Donation Assistant/Attendant

Arc Thrift Stores; Arvada (CO); On-site; USD 29,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Arc Thrift Stores in Arvada, CO is looking for a Donation Attendant to support pricing, sorting, tagging, stocking, and floor care across the donation processing area.

You will work 40 hours per week in a fast-paced retail and production environment, collaborating with the team to meet sales goals while ensuring safety and cleanliness on the shop floor.

Qualifications

• Identify saleable merchandise.
• Prepare merchandise for pricing.
• Work in a production environment and communicate with co-workers.
• Provide good customer service.
• Work quickly without making excessive mistakes.
• Organize one’s work station.
• Solve practical problems with limited standardization.
• Work 40 hours per week and meet production/retail schedule demands.

Responsibilities

• Selects items to be priced. Removes and discards trash from donated merchandise.
• Cleans merchandise as necessary.
• Sorts merchandise for the department pricer.
• Depends on the type of merchandise, either tags items before or after pricing.
• Stocks the sales floor with priced merchandise.
• Maintains a safe, clean, and organized work area.
• Assists the department pricers in achieving sales and production goals.
• On the sales floor, assists customers in their shopping experience.
• Performs other duties as assigned by Store Manager/Assistant Manager.

Skills

Identify saleable merchandise

Prepare merchandise for pricing

Teamwork in production environment

Customer service skills

Work quickly with accuracy

Organize workstation

Problem solving ability

Adhere to 40-hour schedule

Education

Some retail or production experience

Job description

• Selects items to be priced. Removes and discards trash from donated merchandise.
• Cleans merchandise as necessary.
• Sorts merchandise for the department pricer.
• Depending on the type of merchandise either tags the items before or after pricing.
• Stocks the sales floor with priced merchandise.
• Maintains a safe, clean, and organized work area.
• Assists the department pricers in achieving sales and production goals.
• When on the sales floor assists customers in their shopping experience.
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the Store Manager/Assistant Manager.

Description

Job Title Donation Attendant

Sep-24

FLSA Status – Non-Exempt

Summary

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Selects items to be priced. Removes and discards trash from donated merchandise.
• Cleans merchandise as necessary.
• Sorts merchandise for the department pricer.
• Depending on the type of merchandise either tags the items before or after pricing.
• Stocks the sales floor with priced merchandise.
• Maintains a safe, clean, and organized work area.
• Assists the department pricers in achieving sales and production goals.
• When on the sales floor assists customers in their shopping experience.
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the Store Manager/Assistant Manager.

Qualifications

Knowledge, Skill and Ability

• Ability to identify saleable merchandise.
• Ability to prepare merchandise for pricing.
• Ability to work as a team in a production environment and communicate with co-workers.
• Good customer service skills.
• Ability to work quickly without making excessive mistakes.
• Ability to organize one’s work station.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to work 40 hours per week and meet the schedule demands of a production/retail environment.

Education And/or Experience Required

• Some retail or production experience is desired but not required.

Physical Demands

• Works inside in a production and retail environment.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to speak, hear, stand and move throughout the store.
• Use upper body strength to frequently lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee may occasionally be exposed to dust from donations.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The qualifications, working environment, and physical demands described above are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.