Production Associate - Worcester

Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries•Worcester, MA

About The Position

The Production Associate inspects and sorts donated textiles and hard goods, determines which items meet resale quality standards, prices and tags merchandise, and prepares items for sale or distribution. The role processes donations through the store’s sorting stations, stages seasonal merchandise, and places or hangs priced goods in appropriate store locations. The associate maintains an organized work area, monitors processing supplies, and may assist with moving merchandise, light store maintenance, and other assigned duties. Work takes place in a normal warehouse and retail store environment, with exposure to dust, heat, and cold.

Requirements

High school graduate, GED, or equivalent work experience preferred.
Satisfactory results of all required background checks.
Ability to stand for long periods and walk during work.
Ability to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls, and to talk or hear.
Ability to push or pull laundry hampers weighing up to 250 pounds.
Ability to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
Depth perception, peripheral vision, ability to distinguish basic colors, and ability to adjust vision to bring objects into focus.

Nice To Haves

High school graduate or GED, or equivalent work experience.

Responsibilities

Accept donations, provide donation tax receipts, and record the number of donors.
Inspect and sort donated textiles and hard goods, checking textiles for rips, stains, or tears and assessing whether hard goods have value.
Discard items that do not meet quality standards or have no value, directing them to salvage or trash as appropriate.
Identify good-quality merchandise and price items using the applicable pricing method, including calculating 50% of retail price for some items and using a standard list 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 store locations and process donations through sorting stations for textiles, hard goods, shoes, glass, books, china, trash, and salvage.
Identify and discard items that are not sold in accordance with company policy.
Place inspected textiles on the processing table, pin tags on applicable textile categories, and hang textiles on the sales floor according to priorities set by store management.
Match quality footwear and band pairs together when a band is not already in place.
Locate processing supplies and report low inventory to Store Management.
Label outbound hampers and bins with the correct destination tag for merchandise being sent to the Boston Distribution Center.
May operate a hand truck or forklift hand truck to move pallets or heavy boxes and 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.