(USA) Cafe Associate

Walmart•Corona, CA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

This position involves completing 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. Associates will leverage digital tools to drive sales, improve the shopping experience, and elevate associate engagement, utilizing hand-held technology for immediate business decisions related to production, ordering merchandise, receiving club pick-up orders, training, and product quality with the member in mind. The role requires maintaining up-to-date knowledge of product specifications for prepared food merchandise, collaborating with cross-functional teams, educating other associates on tools, tasks, and resources, communicating effectively with team members, and being flexible to the needs of the business to work in other areas. Associates will drive the performance of the area by stocking and rotating merchandise, ensuring quality and date control standards, eliminating waste, providing member service by acknowledging members and identifying their needs, assisting members with purchasing decisions, payment types, locating merchandise, and resolving member issues and concerns. The role also involves preparing food according to item specifications, understanding and planning future and mass productions, preparing for seasonality, adhering to food safety standards, sanitation guidelines, cold chain compliance, and inventory management, operating, maintaining, and sanitizing equipment, and demonstrating an understanding of product and layout execution. Associates must comply 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. Additionally, associates will act as brand advocates, developing, influencing, and inspiring others in a respectful, supportive, and team-oriented style, understanding roadblocks, and assisting in training. The company emphasizes respecting the individual by embracing differences, creating a workplace where associates feel seen, supported, and connected, creating opportunities for all associates to thrive, and helping to attract the best talent. Teamwork is crucial, involving building strong and trusting relationships and communicating with impact, energy, and positivity to motivate and influence. Strengthening the team by helping, developing, and mentoring others, and recognizing others’ contributions and accomplishments is also key. Associates are expected to act with integrity, maintaining and promoting the highest standards of integrity, ethics, and compliance, modeling company values, and holding oneself and others accountable. Serving customers and members by delivering results while putting the customer first and making decisions based on reliable information, balancing short- and long-term priorities, and considering the impact of their work on the team’s ability to deliver on the company’s purpose for all stakeholders is essential. Striving for excellence involves displaying curiosity, a desire to learn, taking calculated risks, and demonstrating courage and resilience, as well as driving continuous improvements, being open to and using new technologies and skills, and supporting others through change.

Requirements

Must be 18 years of age or older.
Must successfully complete all job-required trainings and assessments within a prescribed time period if the position is received.

Nice To Haves

Food Safety Certification.
Food Service Food Handler Certification (Food Safety) - Certification

Responsibilities

Completes work assignments and priorities by using policies, data, and resources.
Collaborates with managers, co-workers, 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.
Adapts to and learns from change, difficulties, and feedback.
Leverages digital tools to drive sales, improve the shopping experience, and elevate associate engagement.
Utilizes 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.
Adapts to new tools and encourages others to use them.
Maintains up-to-date knowledge of product specifications related to prepared food merchandise.
Collaborates with cross-functional teams and helps educate other associates on tools, tasks, and resources.
Communicates effectively with the members of the team.
Is flexible to the needs of the business to work in other areas.
Drives the performance of the area.
Stocks and rotates merchandise.
Ensures quality and date control standards.
Eliminates waste.
Provides member service by acknowledging the member and identifying member's needs.
Assists members with purchasing decisions, payment types, and locating merchandise.
Resolves member issues and concerns.
Prepares food according to item specifications.
Understands and plans future productions and mass productions.
Prepares for seasonality.
Adheres to food safety standards, sanitation guidelines, cold chain compliance, and inventory management.
Operates, maintains, and sanitizes equipment.
Demonstrates an understanding of product and layout execution.
Complies with company policies, procedures, and standards of ethics and integrity.
Implements related action plans.
Uses the Open Door Policy.
Applies company policies, procedures, and standards in executing business processes and practices.
Acts as a brand advocate.
Develops, influences, and inspires others for working in a style that is respectful, supportive, and team-oriented.
Understands roadblocks and assists in training.
Product Knowledge.
Stocking Merchandise.
Food Preparation.
Customer Complaint Resolution.
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.
Works as a team.
Builds strong and trusting relationships.
Communicates with impact, energy, and positivity to motivate and influence.
Strengthens the team by helping, developing, and mentoring others.
Recognizes others’ contributions and accomplishments.
Maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity, ethics, and compliance.
Models the company values to support and foster the company culture.
Holds oneself and others accountable.
Supports the company’s goal of becoming a regenerative company by making a positive impact for associates, customers, members, and the world.
Acts in a selfless manner and is consistently humble, self-aware, honest, fair, and transparent.
Delivers results while putting the customer first.
Makes decisions based on reliable information.
Balances short- and long-term priorities.
Considers how own work impacts the team’s ability to deliver on our purpose for all stakeholders.
Displays curiosity and a desire to learn.
Takes calculated risks.
Demonstrates courage and resilience.
Drives continuous improvements.
Is open to and uses new technologies and skills.
Supports others through change.

Benefits

Competitive pay
Performance-based bonus awards
Medical coverage
Vision coverage
Dental coverage
401(k)
Stock purchase
Company-paid life insurance
PTO
Parental leave
Family care leave
Bereavement leave
Jury duty leave
Voting leave
PPTO (Paid Parental Paid Time Off)
Short-term disability
Long-term disability
Company discounts
Military Leave Pay
Adoption expense reimbursement
Surrogacy expense reimbursement
Company paid education benefit program (Live Better U) for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities, including high school completion, bachelor's degrees, English Language Learning, and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart. Eligibility requirements apply.