Production Associate - Rice Lake

Goodwill NCW Jobs • Rice Lake, WI

5d • Onsite

About The Position

Goodwill NCW is a nonprofit organization with 28 retail stores across north-central Wisconsin. Its mission is to elevate people by eliminating barriers to employment and transform lives through skill building for sustained employment and improved financial stability.

The Production Associate processes new and donated items to meet production goals. This role sorts, categorizes, prices, tickets, and stages merchandise, identifies items for e-Commerce, and safely separates and disposes of hazardous items. The associate also operates designated power equipment when appropriately trained, maintains an orderly and safe backroom, completes checklists, and assists with general cleaning. The position is based at the Rice Lake Store in Rice Lake, Wisconsin, and is full-time.

Requirements

• Excellent time management and prioritization skills, including the ability to manage 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 meet the physical demands of the role, including prolonged standing; lifting, carrying, pushing, or pulling moderate to heavy weights; reaching; frequent stooping, bending, kneeling, and crouching; and performing detailed tasks with hand and finger dexterity.
• Ability to verbally communicate to exchange information.

Nice To Haves

• Excellent communication and customer service skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Experience operating power equipment.
• 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; 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 easy visibility.
• Stage items to ensure fresh-to-the-floor products for customers.
• 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 18 or older and trained and checked off.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed