Production Associate

Goodwill NCW Jobs • Appleton, WI

7d • Onsite

About The Position

The Production Associate processes new and donated merchandise to meet production goals. The role includes sorting, categorizing, pricing, ticketing, and staging items for the sales floor, identifying items for e-Commerce, and safely separating and disposing of hazardous items. The associate operates designated power equipment when trained and authorized, maintains a clean, safe, and organized backroom, completes checklists, and assists with general cleaning. Work is performed primarily in a retail backroom or warehouse, with frequent team-member contact and interruptions. The role requires reliable, timely attendance and a flexible schedule that may include holidays, evenings, and weekends.

Requirements

• Excellent time management and prioritization skills, including the ability to work through multiple tasks simultaneously under time constraints.
• Basic math skills.
• Reliable transportation.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule, including holidays, evenings, and weekends.
• Regular and timely attendance in accordance with the assigned work schedule.
• Ability to repetitively stand for prolonged periods, up to 8 hours.
• Ability to independently twist, lift, carry, push, or pull weights from 10 to 25 pounds; use a team lift for objects over 25 pounds.
• Ability to reach approximately 54 inches and frequently stoop, bend, kneel, and crouch.
• Sufficient hand and finger dexterity for detailed tasks.
• Ability to communicate verbally to exchange information.

Nice To Haves

• Excellent communication and customer service skills and strong attention to detail are preferred.
• Experience operating power equipment is preferred.
• Experience with computers or willingness and ability to learn.

Responsibilities

• Process new and donated items to meet production goals, using team lifts as needed.
• Sort and categorize items and identify items to send to e-Commerce according to organizational guidelines.
• Safely separate and dispose of hazardous items.
• Determine price points and ticket items for visibility.
• Stage items to provide fresh products for the sales floor.
• Operate power equipment, including a stacker, power pallet jack, tilt master, compactor, tipper, and forklift.
• Maintain a clean, safe, and organized backroom; complete checklists and assist with general cleaning tasks.
• Follow proper operating procedures for pallet jacks and compactors when at least 18 years old and trained and checked off.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed