Gentle Earth Products Ltd.

Since 2006 we have been creating natural and eco-friendly cleaning and home care under our Gentle Ea

We are a small Canadian business, committed to providing quality green solutions for individuals, families, offices and corporations. We support and collaborate with like-minded individuals to achieve this, while educating and inspiring others to make environmental choices that make a difference.

01/27/2023

Since 2006 Gentle Earth & Island Essentials have been formulating and manufacturing high quality, yet affordable natural soap and skin care products on Vancouver Island. As a leading Island brand we have developed a large loyal local following. Our products are sold through a large number of BC retailers, and we are now opening our Flagship store at Uptown, Victoria. Our vision is simple, to reach out to new customers in synergy with our valued retailers, increasing brand awareness and meeting existing and new customers needs where they shop.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work for a friendly local employer, we are currently looking for a Sales Associate to join our team at Uptown.

This job role will entail:
* Creating sales and build customer relationships:
* Greeting and providing a high level of customer service
* Familiarisation of our product range and providing customers with knowledgeable advice
* Bringing a positive attitude, and ensuring a professional and friendly store environment for both customers and staff
* Represent our brand professionally
* Understand and support product promotions
* Completing & recording sales transactions

Social Media:
* Promote the brand through company social media channels
* Daily posting with updates about the store
* Encourage customer interaction with our social media channels

Supporting efficient store operations:
* Stack shelves & rotate stock
* Create approved store displays
* Ensure store cleanliness at all times
* Booking in stock and maintaining stock balances through digital systems.
* POS operation and familiarisation.
* Maintaining control over money from store transactions

Employee requirements at all times:
* Maintain communication with company management
* Honest and positive communication
* Accurate multi tasking
* Professional and friendly conduct.
* Reliability and trustworthiness.

Ideal candidate profile:
The Ideal candidate will be positive, confident, energetic, reliable, trustworthy and a fantastic communicator. Passion in providing a fantastic customer experience is vital, while an interest in natural products would be of benefit, although full training on our product range will be provided. Experience working in retail would be an advantage.
You must be able to show initiative and the ability to work independently as well as being a productive team member.

Place of work: 113 - 3500 Uptown Blvd, Victoria

Working Schedule:
Position - Full time 40 hours per week
Weekend working is a requirement, the store is open 7 days a week, scheduling will be provided in advance. Flexibility to work stat holidays is important.

Store Hours: 10am to 6pm Monday to Sunday.

Working hours: 9:45 to 6:15pm (8 hour shift)

Recompense:
$20 per hour plus bonus/commission structure.

Check out our website at www.islandessentials.ca

Timeline photos 04/30/2022

Island Essentials Natural Body & Hair Care is manufactured by Gentle Earth Products Ltd, a proudly Canadian Vancouver Island company since 2006.

Many will already know and love our products, and now we have created a website and social media entirely dedicated to our Island Essentials Brand.

Check us out at https://www.islandessentials.ca/ and explore our social media:

facebook: https://www.facebook.com/islandessentials.ca/
instagram: https://www.instagram.com/islandessentials.ca/

08/14/2021

We are hiring!!! Gentle Earth products is looking for a production assistant for soap and cosmetic manufacturing!!!

If you’re interested please reach out to me directly. We are happy to train the right person so even if you are just starting out in the job market and straight out of school we would love to hear from you! The most important thing is enthusiasm, energy and a will to work.

For the right person this role has the ability to evolve into a supervisor position.

Gentle Earth Products is located in Langford, BC. Established in 2009 Gentle Earth Products manufactures natural cosmetics under the Island Essentials branding and natural cleaning products under the Gentle Earth branding. Due to business growth, we are seeking a production person to manufacture a variety of natural cosmetic products to established recipes, including bar and liquid soap. This is a varied job, with a positive happy and friendly working environment.

This job would ideally suit someone interested in growing with the company, with the first couple of months likely to be spent training.

Experience:

Previous experience in soap making is not required as training on the job will be given, however experience in a production / factory environment would be viewed very favourably.

Ideal candidate profile:

Being a natural company, an appreciation and enthusiasm for sustainability and natural products would be advantageous.
We work to GMP, so the ideal candidate must be great at following instructions closely and accurately time after time.

Time management, consistency and attention to detail are imperative to be successful in this role.
This job requires the candidate to be physically fit, be able to lift 20kg plus, and be on your feet all day.
Being a small business you must enjoy working as a team, in a positive and constructive way.
A high level of personal hygiene is required due to the nature of this job.
Confident with use of computers and basic math.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: $16.50 to $20.00 /hour

COVID-19 considerations:
Regular sanitization.

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Happy Holidays Specials! 12/10/2016

Got all your Christmas shopping done yet? Here are our Christmas specials and some new products to share with loved ones this holiday season. Still time if you order now to reach you for Christmas, our elves are standing by. Merry Christmas! http://conta.cc/2hyDYl7

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04/26/2016

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Pamper the one you love this Valentines Day! Only $24.95, delivery available to your home or office.

Gentle Earth Online Boutique - Products It begins with a nice relaxing lavender scented bath salts experience along with our mocha soap, followed by a delicious Organic Raw chocolate experience (70% dark with vanilla) by Giddy Yoyo.

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Luscious Lavender combines with healing Neem for a naturally antibacterial soap that melts away your stresses, leaving you feeling clean and serene!

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Good article. Gentle Earth Products Ltd. makes natural air fresheners and healthy shampoos and soaps. Check us out and make the green & local switch today. https://www.facebook.com/al.reford/posts/10153638277034692 We deliver.

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This February 14th, Focus on SELF LOVE "My son has juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and he uses the Soothe Cream with MSM on all his aching joints. He always says it makes his pain go away. He tells everyone about this cream and sells a lot of it by talking about it."  ~ P. Hietanen

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Les linges Trend sont en temps pour Noel!!!! C'est le temps des fêtes, avec les listes de cadeaux, les chanteurs de Noël, la foule dans les centres d'achat et la famille qui vient visiter. Et les linges Trend sont arrivés aussi!!! 

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We have a number of excellent gifts and sets to delight nearly any woman or man in your life. View them here: http://www.gentleearth.ca/products/gifts
Order online and we'll deliver to your door! Feel free to call us if you could use some assistance putting together the perfect selection for your special someone(s) - we are always happy to create a gift basket to suit specific YOUR needs! :)

If you're going to spend money then this is a great idea to give back to your community.

H/T ANNA KOSTANIAN ART

En Novembre, pratiquons notre motto provincial: *Je me souviens*..... 11/10/2014

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En Novembre, pratiquons notre motto provincial: *Je me souviens*.....

Opportunity Fair 11/07/2014

Hey friends, come down to Living the New Economy headquarters tomorrow (at the Sunset Room) for this FREE EVENT from 9-4 and check out Victoria's New Paradigm business offerings and presentations. Gentle Earth is there and I am speaking about OUR mission at noon and 135. Special discounts on GE products for LNE participants. Here's the deets:http://livingtheneweconomy.com/opportunity-fair/

Opportunity Fair 9:00am – 4:00pm Saturday, Nov8 by donation Join diverse entrepreneurs, enterprises and other big thinkers and doers for a day of innovative ideas and exciting opportunities. Learn what’s happening in the New Economy locally, find where your creativity and energy can be applied now, and be rewarded.…

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One more reason to support your neighbours! :)

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Feel free to post in the comments about a local business you would like to show support to!

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Happy Harvest! 10/14/2014

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Happy Harvest! With the changing of the seasons frequent hand-washing is advised to prevent the contraction of colds and other viruses.  We recommend a gentle, natural soap such as our

08/20/2014

Hehe...so THAT's why they're called STRAWberries! BRILLIANT! :) A must-watch if you love fruit!

Timeline photos 08/20/2014

How fantastic is this? Lilacs have always been my favourite flower...and I'm just finding out now that they can be eaten?! What is your favourite plant/flower to wildcraft? Please share your creative uses for the beautiful bounty our Mother Earth provides :)

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Hello Friends! We have some exciting news: Lifestyle Markets on Douglas is offering 15% off of ALL our products there for the entire month of August!
If you missed us last demo, we hope you'll come visit Scott there today between 12-3 to try out some FREE SAMPLES of our fabulous, planet-friendly cleaning products. If you can't make it out this time, we will be promoting our products there one last time on the 22nd. Here is a selection of what is offered at this great discount: http://lifestylemarkets.com/catalogsearch/result/?order=relevance&dir=desc&q=gentle+earth

Search results for: 'gentle earth' Lifestyle Markets provides the highest quality vitamins, herbal remedies, nutritional supplements from quality brand names such as Natural Factors, Greens+, Sisu, Purica, & Enerex at low, low prices.

Delight Your Dad This Fathers Day 06/13/2014

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Delight Your Dad This Fathers Day Not only will this fantastic grease-cutter amaze your eyes, it will also delight your nose with the sweet scent of fresh oranges!  

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Let's celebrate Earth Day today and every day!! ♥

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2930 Amy Road #120
Victoria, BC
V9B0B2

Opening Hours

Monday 9:30am - 5pm
Tuesday 9:30am - 5pm
Wednesday 9:30am - 5pm
Thursday 9:30am - 5pm
Friday 9:30am - 5pm

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