Warehouse Lead - Store Ambassador

Habitat for Humanity Spokane; Newman Lake (WA); On-site; Full time

Job summary

Join Habitat for Humanity Spokane as a Warehouse Lead, where you will supervise volunteers and manage donated items. This role is key to ensuring efficient donation processing and safety improvements while supporting our mission to provide stable housing for families in need. Enthusiastic candidates ready to lead in a community-focused environment are encouraged to apply.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

14 paid company holidays

Flexible vacation and sick leave

Paid family leave

Employee Assistance Programs

403(b) and SEP savings plans

Qualifications

• One year of customer service, warehouse, or sales experience preferred.
• Valid Driver’s License required.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds regularly.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for receipt, evaluation, and pricing of donated items.
• Lead and supervise volunteers.
• Drive donation truck to assess and pick-up donations.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Customer Service

Merchandising

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Forklift

Job description

Warehouse Lead- Store Ambassador

Habitat for Humanity-Spokane

Who we are:

Habitat for Humanity brings people together to build homes, community, and hope. We are a nonprofit housing organization that helps low to moderate income families around the world access decent housing. We believe that everyone deserves a decent place to live, and we are dedicated to helping create the conditions that free families from stress and fear, and help build stability and confidence. When a home fosters instead of hinders, families can flourish.

As a Habitat for Humanity employee, you’ll make a difference in helping families and communities transform their lives with the incredible effects of safe and affordable shelter. Our hiring standards are high, yet our culture is humble. If you want to do meaningful work in a creative, collaborative, and mission driven environment, read on.

The Role:

As a Warehouse Lead, you’ll be responsible for the receipt, evaluation, and pricing of donated items. You will lead, supervise, train and assign duties to volunteers ensuring that their experience is meaningful. This role reports to Habitat for Humanity’s Store Warehouse Manager.

• Drive Habitat for Humanity’s donation truck to residences within the Spokane vicinity to assess and pick-up donations, loading and securing items as needed.
• Assist in unloading the donation truck for quick processing, pricing and move product and merchandise to the sales floor.
• Screen donations for hazardous materials, non-saleable items, and items with a disposal cost.
• Determine fair market value of donations through all available resources – Internet, first-hand knowledge, etc.
• Participate in safety training programs, identify and report any potential hazards, and contribute to the continuous improvement of our safety program.
• Develop and implement with warehouse manager improvements involving all aspects of Store donation receiving.
• Become forklift certified by Warehouse Manager and routinely operate to arrange, stock, or unload product from incoming delivery trucks.
• Process sales transactions accurately using a point-of-sale system. Handle cash, credit and debit card payments efficiently.

Who you are:

• Strong communication skills and the ability to positively represent Habitat for Humanity - Spokane when interacting with the community.
• One year of customer service, warehouse or sales experience and/or training preferred.
• Able to effectively lead, supervise and train volunteers and groups.
• Knowledge of general merchandising techniques and store operating procedures.
• Fork-lift training certificate or ability to obtain training certificate within first 90 days of employment.
• High school diploma or general education degree (GED).
• Valid Driver’s License.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds on a regular, consistent basis.

What we offer:

• Generous benefits, medical, dental, and vision insurance, 14 paid company holidays, flexible vacation, sick leave, paid family leave, flexible spending account, health savings account, life and disability insurance; Employee Assistance Programs; and 403(b) and SEP savings plans.
• Vibrant company culture with a focus on innovation and growth.
• Projects you work on have high visibility and directly impact the families we serve.

The compensation information below is provided in compliance with all applicable disclosure requirements. Base Pay is $16.75 an hour.

Habitat for Humanity is an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring a diverse workforce.

At Habitat for Humanity, we embrace a history rooted in creating equity - we take our principles seriously by courageously committing to a culture and workplace where all staff feel safe, welcome, visible, respected, supported and valued.

As an equal opportunity employer, we encourage people of varied races (which is inclusive of traits historically associated with race, including, but not limited to, protective hairstyles and hair texture), ethnicities, national origins, tribes, religions, ages, gender identities and expressions, genders, sexual orientations, marital statuses, disabilities, veteran/reserve national guard statuses, socio-economic statuses, thinking and communication styles to work with us.

How to apply:

Please email a resume and/or Habitat for Humanity-Spokane employment application to [e-mail].