Recycling & Warehouse Lead — Drive Operations & Impact

MERS Goodwill; Bridgeton (MO); On-site; USD 30,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental and vision

Life insurance

Retirement plans

PTO & holidays

Flexible schedules

Job summary

MERS Missouri Goodwill is seeking an energetic, self-motivated Recycling & Warehouse Assistant Manager to join the Recycling & Warehouse - Millsteam team. The role supports the warehouse manager in operations, customer service, and staff leadership, with a focus on safety, ethics, and quality.

Eligible for benefits such as medical, dental, vision, retirement plans, paid time off, holidays, and flexible scheduling.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma/GED required; some college preferred.
• One year of management experience is required.
• Valid MO or IL driver’s license and insurance required.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including customer service, conflict resolution, and teamwork.
• Leadership skills include quality decision-making, goal-setting, and problem-solving.
• Comfortable with registers, scheduling, and inventory management software.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Warehouse Manager in overseeing warehouse and recycling operations, budgets, and goals to meet or exceed targets.
• Model core values to uphold a culture of safety, ethics, and quality.
• Supervise, direct, and train staff and ensure they perform core duties.
• Provide superior customer service to ensure donor/shoppers/staff retention and resolve conflicts quickly.
• Coach employees on performance, including discipline up to termination.
• Assign daily duties to achieve operations and identify staff for advancement.
• Safeguard property and reports on theft or misconduct to management/Human Resources.
• Read and enforce agency policies and values.
• Arrange for replacements of absent employees; audit payroll.
• Eliminate wasteful practices via process improvements.
• Maintain professional appearance per dress code.
• Individual and family medical, dental, and vision benefits; PTO; holidays; flexible schedules.

Skills

Leadership

Customer service

Teamwork

Communication

Scheduling

Inventory management

Problem solving

Decision making

POS systems

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Some college

Tools

Register systems

Scheduling software

Inventory management software

Job description

MERS Missouri Goodwill is seeking an energetic, self-motivated Recycling & Warehouse Assistant Manager to join the Recycling & Warehouse - Millsteam team. The role supports the warehouse manager in operations, customer service, and staff leadership, with a focus on safety, ethics, and quality.

Eligible for benefits such as medical, dental, vision, retirement plans, paid time off, holidays, and flexible scheduling.