Associate - Production FT - (Lytle) (34348)

Goodwill San Antonio; Lytle (TX); On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Goodwill San Antonio is hiring for a Full Time Production Associate in Lytle, TX. The role involves unloading and sorting donated goods, assisting customers, and supporting store operations at various Goodwill locations.

Responsibilities include processing donations, loading items with a hand truck, maintaining a clean workspace, and ensuring safety and loss prevention procedures are followed. Physical work and teamwork are essential to succeed in this role.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 months to 1 year experience in a retail customer service environment.
• Ability to bend, lift, and move continuously through the day.
• Two-person lifting of some heavy objects may be required.
• Good verbal communication skills with ability to effectively work as a team to achieve mission goals.
• For positions that require driving, must maintain a valid driver’s license and automobile insurance coverage, and be able to travel as needed if you drive your vehicle during company business.

Responsibilities

• Provide exceptional customer service to donors and customers at the donation station, greet, issue donor receipts, and sort donated goods.
• Load, unload and move donated goods and furniture using a hand truck to maintain workflow.
• Restock supplies by walking stations to identify boxes, barrels, and containers.
• Sort and price donated items, monitor production levels, and tag and place products on shelves per guidelines.
• Maintain clean and safe work areas, report safety hazards, and uphold housekeeping standards.
• Adhere to loss prevention and inventory control procedures and maintain regular attendance.
• Support team members and protect company property; comply with ethics and reporting procedures for any misconduct.

Job description

Job Details

Job Location: Lytle - 19585 IH35 - Lytle, TX 78052

Position Type: Full Time

Education Level: None

Salary Range: $15.35 - $15.35 Hourly

Travel Percentage: Various Goodwill locations

Job Shift: Varies - Days/Nights/Weekends/Holidays

Job Category: Retail

Work for GOOD at Goodwill

Do you want to make a difference in your community while earning a paycheck?
Would you like to help your community and environment every day that you come to work?
Looking for a job that provides meaning as well as personal and professional development?

Goodwill San Antonio is one of the largest and most dynamic social enterprises in San Antonio.

We are an entrepreneurial non-profit that provides employees the opportunity to innovate, grow and discover new skills, while generating revenue that funds both employee and community programs.

We are a diverse and inclusive organization founded and focused on Fighting Poverty and Creating Opportunity. We specialize in facilitating personal and professional growth for our employees, particularly those who may have experienced barriers to successful employment in the past.

We strive to maximize the value of each employee’s work and each donor’s donation to benefit our community and environment. Without Goodwill in our community, millions of pounds of perfectly usable items would be harming the environment in landfills. Instead, Goodwill employees are fueling a robust economy by recirculating used goods.

Our Good Careers Academy and Good Careers Centers Help Change Lives through the Power of Work as well by delivering education and meaningful job placement.

Explore careers with Goodwill in retail, production, warehouse, logistics, contact center customer service, career services, technology, document imaging, grounds maintenance, janitorial and facilities maintenance. Goodwill regularly partners with local, state and federal government agencies to provide additional diverse career opportunities.

We prefer to promote from within. Your growth and advancement is our priority.

Achieve your potential at Goodwill and beyond through our personal and professional skills development programs, supportive health and well-being benefits, competitive base and bonus pay, savings plans, personal financial education, store purchase discounts, paid time off, leadership development, tuition reimbursement and more.

Change Lives. Make a Difference.

Qualifications

POSITION SUMMARY

The Production Associate is responsible for loading and unloading donated goods using a hand truck (dolly), sorting textiles at a sufficient pace, distributing donated goods for processing and shipping or future storage, performing basic record keeping functions and other basic retail operations duties as assigned.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide exceptional customer service to donors and customers by greeting and accepting donations at donation station. Issue donor receipt in friendly and courteous manner. Handle and sort donated goods into appropriate containers.
• Load, unload and move donated goods, materials, including furniture using a hand truck onto or from pallets, racks or shelves to maintain workflow of production cycle and to distribute donated materials.
• Supply Team Members with materials, boxes, barrels, containers, etc. by walking stations to identify and restock supplies.
• Sorting and pricing of donated items, garments and hard lines with limited supervision; monitoring and recording production levels. Tagging, rotating and placing products on shelves per guidelines.
• Keep aisles free from debris, remove obstructions from production and sales floors. Ensure work areas and facilities remain clean and organized. Inform Team Leader or Manager of possible safety hazards.
• Keep work area clean by sweeping, emptying trash cans and disposing of trash in appropriate containers.
• Maintain good housekeeping standards.
• Adhere to Loss Prevention and inventory control and compliance procedures.
• Maintain regular, dependable attendance and punctuality.
• Provide excellent customer service by greeting, assisting, and responding to questions and/or concerns in a positive, professional, and friendly manner.
• Assist in safeguarding Goodwill team members and property from harm, damage or theft. Comply with the Ethics Policy by immediately reporting any observed or suspected theft, fraud, violence, or any unethical or inappropriate behavior to a supervisor, human resources, or the Ethics Hotline.

REQUIREMENTS

• Minimum 6 months to 1 year minimum experience working successfully in retail customer service oriented environment.
• Ability to bend, lift, grasp and move continuously through the day.
• Two-person lifting of some heavy objects may be required
• Good verbal communication skills with ability to effectively work as a team to achieve mission goals
• Must be able to meet the physical requirements of the position.
• For positions that require driving, must maintain a valid driver’s license and automobile insurance coverage, and be able to travel as needed if you drive your vehicle during company business.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled