Job Description

LOCATION:Albuquerque Thrift Store

STATUS: FT/ Non-Exempt

MISSION STATEMENT:

The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an evangelical part of the universal Christian Church. Its message is based on the Bible. Its ministry is motivated by the love of God. Its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience in a thrift store environment
• Willingness to work as a manager in training
• Must have people skills and organizational skills
• Demonstrated ability to merchandise product and to produce effective sales
• Ability to work with the public in a professional manager
• Ability to mentor and train beneficiaries
• Customer service mindset
• Team player with a spirit of cooperation and work with all others towards goals set by management
• Valid in-state driver’s license, with a clean MVR
• Willingness to work in different thrift stores when needed
• Employment contingent upon successful completion of a background check

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ringing up sales on the cash register
• Bagging purchases for the customers
• Keeping sales floor clean and free of debris
• Assist in unloading donations
• Assist customers with loading merchandise
• Return sales items to the proper place when moved by customers
• Assist with the pricing and displaying of items for sale
• Answering customer questions or concerns with courtesy
• Answering thrift store telephone
• Writing up pick-up receipts and giving them to the driver
• Responsible for promptly reporting to immediate supervisor all accidents, personal injury, or property damage
• Act as personal representative of The Salvation Army, supporting its mission, treat all customers and/or donors courteously
• Assist sorters, warehouse workers and truck drivers with their duties when deemed necessary and assigned by the thrift store manager
• Ensure smooth running of all store operations – from customer relations to stocking of new product
• Ensure store always looks neat and clean, free of debris and very presentable
• Follow all daily income handling procedures, including POS procedures, policies for counting and banking income.
• When acting as manager, ensure current work schedules are posted at the store and sent to administrative office.
• When acting as manager, ensure timecards are accurate, signed, and submitted in a timely manner.
• Work with staff to ensure all sales associate responsibilities are accomplished, engaging in that process also
• Work with manager to be creative in setting up promotional and sales displays
• Make achieving higher sales a continual process, encouraging staff and thereby making it a team effort
• Continue to learn from other companies better and/or best way of marketing and making more sales
• Ensure all mark-down and rag-out policies are adhered to.
• Ensure all truck deliveries are performed with appropriate manifest, signing same when manager absent
• Ensure OSHA guidelines are followed.
• Responsible for promptly reporting to immediate supervisor all accidents, personal injury, or property damage
• Act as personal representative of The Salvation Army, supporting its mission, treat all customers and/or donors courteously
• Handle other duties as may be deemed necessary and assigned by the thrift store supervisor for the efficient operation of the Thrift Store

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Qualified individuals must be able to perform the essential duties of the position with or without accommodation. A qualified person with a disability may request a modification or adjustment to the job or work environment in order to meet the physical requirements of the position. The Salvation Army will attempt to satisfy requests as long as the accommodation needed is reasonable and no undue hardship would result.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to walk, stand, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl and reach with hands and arms on a continuous basis. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 20 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, and occasionally help to lift and/or move up to 75. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. Must have the ability to operate telephone, a desktop or laptop computer, as well as the ability to access and produce information from a computer, and to understand written information.