ARC Sales and Production Associate

The Salvation Army’s Adult Rehabilitation Centers make a difference in people’s lives. Through the collection and resale of gently used goods we can provide financial support to assist men and women with a variety of social and spiritual afflictions. The in‑residence rehabilitation program focuses on basic necessities: a clean, healthy living environment, good food, work therapy, leisure activities, group and individual counseling, and spiritual direction.

All our efforts are focused on developing life skills and a personal relationship with God through Jesus Christ. More than just a job, each member of the team contributes to recycling goods that literally recycle and repair broken lives.

The Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center is seeking a Sales and Production Associate to work in the production store. The associate will manage a wide variety of responsibilities in the store and production area, maintaining a pleasant work environment and building strong customer relationships.

• Comply with all cash handling and security standards, including cash register operations, daily sales reports and bank deposits.
• Sort, price, stock and “rag‑out” showcase merchandise and other areas as directed.
• Restock fitting‑room merchandise to proper racks, maintaining category and color coding.
• Maintain merchandise displays and answer telephone calls efficiently and professionally.

• Sort a minimum of 300 store‑quality garments per hour by department.
• Assist moving donations to the sorting table and with hanging merchandise as needed.
• Run clothing racks as required and assist in organizing the production area.

• Hang and tag a minimum of 225 pieces per hour of clothing on rolling racks from the sorting table.
• Ensure garments are on the correct hanger type and categorized properly.

• Price a minimum of 250 garments per hour, using a wide range of prices based on style, quality and condition.
• Acquire and maintain knowledge of name‑brand merchandise values.
• Ticket all merchandise and assign appropriate fair‑market prices.

• Place a minimum of 225 garments per hour from the production room to the sales floor by department, category and color order.
• Straighten and maintain the clothing racks of assigned departments.
• Rag‑out merchandise per the Territorial ARC Rag Out Calendar.

• Sort and clean all saleable miscellaneous merchandise donations daily.
• Ticket all merchandise and assign individual fair‑market prices.
• Place and maintain all merchandise in the required order and manner.

• Sort and clean all saleable shoes, handbags and accessory donations daily.
• Ticket all merchandise and assign individual fair‑market prices.
• Process a minimum of 25 pieces/sets per hour to the store, maintaining required order.

• Sort and measure all saleable linen items daily as required.
• Ticket all merchandise and assign individual fair‑market prices.
• Process a minimum of 25 pieces/sets per hour to the store, maintaining required order.

• Sort and clean all saleable merchandise daily as required.
• Ticket all merchandise and assign individual fair‑market prices per established policies.
• Place and maintain all merchandise in the required order and manner.

• Sort, clean and test all electrical and furniture donations as required.
• Ticket all electrical merchandise using “sold as is” tickets and assign individual fair‑market prices.
• Complete furniture tickets and record required information.
• Mark down furniture items on the sales floor per policy.
• Place and maintain all merchandise in the required order and manner.

• Maintain cleanliness of the sales floor, bathrooms, entry, windows, sidewalks and parking areas daily.
• Accept donations per standard policies, providing courteous, respectful service to donors.
• Lift up to 100 pounds as required.
• Receive and record donated material per policy, maintaining cleanliness of all donation facilities.
• Safeguard all donated materials and equipment.
• Maintain a constant flow of donations to the sorting table throughout the day.
• Assist with ragging out the sales floor as assigned and bale rag‑outs and trash as required.
• Perform lawn and garden work as needed.

• Ability to speak and understand English for effective communication with supervisors, employees, beneficiaries, and customers.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Ability to understand and follow directions.
• Ability to stand for long periods of time.
• Ability to lift 50 pounds.