Victoria Whitelaw Beautiful Flowers is seeking a motivated, hardworking Assistant Flower Buyer to join our team. This is a hands-on role working closely with Victoria, primarily at the Melbourne Wholesale Flower Market in Epping, with additional responsibilities across deliveries, events, and store operations.
This role suits someone who genuinely loves flowers, isn't afraid of early mornings or physical work, and can operate confidently both as part of a team and independently.
The role will include:
· Assisting Victoria with flower buying at the Melbourne Wholesale Flower Market in Epping
· Attending buying trips independently on occasion
· Heavy lifting and fast-paced work at market
· Transporting flowers to stores and production locations
· Processing flowers for retail, corporate, weddings and events
· Completing Melbourne-wide retail flower deliveries
· Regular corporate client flower deliveries
· Assisting with installation, bump in and bump out of weddings and event floral styling
· Assisting with store set-up following buying mornings
Requirements:
· Minimum 2 years' experience working in the floristry industry
· Strong knowledge of flower varieties and seasonality
· Physically fit and strong – heavy lifting is a key part of the role
· Available for very early starts (2–3 mornings per week)
· Australian manual driver's licence and willingness to drive a 3-tonne truck and vans
· Confident driving throughout Melbourne
· Well presented and professional
· Reliable, punctual and highly organised
The ideal applicant will be:
· A true team player who can also show initiative and self-manage
· Comfortable working independently when required
· Not afraid to get their hands dirty and muck in where needed
· Calm and efficient in a fast-paced environment
· Passionate about flowers and quality product
This is a varied role with early starts, physical work, and plenty of responsibility, ideal for someone looking to deepen their experience in flower buying and large-scale floral operations.
If this sounds like you, we'd love to hear from you.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From $70,000.00 per year
Experience:
* flower industry: 2 years (Required)
Work Authorisation:
* Australia (Required)
Work Location: In person