Sales Assoc Material Handler- Old Pasadena
About The Position
The Sales Associate/Material Handler works at The Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center’s Old Pasadena Thrift Store, which supports the Adult Rehabilitation Program. The role helps create a positive shopping and donor experience while contributing to the program and its participants. Responsibilities include customer and donor service, preparing merchandise for the sales floor, store and donation-area upkeep, point-of-sale transactions, inventory handling, product inspection, and sorting donated goods. Schedules are determined by management to ensure store coverage; the stores operate seven days per week, and part-time associates may work evening, weekend, and holiday shifts.
Requirements
- High school graduate or equivalent.
- Ability to accurately handle point-of-sale/cash-register operations and cash transactions.
- Must pass a background check, including 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 objects such as files, drawers, carts, racks, fixtures, furniture dollies, platform trucks, and hand trucks.
- 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 with scheduling to ensure adequate store coverage; part-time shifts may include 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 to be merchandised on the sales floor.
- Maintain a clean, neat, and organized store and donation area, including assigned cleaning duties.
- 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 proper containers and stack materials as instructed by management.
- Perform other written or verbal duties assigned by management.
Benefits
- Opportunity for career growth
- Paid time off
- Employee discounts
- Employee referral bonuses
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
