(USA) Freight Flow Associate

Walmart•Riverside, CA

17h•Onsite

About The Position

The Freight Flow Associate receives, stocks, organizes, moves, and displays merchandise and supplies throughout the facility. The role manages inventory flow, maintains in-stock levels, corrects shelf capacities, handles inventory exceptions, completes required documentation, and helps control shrink. It also includes operating forklifts and pallet jacks safely, maintaining equipment, and reporting unsafe conditions or poor inventory practices to management. The associate maintains the sales floor and merchandising presentation by zoning, stocking and rotating goods, removing damaged or out-of-date products, organizing displays, handling promotional and seasonal merchandise, and following sanitation and food-safety procedures. The role also assists with club pickup orders by picking and staging products, supporting timely order fulfillment, and auditing accuracy. The position provides member service by identifying needs, helping members use self-service technology, assisting with purchasing decisions and locating merchandise, resolving concerns, and promoting company products and services. Associates are expected to follow company policies and safety procedures, work collaboratively, communicate progress, adapt to change, and contribute to a respectful, ethical, inclusive, and continuously improving workplace.

Requirements

At least 90 days of prior experience with forklift certification.
Ability to safely utilize pallet jacks.
Must be 18 years of age or older.

Nice To Haves

Customer service experience.
Retail experience.
Experience supervising a team.

Responsibilities

Receive, stock, organize, move, and display merchandise and supplies while managing inventory flow and completing required documentation.
Operate and maintain forklifts safely and correctly, following company standards and reporting unsafe conditions or equipment problems.
Use pallet jacks safely and handle merchandise and equipment appropriately.
Track inventory, maintain in-stock levels, correct shelf capacities, address inventory exceptions, and report poor inventory practices or low stock.
Maintain sales-floor zoning and merchandising presentation, including stocking and rotating merchandise, removing damaged or outdated goods, and organizing displays.
Receive, sort, stage, and deliver merchandise, including promotional and seasonal products, while maintaining modular integrity and following sanitation and food-safety procedures.
Assist with picking and staging club pickup orders and perform occasional accuracy audits.
Acknowledge members, identify their needs, provide guidance and support with self-service technology, help with purchasing decisions and locating merchandise, resolve concerns, and promote products and services.
Conduct safety sweeps, follow forklift spotting procedures, handle hazardous materials according to procedures, and report or correct unsafe situations.
Identify shrink opportunities and product, service, or work-area problems and take steps to address them.
Collaborate with managers, coworkers, customers, and business partners; communicate progress and priorities; and adapt to change and feedback.
Support a respectful and inclusive workplace, build relationships, help develop and mentor others, and uphold integrity and company values.
Maintain and properly organize equipment and products, and promptly address problems.

Benefits

Medical, vision, and dental coverage.
401(k).
Stock purchase plan.
Company-paid life insurance.
Paid time off, including PTO and/or PPTO for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes.
Parental leave, family care leave, bereavement leave, jury duty leave, and voting leave.
Short-term and long-term disability.
Company discounts.
Military Leave Pay.
Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement.
Live Better U company-paid education benefit program for eligible full-time and part-time associates.
Performance-based bonus awards.