Sales Associate / Material Handler -Salvation Army Porterville Store

Salvation Army Careers•Porterville, CA

13h•Onsite

About The Position

The Sales Associate / Material Handler works on the Retail Team at The Salvation Army’s Porterville, California thrift store, which supports the Adult Rehabilitation Program. The role helps provide a positive shopping and donor experience while supporting store operations and the program. The position is part-time, and schedules are set by management; associates must be flexible to help ensure adequate store coverage. Stores operate seven days per week, and shifts may include evenings, weekends, and holidays. The position involves assisting customers and donors, preparing and stocking merchandise, sorting and processing donations, maintaining assigned store areas, and handling incoming inventory. Employees follow Salvation Army standards, point-of-sale procedures, safety requirements, and other organizational policies. The listed pay rate is $16.90 per hour.

Requirements

High school graduate or equivalent.
Ability to operate a point-of-sale system or 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 sit, walk, stand, bend, squat, climb, kneel, and twist intermittently or continuously.
Ability to grasp, push, and pull objects such as clothing carts, merchandise carts, rolling clothing racks, fixtures, furniture dollies, platform trucks, hand trucks, and other carts.
Ability to operate a telephone.
Ability to lift up to 50 pounds.
Ability to perform repetitive-motion tasks.
Must be flexible to work shifts assigned by management to ensure adequate store coverage, including possible evening, weekend, and holiday shifts.

Responsibilities

Greet customers and donors and provide prompt, courteous assistance to meet their needs.
Stock priced items on the sales floor in accordance with Salvation Army standards.
Sort donations for processing according to Salvation Army standards.
Help maintain a clean, neat, and organized store, performing assigned cleaning duties in areas such as windows, the cashwrap, fitting rooms, bathrooms, stockroom, breakroom, floors, and donation area.
Maintain an assigned store department in accordance with TSA merchandising standards.
Follow point-of-sale and cash register policies and procedures.
Maintain safety standards and report hazards or problems to managers.
Follow HR policies and procedures and the dress code policy.
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 materials into the proper containers and stack them 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.