Sorter Processor

The Salvation Army•Erie, PA

About The Position

The Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center is seeking a Sorter/Processor to perform a variety of functions in the sorting room or production area of a Production Store. The role supports the Adult Rehabilitation Centers’ work therapy program by modeling professional conduct and work habits and providing supervision as directed. The organization collects and resells gently used goods to help fund residential rehabilitation programs that provide a healthy living environment, food, work therapy, leisure activities, counseling, and spiritual direction. The Sorter/Processor may work across sorting-room functions, including sorting donations, preparing and pricing merchandise, processing specialty categories, maintaining the work area, and baling as needed. The position requires meeting productivity targets for applicable merchandise-processing tasks and following Salvation Army policies and the Territorial ARC Rag Out Calendar.

Requirements

Working knowledge of clothing quality and price.

Responsibilities

Assist with sorting room operations and cross-train in all sorting room functions under the guidance of the Sorting Room Supervisor.
Clean and maintain the sorting room, keeping the work area clean and free of clutter.
Bale materials as needed.
Support the work therapy program by demonstrating professional conduct and work habits and providing supervision as directed by the Supervisor.
Sort donations by inspecting and separating saleable from unsaleable items.
Deliver a minimum of 300 store-quality garments per hour when sorting garments.
Categorize and box seasonal clothing, bric-a-brac, and shoes.
Process, hang, and tag sorted merchandise; deliver a minimum of 225 hung garments per hour and follow policy for hangers and tag placement.
Process and price sorted merchandise; deliver a minimum of 225 priced garments per hour and consider quality, brand, and condition when setting garment prices.
Sort and clean saleable bric-a-brac, shoes, handbags, accessories, books, records, toys, linens, furniture, and electrical items as applicable.
Ticket merchandise and assign individual fair-market prices according to established policies.
Process at least 25 pieces or sets of shoes, accessories, or domestics per hour, as applicable, while maintaining merchandise in the required order and manner.
Sort and measure saleable linen items as required.
Test electrical and furniture donations as required; use “sold as is” tickets for electrical merchandise and complete furniture tickets with required information.
Mark down furniture on the sales floor in accordance with policy.
Rag out merchandise in accordance with the applicable Territorial ARC Rag Out Calendar.
Perform other duties assigned by the immediate supervisor and/or Administrator.