Sales Associate/Material Handler

The Salvation Army • Santa Ana, CA

7d • Onsite

About The Position

The Sales Associate/Material Handler works on The Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center retail team at the Santa Ana Store, helping support the Adult Rehabilitation Program. The role promotes a positive shopping and donor experience through customer service, teamwork, and problem-solving. Responsibilities include serving customers and donors, merchandising and maintaining the store, processing sales, receiving inventory, inspecting products, and handling donated materials. Schedules are set by management to ensure store coverage; part-time associates may work evenings, weekends, and holidays. Pay is $16.90 per hour.

Requirements

• High school graduate or equivalent.
• Ability to accurately handle POS/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 including carts, racks, fixtures, furniture dollies, platform trucks, and hand trucks.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.
• Ability to perform repetitive-motion tasks.
• Must be able to perform duties with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Must be flexible to support adequate store coverage; part-time associates may be scheduled for 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.
• Maintain the store and donation area in a clean, neat, and organized condition.
• Perform cleaning duties as assigned by management.
• Follow TSA POS and cash register policies and procedures.
• Maintain safety and compliance standards.
• 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.
• 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.

Benefits

• Opportunity for career growth.
• Paid time off.
• Employee store discounts.
• Discounts on amusement parks, museums, services, and more.
• AFLAC insurance.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Employee referral bonuses.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED