PRODUCTION ASSOCIATE - CENTRAL POINT

Southern-Oregon-Goodwill-Industries; Central Point (OR); On-site; USD 18,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Retirement Plan

Vacation & Sick Time

Holiday Pay

Employee Discount

Tuition Assistance

Growth Opportunities

Job summary

Southern Oregon Goodwill Industries is hiring a Production Associate at our Central Point, OR location. You will oversee daily store operations, drive sales, and lead a team focused on excellence, growth, and sustainable practices.

You will support the mission to enable employment by providing opportunities for personal and professional growth, while delivering strong customer service and maintaining retail standards.

Qualifications

• Speak and understand the English language sufficient to read materials, communicate with customers and coworkers.
• Able to maintain the physical requirements of the working environment.
• Perform simple mathematical calculations.

Responsibilities

• Receives, prepares, sorts, prices, and rotates stock for retail floor and conducts quality control.
• Operates department equipment and machinery, prepares goods for sale, procession, or storage.
• Performs inventories, tallies, or other forms of tracking as required for the retail environment.
• Assists GoodWorks staff with implementation of work plans and guidelines as established for client programs, as assigned by store manager.
• Interacts effectively with customers by maintaining providing excellent customer service, resolving problems within the scope of the role to the customer’s satisfaction in a timely, effective, and respectful manner.

Skills

English Proficiency

Stamina/Physical

Basic Math

Job description

Job DetailsLevel: EntryJob Location: CENTRAL POINT RETAIL - CENTRAL POINT, OR 97502Position Type: Full TimeEducation Level: NoneSalary Range: $16.05 - $16.05 HourlyTravel Percentage: NoneJob Shift: DayJob Category: RetailNow Hiring: Production Associate– Southern Oregon Goodwill

What You’ll Do:

As a Production Associate, you’ll oversee daily store operations, drive sales, and lead a team committed to excellence. You’ll play a key role in supporting our mission to enable employment by providing opportunities for personal and professional growth, while committing to sustainable practices.

Key Responsibilities:

• Receives, prepares, sorts, prices, and rotates stock for retail floor and conducts quality control.
• Operates department equipment and machinery, prepares goods for sale, procession, or storage.
• Performs inventories, tallies, or other forms of tracking as required for the retail environment.
• Assists GoodWorks staff with implementation of work plans and guidelines as established for client programs, as assigned by store manager.
• Interacts effectively with customers by maintaining providing excellent customer service, resolving problems within the scope of the role to the customer’s satisfaction in a timely, effective, and respectful manner.

What We Offer:

• Competitive wages
• Medical, Dental, Vision & Life Insurance
• Retirement plan with employer match
• Generous vacation, sick time, and holiday pay
• 50% employee discount
• Tuition assistance
• Opportunities for growth and development
• And much more!

Why Goodwill?

At Southern Oregon Goodwill, we’re more than a retail store—we’re a community resource. Every item sold helps fund job training and employment programs for people facing barriers to work. When you join our team, you’re not just starting a job—you’re building a career with purpose.

Qualifications

The mission of Southern Oregon Goodwill Industries is to enable employment by providing opportunities for personal and professional growth, while committing to sustainable practices. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the required knowledge, skill and/or ability. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Speak and understand the English language sufficient to read materials, communicate with customers and coworkers.
• Able to maintain the physical requirements of the working environment.
• Perform simple mathematical calculations.

Education and Experience:

• Experience that would lend itself to good customer service is highly desirable.
• Previous experience in a retail or comparable environment is preferred.

Physical Requirements and Working Environment:

Medium physical demand level

• While performing these duties, the employee is regularly required to sit and stand for prolonged periods of time; use hands and fingers to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk and hear. Frequently required to walk and/or stands for up to 8 hours per day.
• Must regularly lift, carry, and/or move up to 20 pounds and up to 50 pounds occasionally. Ability to push/pull and carry up to 30 pounds. Kneels, stoops, and bends frequently.
• Occasional need to push heavy, wheeled carts, pallet jacks, hand trucks and other material handling equipment with loads weighing up to 250 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.
• Work is performed primarily indoors in a climate-controlled space. May occasionally perform work in outside weather conditions.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required. Management may add to or change the duties of this position at any time.