(USA) Freight Flow Associate

Walmart•Midlothian, VA

1d•$19 - $27•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, controls shrink, and completes required paperwork and logs. The associate uses forklifts, pallet jacks, and inventory tools safely and correctly, reports unsafe or poor inventory practices, and informs management when forklifts are not working properly. The associate maintains the sales floor and merchandising presentation by zoning, stocking and rotating goods, removing damaged or outdated products, organizing displays, handling promotional and seasonal merchandise, and following sanitation and food-safety procedures. The role also assists with filling, staging, and auditing club pickup orders, and helps members with purchases, merchandise locations, issues, and technology services. The position requires following company policies and safety procedures, including forklift spotting and hazardous-material handling. The associate collaborates with coworkers and managers, communicates progress, adapts to change, and contributes to a respectful, ethical, customer-focused workplace. Walmart identifies support for its goal of becoming a regenerative company as part of its integrity expectations.

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, and manage merchandise and supplies throughout the facility, following inventory and equipment procedures.
Operate forklifts safely to pick up, move, place, and position merchandise and pallets; maintain forklifts and report unsafe conditions or equipment problems.
Use pallet jacks and inventory tools safely and correctly.
Track inventory, maintain in-stock levels, correct shelf capacities, control shrink, and report poor inventory practices or low stock levels.
Complete and retain required paperwork, logs, and other documentation.
Maintain the sales floor by zoning, stocking and rotating merchandise, removing damaged or out-of-date goods, and setting up, cleaning, and organizing displays.
Maintain modular integrity and prominent displays of promotional and seasonal merchandise; receive, sort, stage, and deliver merchandise.
Follow sanitation and food-safety procedures and monitor the area for shrink, security risks, and safety concerns.
Assist in picking and staging club pickup orders, ensure orders meet company standards and timeframes, and perform occasional accuracy audits.
Provide member service by identifying needs, supporting self-service technology use, helping with purchasing decisions and locating merchandise, resolving concerns, and promoting company products and services.
Proactively identify and assist customers who need help with technology services and items, and model those services for others.
Identify problems with products, services, equipment, and work areas; take steps to address them and ensure products are organized and stocked correctly.
Follow company policies, procedures, standards of ethics and integrity, safety rules, and applicable equipment, hazardous-material, and steel-standard procedures.
Collaborate with managers, coworkers, customers, and other business partners; set priorities, meet deadlines, communicate progress, and adapt to change and feedback.
Build trusting team relationships, communicate positively, help develop and mentor others, and recognize coworkers' contributions.
Act accountably and ethically, make decisions using reliable information, put customers and members first, and support continuous improvement and learning.

Benefits

Competitive pay and performance-based bonus awards.
Medical, vision, and dental coverage.
401(k), stock purchase, and company-paid life insurance.
Paid time off and/or paid protected time off, with the amount depending on job classification and length of employment; may be used 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.
Company-paid Live Better U education program for eligible full-time and part-time associates, covering tuition, books, and fees for programs from high school completion through bachelor's degrees, English Language Learning, and short-form certificates.