Store Worker I

Store Worker I

PRIDE Industries is a fast-paced company with a mission: To Create Jobs for People with Disabilities while providing high quality, value-added solutions to our nationwide customers. We are currently recruiting to fill the following position:

Under close supervision, the Store Worker performs stocking and cleaning tasks at a customer location whose primary function is the resale of merchandise in a retail environment, such as a commissary on a military base. Using non-motorized equipment, the Store Worker I moves merchandise intended for display and resale purposes, and displays it using a predetermined placement system of labels or other marks.

Typical duties include:

• Stocks merchandise on shelves.
• Rearranges misplaced product.
• Removes excess and damaged products, debris and cardboard.
• Straightens merchandise in a display sales area for a neat, full, salable appearance
• Rotating merchandise to maintain freshness and sale dates.
• Removing damaged or outdated merchandise.
• Returns excess merchandise to storage.
• Cleans, dusts shelves and product on or in display fixtures using various techniques common to the retail trade.
• Performs wet or dry clean-up.
• Ensures excellent customer service to customers with merchandise location or selection.
• May operate a manual pallet jack, flat-bed/U-Boat cart.
• Performs other duties and special projects as assigned.

Minimum qualifications include:

• Follow instructions using structured process and procedures.
• Identify and work with appropriate tools/equipment.
• Flexibility of schedule changes, work duration and tasks.
• Availability to work evenings.
• Basic math to report quantities and determine placement of stock.
• Ability to interpret stock labels, shelf labels, date codes, and rotate stock appropriately.
• Ability to work collaboratively with management, employees, customers, vendors and demonstrate good customer service.
• Ability to manage and accurately track time, and adapt to changing work priorities.

Physical requirements include:

• Maneuvering in and around the commissary
• Bending, crouching, kneeling, squatting, stooping, and reaching
• Lifting and/or carrying up to 25 pounds
• Pulling and/or pushing up to 75 pounds
• Grasping both small & large objects
• Climbing/standing on ladders, step stools, and/or rolling stairs
• Coordinating skills to place and rotate products on shelf

Work environment includes:

• Work is performed in a commissary, warehouse, or distribution environment with forklifts, material handling and production equipment.
• May be exposed to noise from equipment and depending on external weather conditions exposure to heat, cold, wind, and rain.

At PRIDE, we make a difference in the lives of many, one job at a time.