Sales Associate / Material Handler -Salvation Army San Rafael Store

Salvation Army Careers•San Rafael, CA

20h•Onsite

About The Position

The Sales Associate/Material Handler supports The Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center’s retail operation, which helps fund and support its rehabilitation program. The role contributes to a positive shopping and donor experience while assisting with sales-floor merchandising, donation processing, inventory handling, and store upkeep. The position is part-time, and schedules are set by management to ensure store coverage. Associates must be flexible to work part-time shifts, including evenings, weekends, and holidays.

Requirements

High school graduate or equivalent.
Ability to operate a POS/cash register.
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 work a flexible part-time schedule, including evenings, weekends, and holidays.
Ability to sit, walk, stand, bend, squat, climb, kneel, and twist intermittently or continuously.
Ability to grasp, push, and pull objects such as carts, racks, fixtures, furniture dollies, platform trucks, and hand trucks.
Ability to operate a telephone.
Ability to lift up to 50 pounds.
Ability to perform repetitive-motion tasks.

Responsibilities

Greet customers and donors and provide prompt, courteous assistance.
Stock priced items on the sales floor in accordance with Salvation Army standards.
Sort donations for processing according to Salvation Army standards.
Maintain an assigned department according to TSA merchandising standards.
Help keep the store clean, neat, and organized, completing assigned cleaning duties in areas such as windows, the cashwrap, fitting rooms, bathrooms, stockroom, breakroom, and donation area.
Follow POS/cash register policies and procedures.
Maintain safety standards and report hazards or problems to managers.
Follow HR policies, procedures, and the dress code; 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.
Clean the area in and around the donation trailer or pod at the beginning and end of each shift.
Courteously help donors remove donated items from their vehicles and provide receipts.
Separate and sort donated material into appropriate containers and stack it as instructed by the Store Manager.
Perform other written or verbal duties assigned by the Store Manager, Assistant Manager, Shift Supervisor, District Sales Manager, or Command Administration.