Retail Associate (3813)

Goodwill Industries of South Florida; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 22,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Goodwill Industries of South Florida is seeking a store associate to handle donations, processing, and sales in a busy retail environment. The role includes greeting donors, sorting items, and maintaining the sales floor with strong customer service.

Responsibilities cover cashiering, price tagging, cleaning, and assisting customers with store operations, with a flexible schedule including nights and weekends. Prior cashiering experience is a plus and bilingual skills are beneficial.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent
• 6 months of related experience or training desirable
• Excellent customer service skills
• Prior cashiering experience is a plus; knowledge of electronic devices

Responsibilities

• Receive donations: greet donors, accept and unload donated materials, enter customer information into a smart device, thank donors for their items.
• Processing: sort, separate, and hang clothing and household items; sort, test, clean, and mark small appliances, housewares, shoes, seasonal items, and other merchandise.
• Cashiering: conduct sales transactions and maintain control of cash and credit card transactions by following proper procedures for voids, discounts, refunds, checks, and payments.
• Cleaning: duties including bathrooms, floors, shelves, windows, break room, store fixtures, fitting rooms, dock area, exterior, and merchandise counters; report maintenance issues.
• Customer service activities: assisting customers, pricing merchandise, fitting room, offering recycling bags, explaining store operations, and other sales techniques.
• Able to work a flexible schedule, including nights and weekends.

Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Oral Communication

Written Communication

Safety and Security

Attendance/Punctuality

Ethics

Organizational Support

Language Skills

Mathematical Skills

Reasoning Ability

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Summary:

Customer service, sales, cashiering, stocking, sorting, inventory management, sizing, color coordination, and cleaning activities in a retail store.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Receive donations: greet donors, accept and unload donated materials, enter customer general information into a smart device (such as a phone or tablet), and thank donors for their donated items.
• Processing: sort, separate, and hang clothing and household items. Sort, test, clean, and mark small appliances, housewares, shoes, seasonal items, and other assorted merchandise.
• Cashiering: Conduct sales transactions and maintain control of cash and credit card transactions by following proper procedures for voids, discounts, refunds, checks, and credit card payments.
• Cleaning duties (including but not limited to) bathrooms, floors, shelves, windows, break room, store fixtures, fitting rooms, dock area, store exterior, and merchandise counters. Report issues that require maintenance repairs.
• Customer service activities (including but not limited to) customer assistance, pricing merchandise, fitting room, offering recycling bags, explaining store operations, and other sales techniques that may enhance the store’s sales and community image.
• Able to work a flexible schedule, including nights and weekends.

Qualifications

Education and/or Experience:

• High school or equivalent, or a combination of education and experience.
• 6 months of related experience or training is highly desirable.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Prior cashiering experience is a plus. Knowledge of electronic devices.

Equipment, Machines, and tools used: Cash register, pricing and tagging materials, box cutters, merchandise movement, and storage containers.

Competencies:

• Interpersonal Skills - Focuses on solving conflict, not blaming; Listens to others without interrupting; Keeps emotions under control; Remains open to others' ideas and tries new things.
• Oral Communication - Speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations; listens and gets clarification; responds well to questions.
• Written Communication - Able to read and interpret written information.
• Safety and Security - Observe safety and security procedures; Report potentially unsafe conditions.
• Attendance/Punctuality - Is consistently punctual and at work on time.
• Ethics - Treats people with respect; keeps commitments; inspires the trust of others; works with integrity and ethics; upholds organizational values.
• Organizational Support - Follows policies and procedures; Supports the organization's goals and values.
• Language Skills: Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization. Bilingual (English/Spanish) is a plus, but not required.
• Mathematical Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Reasoning Ability: Applying common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

Physical Demands: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand and/or walk for long periods; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 20 pounds. With assistance, you must be able to push/pull rolling carts weighing up to 530 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment: The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate in a general retail.