Textile Merchandise Coordinator
1 week ago
Worcester, Western Cape, South Africa
Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries, Inc.
Full time
Job OverviewMorgan Memorial Goodwill Industries, Inc. is a leading non-profit organization dedicated to helping individuals with barriers to self-sufficiency achieve independence and dignity through work.
This role plays a critical part in our mission by ensuring that donated textiles and hard goods are properly inspected, sorted, and prepared for resale in our stores.
Key Responsibilities- Inspect and sort all donated textiles and hard goods to determine their quality and value
- Makes price tickets and prepares merchandise for resale in the store
- Discard items determined to be not sellable
- Perform quality inspections and attach proper price tickets
- Maintain a neat and organized work area
- Accept various donations from donors, provide donation tax receipts and record number of donors
- Inspects and sorts all donated textiles (clothing) and hard goods, insures all textiles have no rips, stains or tears and all hard goods are of some value
- Discards items below quality standards (or no value) to salvage or trash, identifies good quality merchandise and prices accordingly
- Separates items by category, prints price tickets and attaches to items in need of tickets, calculates 50% of retail price on some items, uses standard list for all other items
- Places priced and tagged items in appropriate locations throughout the store
- Processes donated items through the various sorting stations of the store (textiles, hard-goods, shoes, glass, books, china, trash, and salvage), identifies and discards items that are not sold as per company policy
- After inspection places textiles on processing table to be hung, pin tags various categories of textiles, hangs textiles on sales floor based on priority, as determined by the store management
- Matches quality footwear and bands pair together if a band is not already in place
- Lociates supplies needed for processing and reports low inventory to Store Management
- Labels all outbound hampers and bins with proper destination tag for merchandise being sent to the Boston Distribution Center
- May operate hand truck or fork lift hand truck to move pallets or heavy boxes and bins into distribution trucks
- Keeps work area neat; cleans and sweeps area at the end of each day
- May perform light maintenance duties around the store (cleaning bathrooms, minor repairs to fixtures and racks)
- Refers to CPSC bulletin board, and stays aware of most recent recalls
- Performs other duties as assigned
- High School graduate/GED or equivalent work experience preferred
- Requires acceptable results of CORI check according to Goodwill policy and requirements