Baker and Packager Associate

Sam's Club; Lebanon (TN); On-site; USD 24,796 - 35,817; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, vision, and dental coverage

401(k) and stock purchase plan

Walmart-paid education benefit program

Job summary

A leading membership-only retail warehouse club in Lebanon, TN is seeking Bakery/Packager associates. The role involves preparing fresh baked items, ensuring food safety standards, and providing exceptional service to members. Candidates must thrive in fast-paced environments and demonstrate strong multi-tasking abilities. This position offers an hourly wage of $18.00 to $26.00 and various health and financial benefits including 401(k) and paid time off.

Qualifications

• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Must complete all job-required training and assessments within the prescribed time.

Responsibilities

• Prepare bakery department merchandise based on production needs, operating baking equipment.
• Provide exceptional customer service to members, answering questions.
• Maintain a clean and neat work area for member readiness.

Skills

Multi-tasking

Problem-solving

Customer service

Job description

Position Summary

Do you have a knack for helping people, following recipes and organization? Our Bakery/Packager associates prepare fresh baked items daily for our members through following recipes and wrapping, labeling, and storing merchandise to ensure our members have the freshest items available to take home to their families. There are times when you will juggle several tasks in a short amount of time while helping members with their bakery orders. It’s hard work, but our bakery team finds it rewarding, especially since they’re a part of a large team with a common goal: happy, satisfied members.

Desired Traits

• You thrive in fast-paced environments.
• You’re a multi-tasker at heart.
• You keep member satisfaction as your top priority.
• You can stand for long periods of time while assisting members quickly and accurately.
• You’re a problem solver who tackles obstacles head‑on to ensure each task is completed with excellence.

Impact

• Maintaining a positive attitude by smiling, greeting and thanking members.
• Providing exceptional customer service to members across the club as needed, answering any questions they may have.
• Maintaining a clean, neat, and member‑ready area.

The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed in the role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The full job description can be made available as part of the hiring process.

What You’ll Do

• Be a Team Member: Collaborates with other associates to build a strong bakery team, communicating with the members of the team and being flexible to the needs of the business to work in other areas.
• Be an Expert: Prepares bakery department merchandise based on daily production needs by operating baking equipment following recipes, makeup instructions, wrapping, labeling and storing merchandise according to company policies and procedures, ensuring compliance with food safety standards, sanitation guidelines, cold chain compliance and inventory management, operating, maintaining and sanitizing equipment and demonstrating understanding of product and layout execution.
• Be a Techie: Leverages digital tools to drive sales, improve the shopping experience and elevate associate engagement utilizing handheld technology to make immediate business decisions related to production, merchandise ordering, training and product quality with the member in mind, adapting to new tools and encouraging others to use them.
• Be an Owner: Ensures commitment to operational excellence, maintaining work area according to company policies and procedures, ensuring quality and date‑control standards for bakery items, securing fragile and high‑shrink merchandise, eliminating waste, assisting members with purchasing decisions and ensuring merchandise is properly packaged, labeled and stored in accordance with company policies and procedures.
• Be a Talent Ambassador: Advocates for the department and the club by valuing the member’s experience in the bakery area and modeling high‑quality service and products, executing the basics at the highest possible level of quality and exhibiting energy, commitment and passion for the work.
• Complies with company policies: Implements related action plans using the Open Door Policy and applies these in executing business processes and practices, upholding standards of ethics and integrity.
• Completes work assignments and priorities: Uses policies, data and resources, collaborates with managers, coworkers, customers and other business partners, identifies priorities, deadlines and expectations, carries out tasks, communicates progress, determines and recommends ways to address improvement opportunities and adapts to and learns from change, difficulties and feedback.
• Respect the Individual: Embraces differences in people, cultures, ideas and experiences: Creates a workplace where associates feel seen, supported and connected through a culture of belonging, creates opportunities for all associates to thrive and perform, helps attract the best talent.
• Respect the Individual: Works as a team: Builds strong and trusting relationships, communicates with impact, energy and positivity to motivate and influence.
• Respect the Individual: Strengthens the team: Helps develop and mentor others, recognizes others’ contributions and accomplishments.
• Act with Integrity: Maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity, ethics and compliance, models Walmart values to support and foster our culture, holds one‑self and others accountable, supports Walmart’s goal of becoming a regenerative company by making a positive impact for associates, customers, members and the world around us.
• Act with Integrity: Acts in a self‑less manner and is consistently humble, self‑aware, honest, fair and transparent.
• Serve our Customers and Members: Delivers results while putting the customer first.
• Serve our Customers and Members: Makes decisions based on reliable information, balances short and long‑term priorities and considers how own work impacts the team’s ability to deliver on our purpose for all stakeholders.
• Strive for Excellence: Displays curiosity and a desire to learn, takes calculated risks and demonstrates courage and resilience.
• Strive for Excellence: Drives continuous improvements, is open to and uses new technologies and skills and supports others through change.

At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance‑based incentive awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company‑paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty and voting. Other benefits include short‑term and long‑term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.

You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable. For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices.

Live Better U is a Walmart‑paid education benefit program for full‑time and part‑time associates in Walmart and Sam’s Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor’s degrees, including English Language Learning and short‑form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.

The hourly wage range for this position is $18.00 to $26.00*.

• The actual hourly rate will equal or exceed the required minimum wage applicable to the job location.

Additional Compensation Includes Annual Or Quarterly Performance Incentives.

Additional compensation in the form of premiums may be paid in amounts ranging from $0.35 per hour to $3.00 per hour in specific circumstances. Premiums may be based on schedule, facility, season, or specific work performed. Multiple premiums may apply if applicable criteria are met.

Minimum Qualifications

• I acknowledge that the position for which I am applying requires me to successfully complete all job required trainings and assessments within a prescribed time period if I receive the position.
• Must be 18 years of age or older.

Preferred Qualifications

Primary Location: 600 WILLARD HAGAN DR, LEBANON, TN 37090-0000, United States of America.

Walmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug‑free workplace and have a no‑tolerance policy regarding the use of illegal drugs and alcohol on the job. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment.