Production Associate - Rice Lake

Goodwill NCW Jobs • Rice Lake, WI

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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 to transform lives through skill building for sustained employment and improved financial stability.

The Production Associate processes new and donated items to meet production goals, sorts and categorizes merchandise, identifies items for e-Commerce, prices and tickets items, and stages products for the sales floor. The role also operates power equipment when trained and maintains a clean, safe, and organized backroom. Work takes place primarily in a standard retail backroom or warehouse environment, with frequent team-member contact and interruptions. Reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Requirements

• Excellent time management and prioritization skills, including the ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously under time constraints.
• Basic math skills.
• Reliable transportation.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule, including holidays, evenings, and weekends, and maintain regular and timely attendance according to the assigned schedule.
• Ability to perform the physical functions of the role, including prolonged standing; lifting, carrying, pushing, or pulling moderate to heavy weights; reaching; frequent stooping, bending, kneeling, and crouching; and detailed hand and finger tasks.
• Ability to verbally communicate to exchange information.

Nice To Haves

• Excellent communication and customer service skills and strong attention to detail.
• Experience operating power equipment.
• Computer experience 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 ensure fresh products are available on 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 pallet jack and compactor operating procedures when 18 or older and trained and checked off.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

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