Store Clerk & Sorting Room Worker
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The Salvation Army
Warrenton, VA, US
Summary
The position involves assisting customers with purchases, operating a cash register, and maintaining store cleanliness. Additionally, the worker is responsible for receiving, sorting, and pricing donated items for the warehouse and store displays.
Job Description
Job Details: Job Location: PMC-Warrenton Family Store - WARRENTON, VA, Salary Range: Undisclosed, Job Category: Store, Schedule/Hours: Full-Time
This position is responsible for:
The Store Clerk function may include a regular shift as part of the daily workload. Assists store customers in donating, selecting, and purchasing store items; operates and maintains a cash register; responds to customers questions; maintains the cleanliness and orderliness of the store displays; ensures the security of store items and the cash register.
The Sorting Room function entails receiving, sorting, pricing, and preparing donated items for display in the store; determines suitability and pricing of items based on established standards; assists in maintaining the orderliness and cleanliness of the warehouse area.
Key Responsibilities:
Assists customers purchasing items from The Salvation Army by ringing-up sales utilizing a cash register; collects monies, counts change, and prepares receipts; prepares and packages purchased items; prepares and balances the cash drawer and runs routine register print-outs; prepares and delivers bank deposits; ensures the security and accountability of all cash register funds and sales records in accordance with established operating procedures.
Prepares, processes, and maintains various sales records, tax forms, and social service vouchers; prepares routine sales reports as directed.
Answers the store telephone in a tactful and courteous manner; assists customers by responding to questions and providing directions and/or general information; may schedule and record donation pick-ups.
Assists customers by explaining store policy and responding to questions regarding the pricing and/or purchasing of items; ensures that all customers visiting the store have a pleasant experience.
Receives, inspects, and sorts donated items such as clothes, shoes, household items, bric-a-brack, etc. according to the category and condition.
Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:
Work requires the ability to lift and carry and/or push/pull heavy materials, supplies and equipment frequently. Heavy mobility duties are usually performed by combinations of standing, walking, climbing ladders or steps, bending, reaching, or transporting merchandise on frequent change basis relieved by fewer periods of sitting.
Work is performed in a stock room, warehouse, or store environment where there are discomforts associated with changes in weather. There are occasional discomforts associated with noise, crowds, dust, lint, chemical odors, and the like.
Employee Benefits:
Holiday & Paid Time Off
Health Insurance, Vision & Dental discounts
Supplemental Insurance Available
Voluntary Life Insurance & more!
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR IN YOU:
High school diploma or G.E.D. AND
Experience working in a retail store preferred; OR
Any equivalent combination of training and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.
Licenses and Certifications:
None.
Equal Opportunity Employer: Veterans | Disabled
The Salvation Army is the nation's largest direct provider of social services.
Annually, we help millions overcome poverty, addiction, and spiritual and economic hardships by preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ and meeting human needs in His name without discrimination in nearly every zip code.
By providing food, shelter, eviction prevention assistance, emergency disaster relief, rehabilitation, after-school and summer youth programs, spiritual enrichment, and more, The Salvation Army is doing the most good at nearly 7,000 centers of operation around the country.
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.
Founded
1865
Company size
10,001+ employees
Industry
Nonprofit
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Alexandria, VA
The Salvation Army is the nation's largest direct provider of social services.
Annually, we help millions overcome poverty, addiction, and spiritual and economic hardships by preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ and meeting human needs in His name without discrimination in nearly every zip code.
By providing food, shelter, eviction prevention assistance, emergency disaster relief, rehabilitation, after-school and summer youth programs, spiritual enrichment, and more, The Salvation Army is doing the most good at nearly 7,000 centers of operation around the country.
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.
Founded
1865
Company size
10,001+ employees
Industry
Nonprofit
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Alexandria, VA