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Are you interested in environmental issues, sustainable business, green building, home improvement, architecture, or historical preservation? We're looking for you!

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See below for our current job opportunities.

Retail Sales Supervisor

Community Forklift is seeking a Retail Sales Supervisor to work full-time with a growing green business. The position is responsible for the direct supervision of sales staff during shifts. This is not an entry-level position.

Qualities of the perfect candidate

• Prior retail management experience required
• Proven success supervising staff and providing leadership
• Ability to create and maintain a cooperative team-based work environment
• Exceptional customer service skills
• Outgoing, energetic personality
• Self-starter and creative problem solver
• Experience exercising sound judgment and common sense
• Excellent communication and organizational skills
• Detail oriented and ability to multi-task
• Ability to assist all customers or donors in a courteous, friendly manner
• Knowledge and enthusiasm for reuse, sustainability, environmental advocacy and green business
• Able to perform physical labor in all seasons (our warehouse is NOT temperature controlled)
• Strong English speaking and writing skills (Strong Spanish speaking and writing skills a plus!)

About the Position

• 30-40 hours a week, weekends required
• Provide direct sales assistance to customers
• Train and support sales staff
• Provide decision-making authority for sales issues during designated shift, including pricing, staffing, customer service and policy implementation
• Assist in development and implementation of policies and procedures for improved cash flow operations
• Provide effective organization and improvement of all check out and sales-related policies and procedures
• Responsible for accurately counting cash drawers and recording these transactions
• Ensure accurate recordkeeping for consignment sales, customer discounts, and employee purchases as well as other sales- related financial procedures
• Work cooperatively and collaboratively with staff to fulfill the mission and support team activities

Benefits include

• Competitive hourly wage
• Subsidized health, dental and vision plans available
• Opportunity for advancement as the business grows

About Community Forklift

Community Forklift is a nonprofit reuse center for home improvement and architectural salvage. The store accepts donations of new, gently-used and vintage building materials; these donated renovation supplies are then made available to the public at low prices and donated to local nonprofits. Community Forklift is located outside Northeast DC, near the Hyattsville Arts District.

To Apply

Send a resume, cover letter and three (3) professional references to: Retail Sales Supervisor Position. Submit by:
• Email: coocommunityForklift(at)gmail.com
• Fax: (301) 985-5182
• Mail: Reuse & Outreach Associate Position, c/o Community Forklift, 4671 Tanglewood Drive, Edmonston, MD 20781

Pricing Associate Needed for Green Business

Community Forklift is seeking a Pricing Associate to work full-time with our growing green business. This newly created position will be responsible for developing a vast knowledge base and understanding thoroughly the intricacies of researching and pricing donated salvage and surplus. Prior related retail experience a plus!

Qualities of the perfect candidate

• Working knowledge of building materials or architectural salvage; prior work experience in a hardware store preferred but not required
• Familiarity and enthusiasm for recycling, reuse, sustainability, environmental advocacy and green business
• Expressed commitment to the Community Forklift mission
• Ability to do computer research with a high attention to detail
• Exercises  sound judgment and common sense
• Works well in a cooperative team-based environment
• Excellent organizational and customer service skills
• Ability to fully follow through on work assignments in a timely manner
• Capacity to perform physical labor and moderate lifting (up to 40 lbs.) in a non-climate controlled environment including the ability to work in all seasons and in difficult weather conditions
• Ability to gracefully juggle multiple responsibilities and maintain focus
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Strong English speaking and writing skills

About the Position

• 30–40 hours a week
• Research and price surplus and salvage building materials accurately and efficiently
• Organize priced building materials and products to facilitate easy distribution to the sales floor
• Provide information to customers about the established pricing system and the rationale for pricing decisions
• Help keep the processing areas organized, tidy and clean
• Monitor and maintain inventory of pricing supplies
• Provide immediate pricing research of specific products as requested
• Work cooperatively and collaboratively with staff to fulfill the mission and support team activities

Benefits include

• $12 per hour
• Subsidized health, dental and vision plans available
• Opportunity for advancement as the business grows

About Community Forklift
Community Forklift is a nonprofit reuse center for home improvement and architectural salvage. The store accepts donations of new, gently-used and vintage building materials; these donated renovation supplies are then made available to the public at low prices and donated to local nonprofits. Community Forklift is located outside Northeast DC, near the Hyattsville Arts District.

To Apply
Send a resume, cover letter and three (3) professional references to: Pricing Associate Position, c/o Community Forklift, 4671 Tanglewood Drive, Edmonston, MD 20781, by fax to (301) 985-5182 or by email to COOCommunityForklift@gmail.com.

Weekend Reuse Associate

Please click here for the position description.

Store Phone: 301-985-5180 *** Donations Phone: 301-832-0781 *** Fax: 301-985-5182
Email: To inquire about donating materials, please fill out the form on our donations page.
To send us pictures of materials you would like to donate, use: Donations(at)CommunityForklift(dot)com
For media inquiries, please use: Ruthie(at)CommunityForklift(dot)com
For everything else use: Info(at)CommunityForklift(dot)com
Visit: 4671 Tanglewood Drive, Edmonston, MD 20781  
Directions: 5 minutes from DC in Prince George's County
Hours: Tuesday: noon-6pm; Wednesday, Thursday, & Friday: 10am - 6pm; Saturday & Sunday 9am - 6pm
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