Furniture Associate

Company: ARC Thrift Stores
Location: Westminster
Posted on: September 11, 2023

Job Description:

FurnitureSummaryPrices and cleans furniture items to achieve maximum value. Maintains and merchandises furniture, mattresses, and appliances on the sales floor. Reports to the assistant store manager or the store manager. Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Sets department production targets weekly with assistant manager and is accountable for reaching those targets.
  • Maintains target price per item.
  • Uses price grid as a guideline.
  • Supplies store with merchandise by testing (appliances), pricing items, and displaying donations on the sales floor.
  • Keeps the furniture area clean and stocked.
    • Cleans furniture area daily of dust, broken items, non-saleable and damaged goods.
    • Provides customers who are purchasing furniture with a written receipt for the cashier.
    • Assists customers with mattress inquires.
    • Accepts donations and provides donors with a receipt for tax purposes.
    • Keeps work area clean.
      • Allows 10 minutes before quitting time for sweeping and cleaning up.
      • Performs other duties and special assignments as directed, including assignments, which may be outside the primary area of employment.QualificationsKnowledge, Skill, and Ability
        • Ability to recognize merchandise quality and price it competitively.
        • Ability to make decisions about merchandise quality, whether merchandise is saleable, and when to reduce prices to sell merchandise.
        • Ability to interact effectively with customers.
        • Ability to write receipts.
        • Ability to observe the production process and to communicate with the supervisor and other team members to keep the production process moving.
        • Ability to present a positive Company image and be courteous to customers
        • Ability to work as a productive member of a team.Education and/or Experience Required
          • Experience working with a diverse workforce.
          • Ability to work with individuals possessing developmental disabilities.
          • Ability to use good judgment.
          • Energy to take on fast-paced work.
          • Good listener.Physical Demands
            • Works inside in a production and retail environment.
            • Exposure to temperature fluctuations.
            • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to speak, hear, stand and move throughout the store.
            • Use upper body strength to frequently lift and/or move up to 75 pounds.
            • Utilizes proper equipment.
            • While performing the duties of this job, the employee may occasionally be exposed to dust from donations.
            • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is constantly standing, bending, stooping and walking.
            • While performing the duties of this job, the employee must be able to lift the arms shoulder height or above.To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The qualifications, working environment, and physical demands described above are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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