Donation Services Associate - Colorado Springs Warehouse

Goodwill of Colorado•Colorado Springs, CO

13d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is for a Donation Services Associate at the Colorado Springs Warehouse. The role involves providing excellent customer service to individuals dropping off donations, assisting with unloading items, and ensuring donated goods are handled with care and sorted appropriately. The associate will also be responsible for maintaining a safe, organized, and clean environment, managing remote donation centers if applicable, tracking donation levels, and communicating when donation areas are becoming full. The job may also involve assisting drivers with loading/unloading trucks and cross-training in other departments. The position is described as a great workout while serving the community, suitable for individuals who are active and enjoy being outdoors.

Requirements

A High School diploma or equivalent is preferred.
One (1) year of retail experience is preferred.
Must be able to make decisions by following Goodwill standards and guidelines.
Must have basic computer skills to be able to log into a computer system to order supplies and to send and receive email.
Must be able to work in various weather conditions with varying temperatures.
Must be able to use safety equipment to assist with lifting heavy objects such as a dolly or pallet jack.
Able to obtain Powered Equipment Operator certification to safely operate equipment.
Ability to operate hydraulic baler and forklift.
Ability to be forklift certified.
Ability to read, comprehend, write, and communicate effectively in English.
Must be able to communicate effectively with customers, managers, supervisors, staff, and peers.
Must be able to work a varied schedule to include weekends, evenings, and holidays with occasional overtime as necessary.

Responsibilities

Provides excellent customer service, greeting customers in a timely manner, answering product questions as needed.
Assists every customer by unloading donations from vehicle or other areas.
Ensure that donated items are handled with care and sorted into appropriate bins or production areas.
Inspect all donations within assigned areas and make decisions on quality to sort appropriately for the sales floor or to be shipped to other locations.
Ensures a safe, organized, and clean environment is maintained for both customers and fellow employees within the donations entrance and parking lot areas.
Maintain remote donation centers, sheds, and/or trailer if applicable, following appropriate opening and closing procedures when working at a remote site.
Ensure supplies are kept well stocked at remote site as necessary.
Tracks and reports on donation levels daily to ensure trailers do not become over stocked when working in remote donation center locations.
Timely communication when donation warehouse and/or trailer(s) are becoming full and a truck is needed.
Follows all retail center/donation center policies and procedures.
Assist drivers in loading and unloading donations onto the truck when necessary.
Follows all safety processes and procedures to help provide a safe working environment for employees and customers.
Crosstrain in other departments or areas; act as a back-up for other areas as required.
May be required to report to the store ADC or stand-alone center when necessary.
Job duties may extend beyond the tasks listed and may include additional responsibilities as required.

Benefits

Medical
Dental
Vision
Life/Accidental Death and Dismemberment
Flexible Spending Accounts
Long Term Disability
Voluntary supplemental benefit offerings
Paid time off in the form of vacation, sick, holiday, floating holiday, jury duty, and bereavement leave.
Retirement plan contributions (pre-tax or post-tax Roth)
Daily Pay option