Furniture Assistant

About the role

Assists assigned departments. Reports to the assistant store manager or the immediate supervisor.

Responsibilities

• Supplies the store with merchandise by sorting, packaging, and occasionally pricing donations for assigned departments.
• Displays merchandise in designated areas on the sales floor.
• Performs responsibilities of various departments when pricer is absent.
• Assures production department is clean and materials are stocked.
• Cleans personal work area daily to remove dust and damaged goods.
• Keeps sales floor shoppable by ragging, balancing, and rotating seasonal merchandise.
• Performs other duties and special assignments as directed, including assignments which may be outside the primary area of employment.

Requirements

• Experience working with a diverse workforce.
• Ability to work with individuals possessing developmental disabilities.
• Ability to use good judgment.
• Energy to take on fast-paced work.
• Good listener.
• Ability to work inside in a production and retail environment.
• Exposure to temperature fluctuations.
• Regularly required to speak, hear, stand and move throughout the store.
• Use upper body strength to frequently lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.
• Must be able to push or pull clothing racks weighing up to 15 pounds.
• Frequently uses a hand stapler to staple price tags to garments.
• Occasionally exposed to dust from donations.
• Constantly standing, bending, stooping and walking.
• Must be able to lift the arms shoulder height or above.

Skills

• Ability to recognize merchandise quality and price it competitively.
• Ability to make decisions about merchandise quality, whether merchandise is saleable and when to reduce prices to sell merchandise.
• Ability to interact effectively with customers.
• Ability to present a positive Company image and be courteous to customers.
• Ability to work as a productive member of a team.