Sales Associate/MH - Part Time

The Salvation Army•Pleasant Hill, CA

19h

About The Position

The Sales Associate supports the Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center’s thrift store operations by serving customers and donors, processing and merchandising inventory, and maintaining a clean, organized, and safe store. The role includes assisting donors with unloading donations, sorting and organizing donated materials, receiving and stocking inventory, and inspecting products for defects or damage. Associates must follow Salvation Army policies and standards, attend required monthly store meetings, and remain flexible to meet store coverage needs. This is a part-time position; stores operate seven days per week, and shifts may include evenings, weekends, and holidays.

Requirements

High school graduate or equivalent.
Ability to operate a POS 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 files, file cabinet drawers, clothing and merchandise carts, rolling clothing racks, fixtures, furniture dollies, platform trucks, hand trucks, and miscellaneous carts.
Ability to operate a telephone.
Ability to lift up to 50 pounds.
Ability to perform repetitive motion tasks.
Flexibility to work shifts as scheduled by management to ensure adequate store coverage, including evenings, weekends, and holidays.

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 according to Salvation Army standards.
Maintain the store and assigned department so they remain clean, neat, organized, and consistent with merchandising standards.
Perform assigned cleaning duties, including cleaning windows, dusting, cleaning the cashwrap area, fitting rooms, bathrooms, stockroom, breakroom, and donation area, and sweeping and mopping.
Follow all POS and cash register policies and procedures.
Maintain safety standards and report hazards or problems to managers.
Follow all HR policies, procedures, and dress code policies.
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 their vehicles and provide receipts.
Separate and sort donated materials into the proper containers and stack materials as instructed by the Store Manager.
Perform other written or verbal duties assigned by store management or Command Administration.