Retail Associate

Retail Associate

Springfield Wabash Store - Springfield, IL

Salary Range $15.00 Hourly Position Type Part Time Education Level None Travel Percentage None Category Retail

Our Mission:
Providing people with the skills and resources to become self-sufficient through the power of work.

Our Diversity Statement: LLGI recognizes our employees' differences in age, disability, veteran status, ethnicity, national origin, language, race, religion, family and marital status, social-economic status, gender identity, sexual orientation, political affiliation, and other unique attributes. The individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, innovation, unique capabilities, and talent our employees bring to the workplace represent an essential part of our culture.

Our Retail Associates are the face of our mission to our customers and the community. As such, we expect our Retail Associates to work with integrity and a positive attitude at all times.

Retail Associates are responsible for handling a variety of donated goods, collecting donations at the donor's door, processing, pricing, stocking, merchandising, performing cash register transactions, and providing recovery on the sales floor. They are required to be customer/donor-focused, operate with minimum supervision, and understand business demands.

The Retail Associate will be trained to perform any of the following duties and may be assigned to any store function at any given time.

• Provide excellent service to customers and donors
• Performs all register transactions accurately
• Maintain cash register stock level according to standards
• Follow general housekeeping standards
• Demonstrate competency in pulling, pricing, rotating, sizing, and hanging clothing
• Understand and achieve quotas to meet sales goals
• Follow sales floor procedures, ensure high-quality output, and take action to correct quality problems
• Merchandise sales floor when needed
• Recovering to maintain sales floor product levels and to keep the store cleaned and organized
• Perform janitorial and housekeeping duties as needed
• Maintain sales floor stock level
• Ensure product is properly merchandised (Sized) and categorized
• Follow sales floor procedures, ensure high-quality output, and take action to correct quality problems
• Perform recovery to maintain sales floor product levels and to keep the store, cleaned and organized
• Check, accept, unload and process donations from the customer
• Accurately maintain daily donation records
• Sort and process donations according to the current LLGI Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)
• Unload and load trailers and straight trucks according to standards
• Perform opening and closing donation door procedures
• Prepare required donation records and reports
• Unload, inspect, and sort donated goods following the current LLGI SOP
• Grade by using quality specifications, sort into appropriate bins, price according to SOP, and assign to the staging area
• Transport stock to and from workstations
• Effectively manage time to ensure that work is completed efficiently and in accordance with production standards
• Assume responsibility and accountability for the completion of job duties to meet production goals
• Contribute to team success by involving others in work processes, decisions and actions
• Transport stock to and from workstations, donor doors, and staging areas
• Assist processors in swapping full equipment with empty ones to expedite operations
• Help price furniture and keep them going from door directly to sales floor
• Assist in cutting cardboard and filling the cardboard gaylords

Adaptability Managing Conflict Stress Tolerance Communication Tenacity Urgency

Education, Experience, and Credentials Basic math skills Understands and follows LLGI policies and procedures Requires the ability to be consistently at work and on time on scheduled work days Embraces the mission, vision, and values of LLGI.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Interacts with people with disabilities in a manner that enhances their dignity, privacy, and confidentiality Demonstrates professionalism, integrity and ethical behavior Maintains confidentiality of information…