Retail Sales Associate/Material Handler

About The Role

The Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center (ARC) offers a no-fee program to assist men and women in completing their rehabilitation. The organization values its employees and relies on their dedication and diligence.

Responsibilities

• Ensure all customers and donors' needs are met with a genuine greeting and prompt, courteous assistance.
• Stock priced items ready to be merchandised on the sales floor.
• Aid in maintaining the store and donation area, keeping it clean, neat, and organized.
• Perform cleaning duties as assigned by management.
• Follow POS/Cash Register policies in accordance with TSA Policies and Procedures.
• Maintain safety and compliance standards.
• Attend required Monthly Store Meetings.
• Receive, unload, and stock incoming inventory items accurately and efficiently.
• Inspect products for defects and damages and provide quality assurance.
• Courteously assist donors in removing donated items from their vehicle and provide receipts.
• Separate and sort donated materials into proper containers and stack them as instructed by management.
• Perform other duties as assigned by management.

Qualifications

• High School Graduate or GED Required.
• Must be able to accurately handle POS/Cash Register operations and cash transactions.
• Pass background check, including Criminal History and Sex Offender Registry.
• Effective communication skills with management, fellow store employees, customers, and donors.
• Ability to sit, walk, stand, bend, squat, climb, kneel, and twist intermittently or continuously.
• Grasp, push, pull objects such as files, file cabinet drawers, clothing carts, merchandise carts, rolling clothing racks, fixtures, furniture dollies, platform trucks and carts, hand trucks, and miscellaneous carts.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.
• Perform various repetitive motion tasks.
• Must be able to perform duties with or without reasonable accommodation.

Physical Demands

• Sit, walk, stand, bend, squat, climb, kneel, and twist on an intermittent or continuous basis.
• Grasp, push, pull objects such as files, file cabinet drawers, clothing carts, merchandise carts, rolling clothing racks, fixtures, furniture dollies, platform trucks and carts, hand trucks, and miscellaneous carts.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.
• Perform various repetitive motion tasks.

Schedule

The stores operate 7 days per week. Work schedules are determined by management and associates must be flexible to ensure adequate store coverage. Part-time associates may be scheduled to work any part-time shift including evenings, weekends, and holidays.

The Salvation Army will comply with all governmental orders and any contractual obligations relative to COVID-19 safety measures, including mandatory vaccination of staff, if required. The Salvation Army will consider requests for exemptions from any such requirements on either religious or medical grounds when available.