Material Handler I - AM
About The Position
The Material Handler I receives donations and transports, sorts, selects, processes, prices, and displays merchandise. The role supports organizational, team, and individual goals in alignment with Goodwill’s mission, vision, and values. The position reports to the Retail Store Manager and does not supervise other employees. The role includes opening and closing activities, assisting donors and customers, maintaining donation and sales-floor areas, preparing salvage items, and completing records and reports. Employees are expected to follow company policies and safety procedures, protect donated goods and other company property, maintain confidentiality, and work cooperatively with coworkers. The position is full-time and based at the Allen Road location in Bakersfield, California.
Requirements
- Minimal ability to read and write.
- Ability to pick up and carry items weighing up to 70 pounds.
- Ability to present information and respond to questions from groups, managers, employees, clients, customers, and the public with tact, courtesy, and cooperativeness.
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, draw valid conclusions, interpret varied instructions, and handle abstract and concrete variables using judgment, resourcefulness, ingenuity, and initiative.
- Effective interpersonal and communication skills for interacting with management and staff at all levels.
- Ability to operate basic office equipment, including a computer, telephone, cell phone, tablet, fax machine, and copy machine.
- High level of integrity and business ethics.
- Ability to perform the essential functions of the job, with reasonable accommodation where applicable.
Nice To Haves
- Prior customer service experience.
Responsibilities
- Complete opening activities, including setting up doors, cones, truck switches, water cooling stations, donation drive-through areas, and moving gaylords.
- Move, sort, select, price, tag, hang, and display merchandise according to company procedures; distribute products to the sales floor.
- Receive and process donated goods, direct donors to appropriate locations, and issue receipts or printed information.
- Complete neat and legible records of daily activities, donation counts, processing counts, and other reports as needed.
- Maintain cleanliness of donation areas, bathrooms, and the interior and exterior of the store, including sweeping, mopping, vacuuming, cleaning fixtures and walls, and handling garbage or other materials.
- Cover coworkers’ breaks and work cooperatively as part of a team.
- Prepare salvage items by making boxes, sorting items, ensuring quality products are set aside for resale, and wrapping unusual-sized or bulk furniture and gaylords for transportation.
- Build boxed furniture for placement on the sales floor.
- Become familiar with pricing lists and help price items according to company pricing policies.
- Complete closing activities, including retrieving truck cones, cleaning water cooling stations, dismantling the donation drive-through setup, moving gaylords, and recovering the sales floor.
- Follow safety and loss-prevention policies and procedures; maintain safe working conditions and report and document hazards and unsafe practices.
- Provide customer service and maintain a positive image during public contact, including assisting donors with safe donations, helping with carry-outs, and greeting and interacting with customers.
- Attend required meetings, training sessions, safety training, drills, and exercises.
- Safeguard company property, including donated goods, and maintain confidentiality.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
