Apparel Quality & Sorting Specialist

Memphis Goodwill Industries Inc; Memphis (TN); On-site; USD 14,000 - 20,000; Full time

Job summary

Memphis Goodwill Industries Inc is seeking a detail-oriented Retail Associate to support the sorting and staging of apparel items in the store. You will categorize goods, tag sizes, and help move merchandise to the sales floor while maintaining cleanliness and organization.

As part of the team, you will follow safety procedures, review recalls, and assist with dressing room upkeep and general store operations. A positive attitude and reliability are essential to meet daily production goals.

Responsibilities

• Stays abreast of brand names, designer labels, current and vintage styles, and price points for soft line goods.
• Sorts apparel into boutique, salable, and salvage categories. Place all salable apparel in the hang area of the sort table, tag and/or size apparel, hang apparel onto racks and transport racks of hung apparel to sales floor.
• Provides quality assurance by checking for tears, stains, wet, smelly, soiled, broken zippers, missing buttons.
• Recognize apparel brand names, knowledgeable on pricing, and grade quality of apparel.
• Achieves and exceeding the MGI production goals of (4) Dandux/Tallboys each day.
• Maintains sorting and processing area in a neat and clean condition at all times.
• Adheres to all policies and procedures; follow good safety and security practices including reporting safety hazards and injuries to the Team Leader Coach or ATL.
• Reviews and utilizes current Consumer Product Safety Commission recall bulletins to prevent unsafe items from being sold in the store.
• Handles equipment and follow safety procedures when moving equipment: push, not pull and never overfill equipment.
• May assists with floor running, apparel rotation, cleaning dressing rooms as needed.
• Responsible for performing assigned duties within the framework of our Guiding Principles.
• Attends in-service related training as assigned by Team Leader Coach.
• Performs other duties as assigned by the Team Leader Coach.

Job description

Memphis Goodwill Industries Inc is seeking a detail-oriented Retail Associate to support the sorting and staging of apparel items in the store. You will categorize goods, tag sizes, and help move merchandise to the sales floor while maintaining cleanliness and organization.

As part of the team, you will follow safety procedures, review recalls, and assist with dressing room upkeep and general store operations. A positive attitude and reliability are essential to meet daily production goals.