CUSTOMER SERVICE ASSOCIATE TRAINEE

Goodwill Industries of Southern New Jersey and Phi•Hazlet, NJ

3d•$16 - $16•Onsite

About The Position

This position involves customer interaction, processing transactions, and maintaining the store environment. The trainee will learn various roles within the store to promote growth and productivity. Responsibilities include customer engagement, handling money, stocking merchandise, and maintaining store cleanliness.

Requirements

Must possess professional etiquette.
Ability to meet customer needs, understand their concerns, and resolve issues in a friendly and efficient manner.
Ability to be truthful and be seen as credible in the workplace.
Ability to make sound decisions that will impact business goals and strategies.
Ability to be dependable and trustworthy.
Ability to bring energy to the performance of a task.
Ability to perform work accurately and thoroughly.
Ability to communicate and understand instructions, both verbal and written, in English.
Must be able to work a flexible schedule on short notice, including nights, weekends and occasionally long hours.
Ability to meet physical demands of position.
Vision corrected to within normal limits.
Ability to function in a hectic work environment with occasional periods of high stress.

Responsibilities

Follow all Goodwill policies and safety procedures.
Process register transactions, handle money, and count down a drawer.
Engage customers successfully using specific steps (greeting, focusing on customer, maintaining store appearance, walking/talking/showing, thanking customers, listening and responding to concerns, engaging at the register, managing register line, using good phone etiquette, providing announcements).
Achieve a 40% Round-Up transaction average monthly.
Receive cross-training as Donation-Utility Associate and Barcoder.
Train to complete opening and closing procedures.
Stock and maintain the sales floor with newly processed merchandise.
Maintain a clean, organized sales floor by recovering standards through sizing merchandise and organizing wares and furniture.
Maintain sales floor by recovering sales floor and dressing rooms.
Establish or identify prices of goods.
Utilize systems, including phones and paging systems, and make regularly scheduled announcements.
Maintain interior and exterior of store in a neat, clean, and orderly manner (includes vacuuming, dusting, cleaning bathrooms, mopping floors, washing windows, etc.).
Maintain a clean and neat personal appearance at all times.
Wear company-issued uniform.
Regular attendance is required.
Perform other essential duties as assigned.