Wares Processor

Goodwill of the Finger Lakes; Town of Ithaca (NY); On-site; USD 48,000 - 89,000; Full time

Job summary

Goodwill of the Finger Lakes is seeking a Wares Processor to accurately assess, sort and tag hard line products, and to drive in-store sales by following the pricing guide and merchandising standards.

You will maintain clean, stocked workstations, greet customers, and work with the team to meet production goals such as handling 40 totes per day and contributing to a safe, friendly retail environment in a store setting.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED preferred.
• Previous retail experience preferred.
• Ability to read and understand documents such as time cards and policy manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports.
• Ability to speak effectively and communicate clearly to other employees and customers.

Responsibilities

• Sort hard line products accurately based on quality standards.
• Tag and label products according to pricing guide system.
• Generate in-store sales and maintain a daily production of totes on the floor.
• Push, place, and maintain merchandise on the sales floor.
• Ensure safety procedures during packing and movement of equipment.
• Maintain a friendly and helpful attitude toward customers and team members.

Skills

Retail experience

Customer service

Team player

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Accurately assess and sort hard line products based on quality standards.
• Accurately tag and label products based on pricing guide system.
• Generates a minimum of 8,000.00 in store sales from items produced during every two week production period.
  • Maintains a production minimum of 40 totes per day.
• Continuously put forth effort in increasing and demonstrating knowledge of hard line items.
• Push, place, and maintain merchandise on the sales floor.
• Ensure safety procedures are followed during packing and movement of equipment.
• Maintain a friendly and helpful attitude toward our customers and team members;
  • Greet customers in a friendly and enthusiastic manner;
  • Must follow Goodwill of the Finger Lakes values at all times;
  • Address customer concerns in a courteous and respectful manner, while following retail policies. Seek assistance of supervisor, when necessary, to resolve concerns.
  • Act as a positive member of the team by receiving and providing ideas or concerns to coworkers and management in a timely and supportive fashion.
• Maintains clean, stocked, and prepared work stations, requests needed supplies to supervisor.
• Maintains interior and exterior of store in a neat, clean, organized manner (including but not limited to vacuuming, dusting, cleaning bathrooms, mopping floor)
• Perform other duties as assigned by supervisor.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily with or without reasonable accommodations. This position is required to work nights, weekends, and holidays.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE

High school diploma or GED preferred. Previous retail experience preferred.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

• Ability to read and understand documents such as time cards and policy manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports.
• Ability to speak effectively and communicate clearly to other employees and customers.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

While performing the duties of this job the employee is usually working in a store environment. At times this employee may be exposed to the outside environment when receiving donations. The employee will also be exposed to the donation processing area which is a warehouse-like environment.

AVAILABILITY

Must have open and flexible availability, and be willing to work evenings and weekends.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Physical Demands- Wares Processor

Frequency

Never

Almost Never

Occasionally

Frequently

Always

X

Standing

X

Walking

X

X

X

Reaching Overhead

X

Crouching

X

Kneeling

X

X

Lifting and Carrying

X

11 to 25 lbs.

X

26 to 50 lbs.

X

51 to 75 lbs.

X

76 to 100 lbs.

X

over 100 lbs.

X

Push/ Pull Max Force

0 to 20 lbs.

X

21 to 39 lbs.

X

40 to 59 lbs.

X

60 to 100 lbs.

X

The production rates seen in this description are based on a workweek of 37.5 hours. Varying full time and part time classification production sale expectations will be calculated using the table below.

20 hours

$4,267

25 hours

$5,333

30 hours

$6,400

37.5 hours

$8,000

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law