About The Position

This role coordinates with other departments to ensure smooth operations and communication, maintaining a safe and compliant work environment by adhering to all Walmart policies and procedures. The Lead Associate demonstrates an advanced understanding of production techniques and processes in an assigned area, ensuring quality standards are met and products are produced in accordance with company standards. They also show a strong understanding of food safety practices and procedures. Responsibilities include managing inventory (receiving, stocking, ordering materials), accurately following recipes and preparation instructions, and effectively managing time for efficient and accurate completion of tasks. The Lead Associate leads by example, providing guidance and support to other associates, and maintains accurate records and reports, including production reports, inventory levels, and employee performance. They comply with company policies, procedures, and standards of ethics and integrity, completing work assignments and priorities by using policies, data, and resources, collaborating with managers, coworkers, 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. The role emphasizes respecting the individual by embracing differences, creating a workplace where associates feel seen, supported, and connected, and creating opportunities for all associates to thrive. It also involves working as a team, 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 are key. Acting with integrity means maintaining and promoting the highest standards of integrity, ethics, and compliance, modeling Walmart values, and supporting Walmart's goal of becoming a regenerative company by making a positive impact. Serving customers and members involves delivering results while putting the customer first and making decisions based on reliable information, balancing short and long-term priorities, and considering how one's work impacts the team's ability to deliver on the company's purpose. Striving for excellence includes displaying curiosity and a desire to learn, taking calculated risks, and demonstrating courage and resilience, driving continuous improvements, being open to and using new technologies and skills, and supporting others through change.

Requirements

  • 1 year's experience in a manufacturing or production environment.
  • 1 year's experience working with hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP), Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Safe Quality Food (SQF) requirements.

Responsibilities

  • Coordinates with other departments to ensure smooth operations and communication
  • Maintains a safe and compliant work environment by adhering to all Walmart policies and procedures
  • Demonstrates advanced understanding of production techniques and processes in an assigned area
  • Ensures quality standards are met and products are produced in accordance with company standards
  • Demonstrates a strong understanding of food safety practices and procedures to ensure company standards are met
  • Manages inventory including receiving stocking and ordering materials as needed
  • Accurately follows recipes and preparation instructions to ensure all products are prepared to company quality standards
  • Effectively manages time to ensure efficient and accurate completion of tasks including preparing products for customer orders and maintaining a clean and organized work area
  • Leads by example providing guidance and support to other associates as needed
  • Maintains accurate records and reports including production reports inventory levels and employee performance
  • 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
  • Completes work assignments and priorities by using policies data and resources collaborating with managers coworkers 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
  • 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 communicates 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 Walmarts 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 selfaware 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 longterm priorities and considers how own work impacts the teams 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

  • medical
  • vision
  • dental coverage
  • 401(k)
  • stock purchase
  • company-paid life insurance
  • PTO (including sick leave)
  • parental leave
  • family care leave
  • bereavement
  • jury duty
  • voting
  • short-term and long-term disability
  • company discounts
  • Military Leave Pay
  • adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
  • PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes
  • Live Better U is a Walmart-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.
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