Sales Associate /Material Handler - Perris Store

The Salvation Army Southern California•Perris, CA

5h•Onsite

About The Position

The Sales Associate/Material Handler works at The Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center’s Perris Thrift Store, which supports the Adult Rehabilitation Program. The role helps provide a positive shopping and donor experience while supporting the store’s operations and the program’s participants. The position includes customer and donor assistance, merchandise and inventory handling, store and donation-area upkeep, point-of-sale transactions, and adherence to safety and compliance standards. This is a part-time role; schedules are set by Management to ensure store coverage and may include evenings, weekends, and holidays.

Requirements

High school diploma, GED, or equivalent required.
Ability to accurately handle point-of-sale/cash-register operations and cash transactions.
Must pass a background check that includes Criminal History and Sex Offender Registry checks.
Ability to communicate effectively with Management, fellow store employees, customers, and donors.
Ability to sit, walk, stand, bend, squat, climb, kneel, and twist intermittently or continuously.
Ability to grasp, push, and pull items such as files, drawers, clothing and merchandise carts, rolling clothing racks, fixtures, furniture dollies, platform trucks, hand trucks, and miscellaneous carts.
Ability to lift up to 50 pounds.
Ability to perform repetitive-motion tasks.
Must be able to perform duties with or without reasonable accommodation.
Must be flexible to work a part-time shift as scheduled by Management, including evenings, weekends, and holidays.

Responsibilities

Greet customers and donors genuinely and provide prompt, courteous assistance to meet their needs.
Stock priced items so they are ready for merchandising on the sales floor.
Help maintain a clean, neat, and organized store and donation area, and perform cleaning duties assigned by Management.
Follow TSA point-of-sale and cash-register policies and procedures.
Maintain safety and compliance standards.
Attend required monthly store meetings.
Receive, unload, and accurately and efficiently stock incoming inventory.
Inspect products for defects and damage as part of quality assurance.
Assist donors courteously with removing donated items from their vehicles and provide receipts.
Separate and sort donated materials into the proper containers and stack materials as instructed by Management.
Perform other written or verbal duties assigned by Management.