(USA) Member Specialist

Walmart•Woodbury, MN

22h•Onsite

About The Position

The Member Specialist at Sam's Club is responsible for providing comprehensive member service, maintaining the checkout area, and resolving member issues and concerns. This role involves promoting Sam's Club products and services, guiding members on self-service technology, and processing purchases, returns, refunds, and exchanges. Key duties include ensuring a safe shopping environment by following company safety standards, handling merchandise properly, and correcting unsafe situations. The specialist also maintains entrance and exit areas, verifies membership cards, assists with purchasing decisions, and helps members with transporting items. Additionally, the role involves safeguarding company assets, maintaining documentation, executing emergency procedures, and ensuring compliance with security practices. A significant aspect of the position is assisting with the training of new Member Frontline Services associates, teaching new technology, delivering new program rollout training, and fostering continuous learning. The company emphasizes values such as Respect for the Individual, Acting with Integrity, Serving Customers and Members, and Striving for Excellence, aiming to create a culture of belonging and make a positive impact.

Nice To Haves

Retail experience including operating front end equipment (for example, cash register)
Working with mobile retail applications

Responsibilities

Provides member service
Maintains the checkout area
Resolves member issues and concerns
Promotes Sam's Club products and services
Provides guidance and support to members regarding self-service technology
Processes member purchases
Assists with payments, returns, refunds, and exchanges according to company policies and procedures for different membership and payment types
Follows company safety standards, procedures, and guidelines, including conducting safety sweeps
Follows proper procedures for handling merchandise
Corrects and reports unsafe situations to facility management
Maintains entrance areas
Acknowledges members, verifies membership cards, and identifies member needs
Assists members with purchasing decisions
Locates merchandise
Resolves member issues and concerns
Promotes the company's products and services
Zones the area
Arranges and organizes merchandise
Assists members with transporting items
Maintains a safe shopping environment
Maintains exit areas
Reviews member receipts
Acknowledges the member and identifies member needs
Assists with securing and safeguarding Sam's Club assets and property by observing and communicating potential criminal activity according to company policies and procedures
Maintains paperwork, logs, and other required documentation
Executes emergency response procedures
Ensures compliance with company security and safety practices
Assist with the training of Member Frontline Services associates on company processes and procedures
Teaches new technology and tool functionality
Delivers new programs rollout training
Provides continuous learning and process improvement opportunities
Ensures area of responsibility is maintained in accordance with company policies and procedures by properly handling returns
Identifies shrink and damages
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, 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

Benefits

Competitive pay
Performance-based bonus awards
Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage
Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance
Paid time off benefits include PTO, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting
PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes
Short-term and long-term disability
Company discounts
Military Leave Pay
Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
Live Better U is a company 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.