Meridian Thrift Store Employee

St-Vincent-De-Paul-Societ; Meridian (ID); On-site; USD 16,531,000 - 22,042,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Vincent de Paul Southwest Idaho in Meridian operates a thrift store and seeks a team member to process donations and support the Store Manager in achieving store objectives.

This role involves sorting donated items, pricing and stocking merchandise, and providing friendly customer service at the checkout. You will handle donation processing, cashiering duties, merchandising, and maintain clean, safe work areas.

Qualifications

• Communicate effectively with fellow workers, staff and customers.
• Learn, interpret and implement policies relating to the store operation and merchandising.
• Ability to manage multiple work tasks.
• Knowledge of basic cashiering and sales practices.
• Ability to accurately count cash and change.

Responsibilities

• Processing: separates merchandise for the floor, ARC, or landfill; assess cleanliness/damage; repair as needed; price and ticket merchandise; move items to retail floor; maintain neat work area.
• Cashiering: handle vouchers, cash, checks and card transactions; ensure credit card security; provide friendly service; assist callers in locating merchandise in other SVdP stores; keep checkout area clean; assist with pricing, stocking and displays.
• General: observe safety procedures; perform other duties as assigned; other related tasks.

Skills

Communicate effectively with fellow

Interpret and implement store policies

Manage multiple tasks

Basic cashiering and sales practices

Accurately count cash and change

Job description

This posting is for positions in our Meridian Thrift Store.

At St. Vincent de Paul Southwest Idaho we are a network of friends, inspired by gospel values, working to prevent homelessness by providing fundamental human needs and help to our neighbors. St. Vincent de Paul Southwest Idaho serves everyone in need regardless of race, creed, color, gender, sexual orientation, criminal justice status, disability, marital status, national origin, age, physical handicaps or political opinions. When people need help, we’ll be there. Our services cover food pantry, reentry, thrift stores, home visits and a helpline to support the basic human need to stay afloat and avoid homelessness, in addition to Thanksgiving boxes, Christmas Toy Drive, and feeding Americas Heroes.

St. Vincent de Paul serves everyone. Period.

Primary Function:

Responsible for the processing of donations for merchandising on the retail floor and for assisting the Store Manager in meeting store objectives through the utilization of selling techniques and the responsible handling of cashiering functions.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Communicate effectively with fellow workers, staff and customers
• Learn, interpret and implement policies relating to the store operation and merchandising
• Ability to manage multiple work tasks
• Knowledge of basic cashiering and sales practices
• Ability to accurately count cash and change

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Processing (including Dock)

• Separates goods into three categories: merchandise for the retail floor, items that will go to ARC, and items that will be taken to the landfill
• Assesses all merchandise for the retail store for cleanliness and/or damage
• If assigned, cleans or repairs merchandise per the merchandising strategy
• Marks and tickets all merchandise according to retail pricing strategy in the sorting areaHangs good useable clothing
• Moves merchandise to the retail floor on a timely basis
• Keeps work area neat and clean at all times

Cashiering

• Ensures accurate handling of voucher, cash, check and charge transactions and accurate documentation of all appropriate paperwork
• Ensures that all credit card information is secure at all times
• Provides a sincere, warm, friendly and helpful atmosphere in filling the needs of the customer
• Ensures the telephone is answered in an efficient and courteous manner, offering assistance to the caller as needed, including assistance in locating specified merchandise in another SVdP store
• Maintains a clean and litter-free check out area and assists other store personnel in the general upkeep of the store
• Assists the Store Manager/Assistant Manager/Supervisor in the pricing, stocking and displaying of merchandise

General

• Ensures that all Safety procedures of SVdP are being observed
• Performs other related duties assigned by the Processing Supervisor or Store Manager/Assistant Manager/Supervisor
• Other duties as assigned