Outlet/ Recycle Associate

About the role

Our Retail Outlet/Recycle Associates are team-oriented, friendly, and innovative in solving customer concerns. They go the extra step in making customers feel at home in the store. We seek individuals who make work a priority and who enjoy meeting high expectations in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Pricing and stocking donations.
• Moving carts of goods in and out of sales area.
• Operating cash register and bagging items.
• Pulling items from sales floor, placing in carts/totes and moving to recycle area.
• Inspecting bins in and out of the Outlet Store to ensure items are properly sorted.
• Loading cardboard and textiles into baling machines.
• Tightening bale wires.
• Operating dump machine.
• Filling out light paperwork and maintaining weight/item logs.
• Using pallet jack or forklift (we train/license, but experience helpful) to move large bins and boxes and stack pallets.
• Frequent lifting of moderately heavy items up to 35 lbs. Occasional lifting up to 50 lbs. (with assistance if over 50 lbs.)

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent preferred.
• Cash register experience and ability to count cash required.

Schedule

Associates should be available to work most store hours, especially on evenings and weekends. Most stores are open Monday–Saturday from 10am–8pm and open at 11am on Sundays.

Pay

$15.00 per hour.

About us

Goodwill Industries of Northwest North Carolina, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization headquartered in Winston-Salem, NC. We employ more than 1,100 team members dedicated to our mission of providing employment and training services that help people find jobs and reach financial stability. With 52 retail stores, 20 career centers, and dozens of attended donation centers across a 31-county territory, Goodwill is a complex enterprise offering a wide range of career opportunities.

Our employees enjoy excellent benefits and a unique work environment that is professional, fast-paced, and fulfilling. Our organization’s values—Living the Mission; Promoting Teamwork; Driving Improvement; Taking Responsibility for Actions and Behaviors; and Respecting and Appreciating Others—shape our culture and guide our interactions with program participants, customers, and each other.