FREIGHT FLOW ASSOCIATE

Sam's Club; Port Saint Lucie (FL); On-site; USD 26,174 - 37,195; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) and stock purchase

Paid time off

Job summary

Sam's Club in Port St. Lucie, FL is seeking a warehouse associate to operate a forklift, move pallets, and maintain inventory flow while delivering strong member service.

You will assist customers, stock merchandise, and help ensure a safe, efficient sales floor and backroom. The role offers full-time hours, with benefits and potential for growth within Sam's Club.

Qualifications

• 90 days of prior experience with Forklift Certification.
• Ability to safely utilize pallet jacks.
• Must be 18 years of age or older.

Responsibilities

• Operate forklift and move merchandise pallets safely and efficiently.
• Assist with inventory flow and stock organization in the facility.
• Provide member service and assist customers with purchases.

Skills

Forklift operation

Pallet jack use

Customer service

Retail experience

Team supervision

Job description

Position Summary

Position Summary...

What you’ll do

• Complies with company policies, procedures, and standards of ethics and integrity by implementing related action plans using the Open Door Policy and applying these in executing business processes and practices.
• Operates forklift following company standards and guidelines by safely picking up, moving, placing, and positioning merchandise pallets.
• Completes work assignments and priorities by using policies, data, and resources, collaborating with managers, coworkers, customers, and other business partners. Identifies priorities, deadlines, and expectations; carries out tasks, communicates progress and information, determines and recommends ways to address improvement opportunities, and adapts to and learns from change, difficulties, and feedback.
• Receives stocks and organizes merchandise and supplies from distribution centers and suppliers throughout the facility by managing inventory flow, following company policy and procedures for utilizing equipment appropriately, merchandising working inventory exceptions, correcting shelf capacities, and completing and retaining required paperwork logs and other documentation.
• Provides member service by acknowledging the member and identifying member needs, providing guidance and support to members regarding self‑service technology, assisting members with purchasing decisions, locating merchandise, resolving member issues and concerns, and promoting the company’s products and services.
• Maintains safety of facility according to company policies and procedures by conducting safety sweeps, following forklift spotting procedures, handling and disposing of hazardous materials, following company steel standard guidelines, and correcting and reporting unsafe situations to management.
• Maintains the sales floor and merchandising presentation in accordance with company policies and procedures by properly zoning the area, stocking and rotating merchandise, removing damaged or out‑of‑date goods, setting up cleaning and organizing product displays, maintaining modular integrity, receiving, sorting, staging, and delivering merchandise, ensuring prominent display of promotional and seasonal merchandise, processing defective merchandise, following company and regulatory policies and procedures for sanitation and food safety, and monitoring the area of shrink, security, and risk.
• Ensures club pick‑up orders are filled by assisting with picking club pick‑up orders throughout the day, staging, ensuring products are selected and staged according to company policy and procedures, ensuring Merchandising Associates pick orders within acceptable timeframe, and performing occasional audits for accuracy.
• Handles moves and displays goods in a safe and correct way, tracks goods, maintains in‑stock levels, controls shrinkage in a timely manner, reports poor inventory practices and low in‑stock levels in the assigned area, and uses inventory tools and equipment safely.
• Operates and maintains forklifts safely and correctly, reports poor or unsafe conditions or practices in the assigned area, and informs management when forklifts are not in proper working order.
• Proactively identifies customers who need help, actively engages them, assists them with technology services and items, models and helps others with technology services, identifies shrink opportunities and problems with products, services, and work areas, takes steps to fix the problem, properly maintains equipment, ensures products are organized and stocked correctly, and promptly fixes any problems.
• 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, and motivates and influences.
• Respect the Individual: strengthens the team by helping develop and mentor others, recognizing 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 oneself and others accountable; supports Walmart's goal of becoming a regenerative company by making a positive impact for associates, customers, members, and the world.
• 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.

Benefits

• 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, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. PTO and/or PPTO can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment and meets or exceeds the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable.
• Other benefits include short‑term and long‑term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.

Live Better U is a company‑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.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms. For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart at https://bit.ly/3iOOb1J.

The hourly wage range for this position is $19.00 to $27.00*.

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

• 90 days of prior experience with Forklift Certification.
• Ability to safely utilize pallet jacks.
• Must be 18 years of age or older.

Preferred Qualifications

• Customer Service Experience.
• Retail Experience.
• Supervising a team.

Primary Location: 1750 SW GATLIN BLVD, PORT ST LUCIE, FL 34953-2777, 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.