Employment Opportunity Thrift Store Clerk, Part time, permanent, up to 16 hours per week.
$15.20/hr.
Position Purpose and Summary
Thrift store clerk provides service to customers, sorts incoming products, and assists the manager in the maintenance of all store operations.
Basic Functions/ Responsibilities
Contributes to meeting store sales budgets by maintaining customer service standards, implements store layout plans to attract customers including window displays and merchandise displays and ensures attractiveness of the store through “tidy maintenance”.
Replenishes inventory levels based on supervisor’s direction, contributes to the control of inventory by retrieving, sorting, and pricing as per directions, while protecting the store from inventory shrinkage by close visual monitoring. Contributes to the safety of staff and customers, e.g. snow removal clear fire exits no obstacles inside/ outside store, clean spillage and maintains store cleanliness, and takes responsibility for the accurate completion of all customer transactions including visa, debit, etc.
Qualifications and education requirements
The successful job applicant will have completed high school
Up to three months of prior related experience including life skills
Required skills/ knowledge
excellent customer service skills and ability to communicate comfortably with customers
ability to speak, read and comprehend instructions, short correspondence and policy documents
ability to multitask in effective time management
ability to lift and/ or move 40 pounds
ability to operate computerized till
punctuality, reliability, trustworthiness
awareness of health and safety procedures and proper lifting techniques
Preferred skills
continuously standing for long periods of time, frequent twisting, bending, crouching, reaching, reaching overhead, pushing, pulling, kneeling, visual monitoring, frequently working with numbers, attention to detail, ability to work independently, ability to work under pressure, ability to work flexible hours including on call hours.