levels, order points, sell-through, seasonal build-up and drawdown. - Develop and maintain strong relationships with wholesale growers and nurseries. - Negotiate pricing, freight, availability, quantities, and delivery schedules. - Manage pre-book and contract-grow commitments and ship-window calendars. - Source specialty and hard-to-find plant material. - Coordinate inter-branch transfers and inventory rebalancing as needed. - Build efficient truckloads and help manage freight and transportation costs. - Monitor plant quality from purchase through delivery. - Work closely with sales and branch managers to understand customer needs and upcoming demand. - Analyze purchasing, sales, and inventory data to make informed buying decisions. - Track key measures including inventory turns, landed cost, shrink, culls, markdowns, and sell-through. That's all. Experience & Qualifications: after that heading we have sentences. We'll split maybe into Requirements (experience) and Qualifications (education). But we can also just put all under Requirements. However we have separate headings allowed: Requirements, Qualifications, Skills. We'll try to categorize. Experience bullets (from "Experience & Qualifications:"): - 5+ years of experience in nursery, horticulture, landscape, live-goods purchasing, or a related industry. - Strong knowledge of landscape plant material, plant quality, and nursery-industry practices. - Experience purchasing from wholesale growers and nurseries. - Established industry relationships are highly valued. - Strong negotiation, communication, and organizational skills. - Ability to analyze inventory, sales, and market information and make sound purchasing decisions. - Understanding of the seasonality and unique inventory challenges of live goods. - Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment. - Experience with inventory management, freight, replenishment, or multi-branch purchasing is a plus. - Experience with ERP/purchasing systems and Microsoft Excel is preferred. - Horticulture, nursery management, business, supply chain, or related education is preferred; equivalent industry experience will be considered. - Able to pass background and drug screening (but that's boilerplate? It's a requirement but maybe we keep? It's not EEO but it's a condition. Might be considered minor metadata? It's a requirement but we could keep as a list item. However it's somewhat generic; but it's substantive. We'll keep.) Now Qualifications: maybe we separate education: "Horticulture, nursery management, business, supply chain, or related education is preferred; equivalent industry experience will be considered." That's both experience and education. Could put under Qualifications. Skills: maybe "Strong negotiation, communication, and organizational skills." and "Ability to analyze inventory, sales, and market information and make sound purchasing decisions." and "Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment." Could be skills. But we can also just have Requirements (experience) and Qualifications (education/preferred) and Skills (negotiation etc). However to avoid too many thin sections, we prefer few substantive sections. Maybe combine Requirements and Qualifications into one section "Requirements" and put Skills as separate if we have distinct skill list. But we have many skill-like items. Could just have one section "Requirements" covering experience, knowledge, skills, education. Then Benefits and Pay separate. Given instruction: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So maybe we have About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Benefits, Pay. That's 5 sections. That's fine. We'll not create Qualifications or Skills separate. Thus:

About the role

... paragraph ...

Responsibilities

... li ...

Requirements

... li ...

(include experience, knowledge, skills, education, background/drug screening)

Benefits

... li ...

(list benefits)

Pay

... include both salary statements ...

We must not include schedule. Now ensure we remove boilerplate: EEO, accommodation request, background check? Actually background check is in Requirements but it's a condition; we can keep as it's substantive. However the instruction says remove EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate. Background check is not EEO; it's a condition. We'll keep. Also remove "Job Location: ..."? We could include as a short p under About the role or separate. Let's add a short p after About the role maybe:

Job location: Fiore Nursery and Landscape Supply - Lake Zurich, 20433 W IL Route 22, Lake Zurich, IL 60047.

But we must not repeat job title as heading. That's fine. Now ensure we don't include duplicated lines. The posting had duplicate salary info; we include both. Now craft HTML. We need to output only HTML fragment, no markdown fences. Let's write. Check for any stray characters. We'll produce:

About the role

Fiore Nursery and Landscape Supply is a 110-year-old leader in the Chicagoland wholesale landscape industry. We provide trees, shrubs, evergreens, perennials, ornamental grasses, and other live plant material to landscape contractors, designers, and green-industry professionals throughout the region. As part of Heritage Landscape Supply Group, Fiore is growing while maintaining the relationships, expertise, and customer-focused approach that have made us successful for generations. We are looking for an experienced Plant Buyer to lead live-goods purchasing and inventory planning for our growing operation. This is a hands-on position for someone who knows plants, understands the nursery industry, and knows how to buy. You will work directly with growers and vendors throughout the Midwest and across the country while partnering with sales, branch management, and operations to ensure we have the right material, quality, price, location, and timing.

Job location: Fiore Nursery and Landscape Supply - Lake Zurich, 20433 W IL Route 22, Lake Zurich, IL 60047.

Responsibilities

• Purchase trees, shrubs, evergreens, perennials, ornamental grasses, and other live plant material.
• Develop seasonal purchasing and replenishment plans based on sales, inventory, customer demand, and market conditions.
• Manage inventory levels, order points, sell-through, seasonal build-up and drawdown.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with wholesale growers and nurseries.
• Negotiate pricing, freight, availability, quantities, and delivery schedules.
• Manage pre-book and contract-grow commitments and ship-window calendars.
• Source specialty and hard-to-find plant material.
• Coordinate inter-branch transfers and inventory rebalancing as needed.
• Build efficient truckloads and help manage freight and transportation costs.
• Monitor plant quality from purchase through delivery.
• Work closely with sales and branch managers to understand customer needs and upcoming demand.
• Analyze purchasing, sales, and inventory data to make informed buying decisions.
• Track key measures including inventory turns, landed cost, shrink, culls, markdowns, and sell-through.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in nursery, horticulture, landscape, live-goods purchasing, or a related industry.
• Strong knowledge of landscape