ADC Store Associate
About The Position
Goodwill Greater New York and Northern New Jersey (GWNYNJ) believes that the power of work and sustainable fashion is how we unlock the good in our communities. For over 100 years, we have helped people get jobs, stay employed, and progress in careers across New York and Northern New Jersey. We believe that diversity drives innovation and strengthens our workplace. We are committed to fostering our inclusive environment where all employees feel valued, respected, and empowered to contribute fully. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds, identities, experiences, and abilities. We are seeking an experienced ADC Associate, If you are looking to join our dedicated team, we want to hear from you!
Requirements
- 1 year of Retail or Customer Service Experience preferred.
- Previous Stock experience required.
- High School Diploma, equivalent or combination of education/experience required.
- Proven ability to build lasting relationships with customers and colleagues.
- Ability to adapt to and engage with different customers.
- Strong communication skills with customers, sales leadership team and colleagues.
- Demonstrated collaborative skills and ability to work well within a team.
- Ability to receive feedback and take action when appropriate.
- Accuracy and attention to detail required.
- Ability to work a flexible schedule based on business needs which includes, evenings, weekends and holidays.
- Ability to handle multiple tasks while working in a fast‐paced and deadline‐oriented environment.
Responsibilities
- Have a friendly customer service attitude.
- Consistently achieve brand productivity standards for donation handling and rough sorting of hard and soft goods.
- Maintain production room standard operating procedures (SOP) for receiving, storing and transporting of donations to designated stores.
- Execute efficient and effective donation processing by executing rough sort of donations by category (for example, textiles, housewares, shoes, and other categories as instructed by management).
- Track and communicate rough sorted cage count per day productivity to Key holder.
- Support, understand and adhere to Goodwill NYNJ Safety and IDC protocols, reporting any health and safety issues to your line manager.
- Partner with key holder to ensure all equipment is replenished as needed and store requests are fulfilled as scheduled.
- Engage all customers and donors, providing best in class customer experience.
- Share Goodwill NYNJ mission with our donors while attending the donations area, providing an exceptional customer experience and showing appreciation for their donation by handling with care and providing a donation receipt.
- Greet customers and donors within 30 seconds of entering with a friendly and positive attitude and offer to assist with donation if needed.
- Offer a receipt for donations and educate every customer about applicable literature.
- Keep the inside/outside of the donation area, neat clean, and organized.
- Thank every customer for their donation and invite them to return.
- Facilitate contactless donation process by ensuring that blue bins/cages are set up directly inside the donations area for stores with a separate donations entrance and that blank receipts will be available for donors on small table in donations area.
- Follow policy for safe handling of product for processing of donations upon receipt.
- Separate sellable donations of textiles, housewares and other donation categories, as needed depending on the donation center location.
- Maintain count of donors on tracking tool.
- Prepare cages/bins of rough sorted goods for transport to designated stores.
Benefits
- Generous Time off policy to use when you need it
- Health, wellness and financial resources to help you achieve our personal goals
- Robust health benefits including medical, dental, vision, parental leaves and company sponsored life insurance
- Retirement matching programs and contributions
- Transit and commuter benefits
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
