Warehouse Associate

Habitat-For-Humanity; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 18,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Habitat-For-Humanity is seeking a Warehouse Associate in Austin, TX to receive, sort, price, and merchandise donated items for the sales floor. The role emphasizes strong donor service, efficient processing, and teamwork in a fast-paced environment.

The position requires lifting up to 75–100 pounds, operating a pallet jack, and standing for long shifts. You will collaborate with customer service, leadership, and donors daily to ensure items are ready for display and revenue goals are met.

Qualifications

• Provide excellent donor customer service and greeting.
• Assist in receiving, sorting and pricing donated merchandise.
• Maintain inventory and prepare items for sale.
• Demonstrate physical fitness to lift heavy donations and stand for long periods.

Responsibilities

• Greet donors and process donated merchandise.
• Unload donations from trucks and move items to processing areas.
• Sort and price merchandise for the sales floor according to policy.
• Maintain organized storage and assist in inventory checks.
• Work with team to meet daily goals and uphold customer service standards.

Skills

Donor service

Teamwork

Physical stamina

Flexibility

Tools

Pallet jack

Pricing gun

Job description

This position is responsible for partnering with production and the retail team in a high energy fast-paced environment to perform a variety of operational functions that include: receiving, sorting, processing and pricing merchandise and donated goods in addition to meeting daily goals. The position demands excellent donor customer service at all times. The AHFH Warehouse Associate greets the donor, receives donations, and supplies donors with receipt. The Warehouse Associate will expedite the processing of merchandise to make sure it is on the sales floor within company standards.• Greet donors and process donated merchandise• Properly unloading donations from multiple trucks per day.• Assist in maintaining Warehouse inventory and organizing in a manner that best assists theoverall operation.• Work effectively with customer service representatives, leadership and donors in a teamenvironment.• Inspect each item that is donated for quality, unbroken, condition, etc. and place in the properlocation• Ensure complete sorting by adhering to the departmental sorting systems that are in place atyour storeGoal Oriented: Work with a sense of urgency, striving for efficiency that consistently meetsproduction goals.Customer-Focused: Provide exceptional customer service by promptly greeting and assisting donorsin the loading and unloading of donated items.Ability to bend, lift, move product between containers and work on one's feet for an entire shift;often standing in a stationary position andLift and move up to 75 pounds of donations on a regular basis.Operate pallet jackEfficiently handle pricing guns in a repetitive mannerDonation sortingEstablish proper set-up of the donation/processing systems are in place for the start of the dayThe physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employeeto successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made toenable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of thisjob, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, toolsor controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear;taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilitiesrequired by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, andthe ability to adjust focus.WORK ENVIRONMENTWork environment characteristics described here are representative ofthose that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonableaccommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to weather conditions prevalent at the time.The noise level in the work environment ranges from moderate to excessive.