Donation Center Associate (full-time)- Morton, IL

Example Duties And Responsibilities

• Donation Door Attendant: Accepts donations from customers and maintains a clean and clear donation door. Quickly and accurately sorts products and distributes them to appropriate areas. Maintains an efficient working area by ensuring the backroom is clean and organized (all boxes labeled, everything in its place, and a place for everything).
• Textiles Or Wares Producer: Sorts product to identify quality and value (checks for holes, missing buttons, defective zippers, or stains and cleans as needed), properly barbs, tags, and hangs textiles or wares. Sort textiles (curating for quality). Produces 100 items per hour for wares/85 items per hour for textiles adhering to Goodwill’s pricing standards and updates daily production tracking sheet.
• ECommerce Producer: Develops a keen eye to identify and secure items of value for ClickGoodwill. Stays informed of the market value of merchandise through eBay and other Internet shopping sites to properly tag, itemize, and secure items in totes for ClickGoodwill and educates team of eCommerce high ticket items. Properly, efficiently and carefully pack curated products onto pallets, wraps, and ships totes to ClickGoodwill to meet the store budget regarding totes shipped per week.
• E-Books Producer: Scans books received by the store and decides what is sent to ClickGoodwill or displayed at the store location to meet the store budget. Prints inventory sheets and packs, seals, and ships totes for ClickGoodwill. Identifies top sellers and manages a clean, organized, in-store sales-effective display.

Required Competencies

• Technical Knowledge – Familiarity with computers and relevant software including basic computer and Internet navigation skills.
• Communication Skills – Articulates thoughts and expresses ideas effectively using oral, written, visual and non-verbal communication skills, as well as listening skills to comprehend customers' needs. Delivers information in person, in writing, and in a digital world.
• Mathematical Aptitude – Develops and applies mathematical thinking in order to solve a range of problems in everyday situations.
• Critical Thinking – Uses judgment and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.

Preferred Competencies

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable people with disabilities to perform essential job functions.
• Hard to Very Hard Physical Work – Is able to spend time in excess of 8 hours sitting, standing, walking, stooping, kneeling, and crouching. Uses hands to grasp, carry, feel, or touch products and machinery. Has the ability to move and lift 10-50 pounds. Can manage frequent exposure to moderate noise and temperature variations.

Benefits

• If you are hired on full-time or eventually move to full-time status, our full-time employees may participate in a comprehensive benefits program that includes:
• Continuing education and leadership development as well as tuition reimbursement
• Discount programs including 20% discount off Goodwill retail stores immediately upon hire
• Comprehensive health plan
• Generous paid time off (PTO) and paid holidays
• Sabbatical and parental leaves
• Lifetime life, dental and vision insurance
• Short- and long-term disability plans
• Nationally recognized preventive health and wellness program
• Section 125 pretax health spending account, dependent care spending account, and premiums
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Mission and Values

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Goodwill Legacy Group is an EEO Employer/Vet/Disabled employer