Production Associate - Danvers

Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries•Danvers, MA

2d•$17 - $19•Onsite

About The Position

The Production Associate inspects, sorts, prices, and prepares donated textiles and hard goods for resale. The role assesses merchandise quality, discards items that do not meet standards, attaches price tickets, and places prepared items in appropriate store locations. It also processes donations through designated sorting stations, prepares merchandise for the sales floor or distribution, and maintains a neat work area. The position may include moving merchandise, light store maintenance, and other assigned duties.

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; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and talk or hear.
Ability to push or pull laundry hampers weighing up to 250 pounds.
May be required to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
Vision abilities include depth perception, peripheral vision, distinguishing basic colors, and adjusting vision to bring objects into focus.

Responsibilities

Accept donations, provide donation tax receipts, and record the number of donors.
Inspect and sort donated textiles and hard goods; identify merchandise that meets quality standards and discard items that are unsellable or have no value.
Identify and price quality merchandise, including calculating half of retail price for designated items and using standard pricing lists for others.
Separate seasonal merchandise for future use and sort items by category.
Print and attach price tickets to merchandise that needs them.
Place priced and tagged items in appropriate store locations.
Process donations through sorting stations for textiles, hard goods, shoes, glass, books, china, trash, and salvage; discard items that are not sold in accordance with company policy.
Prepare inspected textiles for hanging, pin tags on designated textile categories, and hang textiles on the sales floor according to store-management priorities.
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 proper destination tag for merchandise being sent to the Boston Distribution Center.
May operate a hand truck or fork-lift hand truck to move pallets or heavy boxes and bins into distribution trucks.
Keep the work area neat and clean and sweep the area 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 informed about recent recalls.
Perform other duties as assigned.