GRADER/SORTER-Millington

Memphis Goodwill•Millington, TN

About The Position

This position is responsible for sorting apparel into different categories, ensuring quality, and meeting production goals. The role involves staying updated on fashion trends and brand names, processing garments for the sales floor, and maintaining a clean and safe work environment. The Grader/Sorter also plays a role in safety recalls and adheres to company policies and procedures.

Requirements

Knowledge of brand names, designer labels, current and vintage styles, and price points for soft line goods.
Ability to sort apparel into boutique, salable, and salvage categories.
Ability to tag and size apparel.
Ability to check for tears, stains, wet, smelly, soiled, broken zippers, and missing buttons.
Ability to recognize apparel brand names, pricing, and grade quality.
Ability to meet production goals of (4) Dandux/Tallboys each day.
Ability to maintain a neat and clean sorting and processing area.
Adherence to all policies and procedures.
Knowledge of good safety and security practices.
Ability to report safety hazards and injuries.
Ability to review and utilize Consumer Product Safety Commission recall bulletins.
Ability to handle equipment and follow safety procedures (push, not pull, never overfill equipment).
Willingness to perform assigned duties within the framework of Guiding Principles.

Nice To Haves

Assists with floor running, apparel rotation, cleaning dressing rooms as needed.
Attends in-service related training as assigned by Team Leader Coach.

Responsibilities

Stays abreast of brand names, designer labels, current and vintage styles, and price points for soft line goods.
Sorts apparel into boutique, salable, and salvage categories.
Places all salable apparel in the hang area of the sort table, tags and/or sizes apparel, hangs apparel onto racks, and transports racks of hung apparel to the sales floor.
Provides quality assurance by checking for tears, stains, wet, smelly, soiled, broken zippers, and missing buttons.
Recognizes apparel brand names, is knowledgeable on pricing, and grades the quality of apparel.
Achieves and exceeds the MGI production goals of (4) Dandux/Tallboys each day.
Maintains sorting and processing area in a neat and clean condition at all times.
Adheres to all policies and procedures; follows good safety and security practices including reporting safety hazards and injuries to the Team Leader Coach or ATL.
Reviews and utilizes current Consumer Product Safety Commission recall bulletins to prevent unsafe items from being sold in the store.
Handles equipment and follows safety procedures when moving equipment: push, not pull and never overfill equipment.
May assist with floor running, apparel rotation, and cleaning dressing rooms as needed.
Performs other duties as assigned by the Team Leader Coach.
Attends in-service related training as assigned by Team Leader Coach.
Responsible for performing assigned duties within the framework of our Guiding Principles.