Donation Assistant/Attendant

arc Thrift Stores; United States; On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

arc Thrift Stores is seeking a Donation Attendant to help process donations, price merchandise, and keep the sales floor stocked and organized. You will assist customers and support the pricing team to meet sales goals.

The role emphasizes teamwork, fast and accurate work, and a safe store environment, with opportunities to contribute to a well-run retail operation.

Qualifications

• Identify saleable merchandise.
• Prepare merchandise for pricing.
• 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 ones work station.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with various variables with limited standardization.
• Ability to work 40 hours per week and meet the schedule demands of a production/retail environment.

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.

Skills

Identify saleable merch

Prepare merchandise for pricing

Teamwork in production environment

Customer service

Work quickly with accuracy

Organize workstation

Problem solving

Job description

Job Title Donation Attendant

Sep-24

FLSA Status – Non-Exempt

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

• - 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 ones 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.