Sales Associate /Material Handler - Point Loma

The Salvation Army Southern California•San Diego, CA
•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 Point Loma 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 Sales Associate/Material Handler assists customers and donors, stocks and merchandises inventory, maintains the store and donation area, follows point-of-sale procedures, and helps receive, inspect, sort, and handle donated and incoming items. The role requires flexibility in scheduling to ensure adequate store coverage.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or GED.
  • Ability to accurately operate a point-of-sale system and handle 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 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.

Responsibilities

  • Greet customers and donors and provide prompt, courteous assistance to meet their needs.
  • Stock priced items so they are ready for merchandising on the sales floor.
  • Help maintain a clean, neat, and organized store and donation area, including assigned cleaning duties.
  • Follow all 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 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 Sick Leave
  • Employee Stores Discounts
  • Great Work Perks Discounts (amusement parks, museums, services and more!)
  • Employee Referral Bonuses
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