About this role
Description
About Habitat for Humanity ReStore:
Habitat for Humanity ReStore is a nonprofit home improvement store and donation center that sells new and gently used furniture, appliances, home goods, and building materials. Proceeds from ReStore sales help fund affordable housing initiatives, supporting our mission to make a positive impact on local communities. Join us and contribute to an organization dedicated to building stronger, more sustainable neighborhoods.
Position Overview:
The ReStore Sales Associate plays a critical role in ensuring our customers have a positive shopping experience. This role includes not only assisting customers and handling transactions but also overseeing a specific product department (e.g., furniture, appliances, building materials). You’ll be responsible for keeping your assigned department organized, well-stocked, and visually appealing, as well as educating customers on the products and their benefits.
Key Responsibilities:
- Assist customers by answering questions, providing product information, and offering friendly, helpful service.
- Manage inventory within an assigned product department, ensuring items are clean, well-organized, and displayed attractively.
- Develop expertise in your assigned department’s products to assist customers effectively and boost sales.
- Collaborate with the ReStore team to organize and maintain general store cleanliness and safety.
- Track and monitor inventory levels within your department, noting product needs and reporting shortages.
- Support merchandising efforts to maximize customer interest and sales.
- Assist with loading and unloading of donations, which may involve lifting heavy items.
Requirements
Qualifications:
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Retail or customer service experience; familiarity with ReStore product types (furniture, building materials, home goods) is a plus.
- Excellent communication skills and a friendly, helpful attitude.
- Ability to lift and move items up to 80 lbs.
- Self-motivated, detail-oriented, and organized.
- Basic math skills.
- Ability to work independently within your department while being a collaborative team player.
- Clean criminal background check
- Willingness to work with volunteers
- Desire to work with diverse staff and customer base
- Committed to others in a nondiscriminatory, lawful and ethical manner, respecting the differences among people, and the value they bring to GDMHFH.
- Committed to GDMHFH mission and environmental stewardship
Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity (GDMHFH) is part of a global, nonprofit housing organization operated on Christian principles that seeks to put God’s love into action by building homes, communities and hope.
All employees must demonstrate commitment to Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity’s Mission and Core Values of:
- Build Solutions
- Build a Safety Mindset
- Build Faith and Compassion
- Build as Stewards
- Build with Heart
We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applicants from all backgrounds to apply. If you are passionate about customer service and making a difference in your community, we encourage you to apply for this opportunity.
Other facts
About GREATER DES MOINES HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
Seeking to put God’s love into action, Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity (GDM Habitat) brings people together to build homes, communities, and hope. GDM Habitat is a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian ministry founded on the conviction that every man, woman and child should have a decent, safe and affordable place to live. We are about building with people in need regardless of race or religion. We welcome volunteers and supporters from all backgrounds.
Many residents of Greater Des Moines struggle daily with the lack of decent and affordable housing. More than 10,000 low-income families in our community are stuck in cost-burden rental situations they cannot afford. In neighborhoods with Habitat’s focus, more than one out of four homes are in need of repair to preserve the home or keep it at a basic level of safety. In Polk County, thousands of working families do not earn enough to qualify for a traditional mortgage. The average monthly payment for very low-income families would consume half of their monthly income. Rent is no better, the average monthly payment is a cost burden for 75% of this population.
Through volunteer labor and donations of money and materials, GDM Habitat builds and rehabilitates simple, decent houses alongside our homebuyer families.
What you'll do
- The ReStore Sales Associate assists customers, manages inventory, and ensures the assigned product department is organized and visually appealing. They also collaborate with the team to maintain store cleanliness and safety.
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