Part-Time Retail Associate- Sycamore St.

Summary: Goodwill of Central & Southern Indiana is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping individuals achieve independence through work. They are seeking a Part-Time Retail Associate to assist the store management team in various retail functions, including cashier duties, sorting products, and managing donations. Responsibilities: - 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) - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 Required Qualifications: - 0-2 years of experience - Ability to see, comprehend and relate with customers in an impartial, unbiased yet effective and balanced manner - Works well with others and makes valued contributions to the outputs of others - Adheres to procedures and protocol, including maintaining confidentiality - Attends to details and pursues quality in accomplishing tasks - Manages one's own time and the time of others effectively - Ability to spend time in excess of 8 hours sitting, standing, walking, stooping, kneeling, and crouching - Ability to move and lift 10-50 pounds - Can manage frequent exposure to moderate noise and temperature variations Preferred Qualifications: - Familiarity with computers and relevant software including basic computer and Internet navigation skills - Articulates thoughts and expresses ideas effectively using oral, written, visual and non-verbal communication skills - Develops and applies mathematical thinking in order to solve a range of problems in everyday situations - Uses judgment and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems Required Skills: Cash Handling, Product Sorting, Pallet Jack Operation, Conveyor Belt Operation, Inventory Management, Packaging and Shipping, Internet Navigation Benefits: 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 hire, Financial education programs- credit union membership and access to online workshops, Daily pay options available