Department Assistant at Arc Thrift Stores in Denver, CO

Summary: Arc Thrift Stores is seeking a Department Assistant to support various departments within the store. This role involves assisting in the supply of merchandise, maintaining a clean work environment, and ensuring the sales floor remains presentable.

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 that may be outside the primary area of employment

Required Qualifications:
- 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
- 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
- Works inside a production and retail environment
- Exposure to temperature fluctuations
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to speak, hear, stand, and move throughout the store
- Use upper body strength to lift and/or move up to 20 pounds frequently
- Must be able to push or pull clothing racks weighing up to 15 pounds
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee frequently uses a hand stapler to staple price tags to garments
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee may occasionally be exposed to dust from donations
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee constantly stands, bends, stoops, and walks
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee must be able to lift the arms at shoulder height or above

Required Skills: Merchandise pricing, Merchandise quality recognition, Customer interaction