Textiles Associate - Fort Collins Store

Goodwill of Colorado • Fort Collins, CO

8h • Onsite

About The Position

The Associate I, Textiles Production processes donated clothing into inventory for sale on the sales floor. The role primarily works in a production environment sorting, inspecting, hanging, sizing, pricing, tagging, and preparing donated textiles according to company quality standards and guidelines. The position has daily minimum production quotas; pay is listed at $17.01 per hour and may increase based on hourly textile production. The associate may occasionally interact with customers and is expected to communicate responsively and provide excellent customer service. The role requires a day-shift schedule, availability to work weekends, and may involve varied schedules, evenings, holidays, and occasional overtime.

Requirements

• Attention to detail and the ability to make decisions.
• Ability to use basic technologies to follow company standards.
• Ability to use good judgment to assess textile quality and value, determine pricing, and research value as necessary.
• Ability to use a dolly and pallet jack as required.
• Ability to work a varied schedule that may include weekends, evenings, and holidays, with occasional overtime.
• Ability to communicate effectively with customers, managers, supervisors, staff, and peers.

Nice To Haves

• High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
• One year of retail experience preferred.
• Knowledge of clothing brands and quality is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Sort donated textiles by season, color, and product quality.
• Inspect textiles to ensure they are in saleable condition, including checking buttons, zippers, and other details.
• Hang, size, price, tag, and prepare textile items for sale by loading them onto Z-racks.
• Price items according to Goodwill standards of quality and value, including researching item values online or using company tools and standards as appropriate.
• Provide excellent customer service to fellow staff and customers and answer product questions as needed.
• Follow retail center policies and procedures.
• Follow safety processes and procedures to help maintain a safe working environment for employees and customers.
• Cross-train in other departments and areas as needed.
• Maintain a clean and organized work area to support safe and efficient workflow.
• Perform additional duties and responsibilities as required.

Benefits

• DailyPay access to earned pay on the employee's chosen schedule.
• Eligible full-time Retail and Sales/Operations employees may receive medical, dental, vision, short-term disability, life and accidental death and dismemberment coverage, flexible spending accounts, long-term disability, and voluntary supplemental benefits.
• Eligible full-time Retail and Sales/Operations employees may receive paid vacation, sick, holiday, floating holiday, jury duty, and bereavement leave.
• All employees may make pre-tax or post-tax (Roth) contributions to the retirement plan; employees must be at least 18 to participate.
• Goodwill of Colorado is an eligible employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed