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Sales Associate/Material Handler - Lodi

Salvation Army Careers•Lodi, CA
•Onsite

About The Position

The Sales Associate/Material Handler works on The Salvation Army’s Retail Team at its Lodi thrift store, which supports the Adult Rehabilitation Program. The role helps provide a positive shopping and donor experience while supporting the store’s operations and the program it serves. Duties include assisting customers and donors, preparing and stocking merchandise, sorting donations, receiving inventory, inspecting products, and maintaining a clean, safe, and organized store and donation area. Schedules are set by management, and employees must be flexible to ensure adequate store coverage.

Requirements

  • High school graduate or equivalent required.
  • Must be able to operate a POS/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 items such as files, carts, clothing racks, fixtures, furniture dollies, platform trucks, and hand trucks.
  • Ability to operate a telephone.
  • Ability to lift up to 50 pounds.
  • Ability to perform repetitive-motion tasks.
  • Must be flexible to work schedules determined by management to ensure adequate store coverage.

Responsibilities

  • Greet customers and donors and provide prompt, courteous assistance to meet their needs.
  • Stock priced items on the sales floor in accordance with Salvation Army standards.
  • Sort donations for processing in accordance with Salvation Army standards.
  • Maintain the store and assigned department so they are clean, neat, and organized, and perform cleaning duties as assigned.
  • Follow POS/cash register policies and procedures.
  • Maintain safety standards and report hazards or problems to managers.
  • Follow HR policies, procedures, and the dress code policy.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Perform other written or verbal duties assigned by store or district management or Command Administration.

Benefits

  • Opportunity for career growth
  • Paid time off
  • Employee discounts
  • Employee referral bonuses

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