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Stockroom Receiving Clerk – Community Threads

Job description: Stockroom Receiving Clerk

Job Purpose: A Stockroom Receiving Clerk is responsible for receiving, storing, staging & distributing products. Primary focus is the receiving, sorting and storing of donations in the stockroom area.

About Us: Home of the Sparrow, Inc. is a not-for-profit agency. The agency’s mission is to provide Hope, Opportunity, and Support that empowers women and children as they journey from homelessness to self-sufficiency.

Location: Community Threads Thrift store is seeking a part-time, Stockroom Receiving Clerk; 20-25 hours per week. (Mon, Th, F, and Sat 12-5). Join our Home of the Sparrow team and help make a difference in your community!

Key Responsibilities:

  • Ensure that each donor & customer receives outstanding customer service by providing a donor friendly environment which includes greeting, acknowledging & thanking every one, maintaining outstanding standards, solid product knowledge and all other components of customer service.
  • Assist in processing and replenishing merchandise through donation acceptance at back door & monitoring floor stock.
  • Verify that all Home of the Sparrow, Inc. materials are current and available to donors (sign in sheets, brochures, etc.). Replenish as needed.
  • Assist in floor moves, merchandising, display maintenance and store housekeeping.
  • Assist in managing the recycling process.
  • Adhere to all Company policies, procedures and practices included in the Employee Handbook & Retail Policy & Procedure Manual.
  • Communicate customer requests to management in a positive & helpful manner.
  • Complete low level maintenance work around store such as replacing light bulbs, cleaning around trash bins outside and hanging merchandise on walls.
  • Any other duties as assigned by management.

Knowledge & Skills:

  • High School education or higher required.
  • Ability to process information/merchandise through register system.
  • Baseline computer skills to access, input and process electronic information.
  • Ability to read, count and write to accurately complete all documentation.
  • Ability to communicate appropriately with associates, customers and donors.
  • Ability to operate and use all equipment necessary to run the store.

Supervisory Responsibility: This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Physical Demands:

  • Ability to move and/or handle merchandise throughout the store generally weighing 0-50 pounds safely.
  • Balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling and reaching are required.
  • Sitting, standing and walking for extended periods of time are required.

Qualifications:

  • Ability to freely access all areas of the store including selling floor, stock area, and register area.
  • Ability to work varied hours/days as business dictates.

Store Hours:

  • M, T, TH, F (10-6)
  • W (10-7)
  • Sa (10-5)
  • Closed on Sundays

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: $15.00 – $16.00 per hour

Expected hours: 20 – 25 per week

Benefits:

  • Employee discount
  • Paid time off

Shift:

  • Day shift

Work Location: In person

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