Job Duties
1. Adhere to Guiding Principle: All donations should be processed within 24 hours. Goods are to be continually flowing to the sales floor.
2. Sorts donations into salable, salvage, and trash categories and place non-salable apparel, shoes, or handbags into salvage containers. Places all other non-salable items (i.e. broken or non-functioning wares, electrical and mechanical, wet items, etc.) into trash.
3. Meets and often exceeds production goals.
4. Prices merchandise using the baseline price guide; special price items of exceptional value. 5. Keeps abreast of brand names, merchandise knowledge, industry trends and competitive pricing.
6. Maintains processing area and equipment in a neat, clean and operable condition at all times.
7. Performs mark-downs in compliance with GGC policy.
8. Reviews and utilizes current Consumer Product Safety Commission recall bulletins to prevent unsafe items from being sold in the store.
9. Follows good safety and security practices. Including reporting safety hazards.
10. Attends in-service and related training as assigned by team leader coach
11. Safely move wares totes to/off the sales floor no more than four high; empty totes stacked at 15 high.
12. Other duties as assigned by the TLC and/or ATL.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
• Able to stand, bend and reach.
• Able to lift, push, pull, carry or otherwise move up to forty (60) pounds with no support regularly. Over forty (60) pounds request for additional team member assistance as needed.
• Able to perform basic math skills.
• Ability to maintain a positive, friendly attitude and a neat, clean, and well-groomed appearance.
• Ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects as required by job.
• Ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences
• Regular attendance at the job, requiring team work and interaction with others. • Ability to work under general supervision.
• Ability to develop, provide and maintain effective working relationships with team leader, team members, customers, and clients.
• Must be willing and able to work evenings and weekends.
• A high school diploma or GED
Skills Required
- High school diploma or GED
- Ability to stand, bend, and reach
- Ability to lift, push, pull, carry, or otherwise move up to 40 pounds regularly
- Ability to request assistance for items weighing over 40 pounds
- Basic math skills
- Positive, friendly attitude and neat, clean, well-groomed appearance
- Ability to exert physical force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects
- Ability to listen to and understand spoken information
- Regular attendance and ability to work collaboratively
- Ability to work under general supervision
- Ability to maintain effective working relationships with team leaders, team members, customers, and clients
- Availability to work evenings and weekends
What We Do
Memphis Goodwill's mission is to change the lives of people with disabilities and other barriers to employment through the power of work, education, and empowerment. We are a part of a 100 year old, not-for-profit human and community development initiative called Goodwill Industries which has developed a unique self-funding business of collecting and reselling used donated goods. Since its inception in 1927, Memphis Goodwill, has developed a strong donated goods business. The collection of goods through our donation centers has allowed us to positively impact the lives of thousands of Memphians. Today we operate in Memphis as well as north Mississippi and employ more than 800 people. Want to learn more? Watch this video for an overview of our history: http://goodwillmemphis.org/about/
