Material Handler I - PM
About The Position
The Material Handler I receives donated goods and transports, sorts, selects, prices, processes, and displays merchandise. The role supports organizational, team, and personal goals in alignment with Goodwill’s mission, vision, values, and strategic priorities. Employees are expected to act with honesty and integrity, follow policies and procedures, safeguard company property, maintain confidentiality, work cooperatively, and promote a positive image of Goodwill. The position involves opening and closing store and donation areas, helping donors, preparing merchandise and salvage for processing or transportation, maintaining store cleanliness, and providing customer service. The employee reports to the Retail Store Manager and has no supervisory responsibilities. This is a non-exempt, full-time position at the Tehachapi Store in Tehachapi, California.
Requirements
- Minimal ability to read and write.
- Ability to pick up and carry items weighing up to 70 pounds.
- Ability to communicate information and respond to questions from groups, managers, employees, clients, customers, and the general public with tact, courtesy, and cooperation.
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
- Ability to interpret a wide variety of instructions and deal with abstract and concrete variables; exercise judgment, resourcefulness, ingenuity, and initiative.
- Effective interpersonal and communication skills to interact with all levels of management and staff.
- 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 duties satisfactorily, with reasonable accommodation where applicable.
Nice To Haves
- Prior customer service experience.
Responsibilities
- Complete opening activities, including preparing doors, truck cones, water cooling stations, donation drive-through areas, and moving gaylords.
- Move, sort, select, price, and display merchandise according to company procedures.
- Tag and hang textiles; price wares, shoes, and furniture; and distribute products to the sales floor.
- Receive and process donations, direct donors to appropriate locations, and issue receipts or printed information.
- Maintain accurate and legible records of daily activities, donation counts, processing counts, and other required reports.
- Perform housekeeping and cleaning duties in donation areas, bathrooms, and the interior and exterior of the store, including completing a five-minute drill before rest and meal breaks.
- Cover coworkers’ break times and work cooperatively as part of a team.
- Prepare salvage items by creating boxes, sorting products, ensuring quality resale items are not placed in salvage, and wrapping odd-sized or bulk furniture and gaylords for transportation.
- Build boxed furniture for placement on the sales floor.
- Learn pricing lists and price items in accordance with company pricing policies.
- Complete closing activities, including retrieving truck cones, cleaning water cooling stations, dismantling donation drive-through setups, moving gaylords, and recovering the sales floor.
- Follow safety and loss-prevention policies and procedures; maintain safe work conditions and report and document hazards or unsafe practices.
- Provide customer service and maintain a positive image when assisting donors, helping with carry-outs, and greeting or interacting with customers.
- Attend required meetings, safety training, drills, and training sessions.
- Maintain confidentiality and safeguard company property, including donated goods.
- 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
