Tech-Driven Cafe Associate

Walmart; Lathrop (CA); On-site; USD 26,000 - 37,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k)

Paid time off

Employee discounts

Job summary

Walmart is hiring at our Lathrop, CA location for a flexible, customer-focused team member in our grocery/food service area. The role emphasizes teamwork, quality control, and delivering a positive shopping experience, with on-site responsibilities including stocking, food preparation, and member assistance.

You'll operate with food safety standards, participate in seasonal planning, and use hand-held tools to support operations.

Qualifications

• Must be 18 years of age or older
• Food Safety Certification required
• Food Handler Certification preferred

Responsibilities

• Completes work assignments and priorities by using policies, data, and resources; collaborating with managers, co-workers, customers, and other business partners; identifying priorities, deadlines, and expectations; carrying out tasks; communicating progress and information; determining and recommending ways to address improvement opportunities; and adapting to and learning from change, difficulties, and feedback.
• Be a Techie: Leverages digital tools to drive sales, improve the shopping experience, and elevate associate engagement; utilizing hand held technology to make immediate business decisions related to production, ordering merchandise, receiving club pick up orders, training, and product quality with the member in mind; adapting to new tools and encouraging others to use them.
• Be a Team Member: Maintains up-to date knowledge of product specifications related to prepared food merchandise; collaborating with cross functional teams and helping educate other associates on tools, tasks and resources; communicating effectively with the members of the team; and being flexible to the needs of the business to work in other areas.
• Be an Owner: Drives the performance of the area; stocking and rotating merchandise; ensuring quality and date control standards; eliminating waste; providing member service by acknowledging the member and identifying member’s needs; assisting members with purchasing decisions; payment types; locating merchandise; and resolving member issues and concerns.
• Be an Expert: Prepares food according to item specifications; understanding and planning the future productions and mass productions; preparing for seasonality; adhering to food safety standards, sanitation guidelines, cold chain compliance, inventory management; operating, maintaining, and sanitizing equipment; and demonstrating an understanding of product and layout execution.
• 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.
• Be a Talent Ambassador: Being a brand advocate; developing, influencing and inspiring others for working in a style that is respectful, supportive and team oriented; understanding the roadblocks and assisting in training them.
• Product Knowledge, Stocking Merchandise, Food Preparation, Customer Complaint Resolution
• 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 to attract the best talent.
• Respect the Individual: Works as a team; builds strong and trusting relationships; communicating with impact, energy, and positivity to motivate and influence.
• Respect the Individual: Strengthens the team by helping, developing and mentoring others; recognizes others’ contributions and accomplishments.
• Act with Integrity: Maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity, ethics and compliance, models the 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 around us.
• Act with Integrity: Acts in a selfless 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 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.

Education

Food Safety Certification

Food Handler Certification

Job description

Walmart is hiring at our Lathrop, CA location for a flexible, customer-focused team member in our grocery/food service area. The role emphasizes teamwork, quality control, and delivering a positive shopping experience, with on-site responsibilities including stocking, food preparation, and member assistance.

You'll operate with food safety standards, participate in seasonal planning, and use hand-held tools to support operations.