Part-Time Retail Sales Associate — Make a Difference

Goodwill Educates, Inc.; Mount Vernon (IN); On-site; USD 17,908; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive wages

Bonus eligibility

Employee health clinics

Retirement plan

Employee discount

Mileage reimbursement

Job summary

A local nonprofit organization is seeking a part-time Sales Associate in Mount Vernon, Indiana. This role involves daily retail operations, providing excellent customer service, and maintaining store inventory. Ideal candidates should have strong communication skills, a high school diploma, and the ability to handle cash. The position offers flexible scheduling, with weekend availability preferred. Employee benefits include competitive wages and various rewards programs.

Qualifications

• Ability to read, write, and communicate effectively in English.
• Employment offer is contingent upon a drug test and criminal background check.

Responsibilities

• Obtain payment for merchandise and provide excellent customer service.
• Train and develop team members and clients.
• Maintain professionalism while assisting with merchandise and operations.

Skills

Customer service

Cash handling

Flexibility

Communication

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Why Evansville Goodwill?
Join our team at Goodwill—where your work goes beyond a paycheck and directly supports our mission through life-changing programs like job training, digital skills, disability assistance programs, and high school diplomas for adults! Your efforts make a real difference in people's lives.
What You’ll Do:
Under the leadership of the Store Manager, the Sales Associate is a member of the Donated Goods Retail Operations team and is tasked with the daily operations of the retail store. The Sales Associate is responsible for obtaining payment for merchandise by accurately itemizing and totaling customer purchases, keeping the store full and fresh of merchandise by processing, stocking and pulling, and excellent customer service. This position will also assist in the training and development of store team members, clients, and volunteers.
Job Type: Part-time
Hourly Rate: $13.00 per hour
Shift:

• Scheduled up to29-hours per week

• Weekend availability

Essential Functions:

• Use a computer-based register system, perform cash handling, and reconcile tills accurately, while meeting production standards for store tasks like sorting, stocking, and pricing.
• Provide excellent customer service, assist with store operations and merchandise, and ensure proper donation processing and product rotation per Goodwill guidelines.
• Train and develop team members, track donations, and perform basic calculations to ensure store operations are in line with policies and procedures.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Maintain punctuality, professionalism, and a positive attitude while assisting with store merchandise, security, and janitorial tasks.
• Adhere to Goodwill policies for sales, exchanges, cash handling, and safety, ensuring a positive customer and donor experience.
• Notify management of inventory levels, process donations, and remain flexible with scheduling, including nights and weekends.

What You’ll Bring:

• Ability to read, write, and communicate effectively in English, with flexibility to accommodate diverse communication styles and abilities, ensuring inclusive engagement with the public, department staff, and individuals with varying needs.
• High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
• Employment offer is contingent upon the successful completion of a drug test and criminal background check.

Physical Requirements/Work Environment:The physical demands/work environment conditions described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to assist individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Physical requirements include the ability to twist, bend, squat, reach, stoop, kneel, crouch, push and pull. The employee must be able to lift up to 40 pounds and team lift or use equipment to aid in the lifting and movement of items over 40 pounds (common items include, but are not limited to, bags of clothes/miscellaneous items, televisions, computers, sofas, kitchen appliances, bicycles and bedroom sets).
Working environment is indoors with occasional exposure to outside temperatures, and will work around occupational allergens, both air and contact, including but not limited to, dust, animal hair and dander, perfumes, and mold. The noise level in the work environment is moderate.
Employee Benefits
Part Time Employees: For Part-Time Employees, Goodwill offers a total rewards package of: competitive wages, bonus eligibility, annual merit increase eligibility, employee health clinics, retirement plan, employee discount, and mileage reimbursement.

We embrace a variety of backgrounds, including individuals with previous involvement in the criminal justice system. Evansville Goodwill Industries is dedicated to offering fair employment opportunities to formerly incarcerated individuals and those with arrest or conviction records.
Evansville Goodwill Industries, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

-Evansville Goodwill Industries, Inc. and Goodwill Educates, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

-This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.