Textile Merchandise Coordinator

1 week ago


Worcester, Western Cape, South Africa Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries, Inc. Full time
Job Overview

Morgan 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
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
  1. Accept various donations from donors, provide donation tax receipts and record number of donors
  2. 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
  3. Discards items below quality standards (or no value) to salvage or trash, identifies good quality merchandise and prices accordingly
  4. 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
  5. Places priced and tagged items in appropriate locations throughout the store
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. Matches quality footwear and bands pair together if a band is not already in place
  9. Lociates supplies needed for processing and reports low inventory to Store Management
  10. Labels all outbound hampers and bins with proper destination tag for merchandise being sent to the Boston Distribution Center
  11. May operate hand truck or fork lift hand truck to move pallets or heavy boxes and bins into distribution trucks
  12. Keeps work area neat; cleans and sweeps area at the end of each day
  13. May perform light maintenance duties around the store (cleaning bathrooms, minor repairs to fixtures and racks)
  14. Refers to CPSC bulletin board, and stays aware of most recent recalls
  15. Performs other duties as assigned
Qualification Requirements
  • High School graduate/GED or equivalent work experience preferred
  • Requires acceptable results of CORI check according to Goodwill policy and requirements