Sales Associate/Material Handler - Lodi

The Salvation Army Southern California•Lodi, CA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center (ARC) is a no-fee program that assists men and women in completing its rehabilitation program. The Lodi Thrift Store’s Retail Team supports the Adult Rehabilitation Program and serves the local community. This role helps provide a positive shopping and donor experience while contributing to the program and its participants. The position combines customer service, sales-floor merchandising, donation processing, inventory handling, and store upkeep. The pay rate is $16.90. Work schedules are determined by management, and flexibility is required to ensure adequate store coverage.

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 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.
Must be flexible with work schedules to ensure adequate store coverage.

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 in accordance with Salvation Army standards.
Help maintain a clean, neat, and organized store, including assigned cleaning duties.
Maintain the assigned department according to Salvation Army merchandising standards.
Follow point-of-sale and cash-register policies and procedures.
Maintain safety standards and report hazards or problems to managers.
Follow Human Resources policies and procedures and the dress code policy.
Attend required monthly store meetings.
Receive, unload, and stock incoming inventory accurately and efficiently.
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.
Assist donors courteously with removing donated items from vehicles and provide receipts.
Separate and sort donated material into the proper containers and stack it as instructed.
Perform other written or verbal duties assigned by store or district management or Command Administration.