Sorting Room Worker & Relief Store Clerk (8231)

The Salvation Army•Jackson, MS

23h•Onsite

About The Position

This position is responsible for receiving, sorting, pricing, and preparing donated items for display in the store. It also involves assisting store customers with donations, selections, and purchases, operating a cash register, and maintaining the cleanliness and orderliness of the store and warehouse areas. The role requires ensuring the security of store items and cash register funds.

Requirements

High School diploma or G.E.D.
Experience working in a retail store preferred, OR any equivalent combination of training and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.
Ability to operate a cash register.
Ability to perform routine mathematical computations and count change.
Ability to perform frequent walking and/or standing, kneeling, or squatting.
Ability to lift and carry and/or push/pull light (less than 25 pounds) materials, supplies and equipment.

Nice To Haves

Experience working in a retail store

Responsibilities

Receives, sorts, prices, and prepares donated items for display.
Determines suitability and pricing of items based on established standards.
Maintains the orderliness and cleanliness of the warehouse area.
Assists store customers in donating, selecting, and purchasing store items.
Operates and maintains a cash register.
Responds to customers’ questions.
Maintains the cleanliness and orderliness of the store displays.
Ensures the security of store items and the cash register.
Inspects and sorts donated items such as clothes, shoes, household items, bric-a-brac, etc., according to category and condition.
Selects items suitable for store display and distributes them to the appropriate area for further sorting and/or pricing.
Discards items in accordance with established procedures.
Tags items with specially coded tickets and/or prices.
Hangs clothes on hangers and places them on clothes racks.
Packs items in boxes and marks boxes accordingly.
Assists in transporting boxes to the appropriate storage area.
Prepares non-suitable clothes for the bailer.
Lifts and carries items to the appropriate destination for further processing, storage, or displaying in store.
Maintains the warehouse area in a neat and orderly manner.
Cleans floors, tables, and work areas.
Assists in pricing and tagging items in the store.
Rings up sales utilizing a cash register, collects monies, counts change, and prepares receipts.
Prepares and packages purchased items.
Prepares and balances the cash drawer and runs routine register print-outs.
Prepares and delivers bank deposits.
Ensures the security and accountability of all cash register funds and sales records.
Prepares, processes, and maintains various sales records, tax forms, and social service vouchers.
Prepares routine sales reports as directed.
Maintains the neatness and security of the cash register area.
Ensures that forms, bags, etc., are adequately stocked.
Explains store policy and responds to questions regarding pricing and/or purchasing of items.
Ensures that all customers visiting the store have a pleasant experience.
Assists customers who are donating items, directs them to the proper loading/unloading area, and may assist with hauling donations to the storage area.
Prepares and provides tax receipts as needed.
Places and arranges items in the store as directed.
Checks all store displays to ensure items are maintained and displayed neatly.
Rotates and/or rearranges stock as directed.
Returns items to the proper location after customers have handled them.
Answers the store telephone in a tactful and courteous manner.
Provides directions and/or general information.
May schedule and record donation pick-ups.
Cleans all display racks and shelves.
Sweeps and mops floors.
Cleans windows and mirrors.
Ensures that the store is maintained in a clean and inviting manner.
Opens and/or closes store doors in accordance with the store schedule.