Production Associate - Hyannis

Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries•Barnstable, MA

20h•$18 - $20

About The Position

The Production Associate inspects, sorts, prices, tags, and prepares donated textiles and hard goods for resale. The role includes accepting donations, providing tax receipts, recording donor counts, identifying items suitable for sale, and sending unsuitable items to salvage or trash. The associate processes merchandise through store sorting stations, stages seasonal items, and places priced goods in appropriate store locations. The role also includes maintaining an organized work area, monitoring processing supplies, labeling outbound merchandise for the Boston Distribution Center, and potentially moving pallets or heavy containers. Other duties may include light store maintenance and keeping current with product recalls.

Requirements

High school graduate, GED, or equivalent work experience preferred.
Satisfactory results of all required background checks.
Ability to stand for long periods and perform the physical demands of the role, including pushing or pulling laundry hampers weighing up to 250 pounds and potentially lifting or moving up to 50 pounds.
Required vision abilities include depth perception, peripheral vision, distinguishing basic colors, and adjusting focus.

Responsibilities

Accept donations, provide donation tax receipts, and record the number of donors.
Inspect and sort donated textiles and hard goods; discard items that do not meet quality standards or have no value.
Identify merchandise for sale and price it appropriately, including calculating half of retail price for certain items and using standard pricing lists for others.
Separate merchandise by category and stage seasonal items for future use.
Print and attach price tickets to items that need them.
Place priced and tagged items in appropriate locations throughout the store.
Process donations through the store’s sorting stations, including textiles, hard goods, shoes, glass, books, china, trash, and salvage.
Follow company policy when identifying and discarding items that are not sold.
Prepare textiles for hanging, pin tags on applicable categories, and hang textiles on the sales floor according to priorities set by store management.
Match quality footwear and band pairs together when needed.
Locate processing supplies and report low inventory to Store Management.
Label outbound hampers and bins with the correct destination tags for merchandise being sent to the Boston Distribution Center.
May operate a hand truck or fork-lift hand truck to move pallets, boxes, or bins into distribution trucks.
Keep the work area neat and clean, including sweeping at the end of each day.
May perform light store maintenance, such as cleaning bathrooms and making minor repairs to fixtures and racks.
Refer to the CPSC bulletin board and stay aware of recent recalls.
Perform other duties as assigned.