Description

Buying decisions at wholesale level shape the quality and cost of every job that follows. Florists who buy reactively — responding to what’s available and attractive rather than managing stock against planned production needs — tend to carry higher waste and more variable job costs than those with a deliberate buying practice. This module builds that practice.

The content covers wholesale market navigation, quality evaluation at point of purchase, and the stock management systems that connect buying decisions to job production requirements.

You’ll work with:

• Quality grading at wholesale: stem maturity, damage assessment, and the indicators that predict how a variety will perform across its intended display window
• Buying to production: aligning purchase quantities to confirmed job requirements and managing the buffer stock decisions that balance availability against waste
• Supplier relationship management: communication, order accuracy, and handling quality or delivery failures without damaging working relationships

Duration: +/- 8 hours

Outcome: A more deliberate buying practice — with the quality assessment skills and stock management systems that reduce waste, improve job cost predictability, and support more consistent output quality.