Part-Time Retail Associate - Liberty Dr.

About the role

We are currently hiring for cashiers with evening/night + weekend availability. The Retail Associate assists the store management team in reaching the operational goals of the site by functioning in various capacities within the retail location.

Responsibilities

• Cashier: Rings up customer orders, maintains a balanced drawer, and follows all cash handling procedures and protocols. Provides general information about Goodwill programs to educate customers and answer questions. Directs all higher-level questions to the appropriate associate or manager. Maintains cleanliness of the sales floor (purge, size, run racks, and merchandise).
• Textiles or Wares Producer: Sorts product to identify quality and value (checks for holes, missing buttons, defective zippers, or stains and cleans as needed) and 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 updating daily production tracking sheet. Occasionally uses a pallet jack and regularly uses a conveyor belt.
• 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). Loads and unloads trucks as needed and regularly uses heavy equipment, including a pallet jack, double stacker, floor scrubber, and hydraulic lift.
• 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.
• Rack and Cart Runner: Checks each rack/cart to ensure quality and value. Properly sizes, merchandises, and purges the sales floor. Maintains a clean and orderly sales floor, puts away carts, and stocks shelves. Runs one textile rack/wares cart per 15 minutes and updates daily production tracking sheet.

Requirements

• Required Competencies: Customer Focus, Teamwork, Ethical, Attention to Detail, Time Management.
• Preferred Competencies: Technical Knowledge, Communication Skills, Mathematical Aptitude, Critical Thinking.
• Other Requirements: 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

Goodwill offers a competitive package of benefits even for part-time employment that includes: Corporate wellness program that includes: an Employee Assistance Program (EAP), health coaching and wellness discounts (Weight Watchers, YMCA, etc.),Discount programs for phone carriers (Verizon, AT&T, etc.) and 20% discount off Goodwill retail stores immediately upon hireFinancial education programs- credit union membership and access to online workshopsDaily pay options available

Mission and Values

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