Sales Associate - Part Time

Goodwill Industries of the Columbia • Pasco, WA

3d • $17 - $20 • Onsite

About The Position

The Sales Associate helps maintain a clean, well-stocked thrift store and provides high-quality customer service. The role involves keeping merchandise in place, ringing up sales, helping customers find merchandise, stocking the sales floor, answering the phone, and working with the team to keep the store clean, fresh, and full. This is part-time work of less than 30 hours per week; schedules and hours depend on business needs and include evenings and weekends.

Requirements

• Enjoy serving the public.
• Enjoy having a variety of tasks during the workday.
• Be comfortable working in a fast-paced thrift store environment.
• Be comfortable working in a warehouse/thrift environment where getting dirty can be expected.
• Be comfortable meeting speed and accuracy work goals.
• Be available to work evenings and weekends.
• Work well on independent tasks.
• Have a proven record of dependability.
• Be friendly.

Responsibilities

• Keep the store tidy, including completing assigned cleaning and recovering merchandise by putting products in place for shoppers.
• Ring customer sales using a POS terminal.
• Help customers locate merchandise.
• Stock products on the retail sales floor.
• Answer the phone.
• Work as part of a team to maintain a clean, fresh, well-stocked store and provide high-quality customer service.

Benefits

• Starting rate of $17.25, with eligibility for annual performance-based increases; maximum pay of $20.01 based on sustained good performance and years of service.
• Paid vacation and sick leave accrued based on hours worked.
• Four hours of paid time off available for use immediately upon hire.
• Additional longevity PTO earned on the hire anniversary, based on full- or part-time status.
• Access to earned wages before payday.
• Eligible part-time employees may access Tier 1 of the Financial Assistance Program after completing the introductory period and receiving a positive performance review. It supports adult basic education, including language learning, GED preparation, high school diploma completion, and improving reading, writing, and math skills.
• Eligible to participate in a 401(k) or Roth IRA upon turning 18, with enrollment eligibility based on service and hours-worked requirements.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed