Donation Assistant/Attendant

Job Title: Donation Assistant/Attendant

Company: Arc Thrift Stores

Summary

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Selects items to be priced.
• Removes and discards trash from donated merchandise.
• Cleans merchandise as necessary.
• Sorts merchandise for the department pricer.
• Depending on the type of merchandise, either tags the items before or after pricing.
• Stocks the sales floor with priced merchandise.
• Maintains a safe, clean, and organized work area.
• Assists the department pricers in achieving sales and production goals.
• When on the sales floor, assists customers in their shopping experience.
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the Store Manager/Assistant Manager.

Qualifications

Knowledge, Skill, and Ability

• Ability to identify saleable merchandise.
• Ability to prepare merchandise for pricing.
• Ability to work as a team in a production environment and communicate with co-workers.
• Good customer service skills.
• Ability to work quickly without making excessive mistakes.
• Ability to organize one’s work station.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to work 40 hours per week and meet the schedule demands of a production/retail environment.

Education And/Or Experience Required

• Some retail or production experience is desired but not required.

Physical Demands

• Works inside in a production and retail environment.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to speak, hear, stand and move throughout the store.
• Use upper body strength to frequently lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee may occasionally be exposed to dust from donations.