Café Associate

Position Summary

The ideal candidate will have a passion for fresh food and a knack for organization. As a Café Associate - Fresh Food Specialist at Sam's Club, you will be responsible for preparing fresh food items daily, following recipes, and ensuring high-quality products are available in our prepared foods area. You will also be responsible for maintaining the sales floor, including properly handling claims and returns, zoning the area, arranging and organizing merchandise, and identifying shrink and damages.

Key Responsibilities:

• Prepare fresh food items daily, following recipes and ensuring high-quality products
• Maintain the sales floor, including properly handling claims and returns, zoning the area, arranging and organizing merchandise, and identifying shrink and damages
• Ensure shelves are clean, maintaining temperature control, verifying expiration dates, and disposing of lesser-quality food products
• Prepare and serve ready-to-eat food
• Maintain a clean, sanitized, and member-ready area

About You

We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented individual who is comfortable with change and quickly adapts to different work scenarios. You will be a team player who is able to collaborate with cross-functional teams and educate other associates on tools, tasks, and resources. You will also be responsible for communicating effectively with the members of the team and being flexible to the needs of the business to work in other areas.

What You Will Do...

As a Café Associate - Fresh Food Specialist, you will be responsible for:

• Being a Team Member: Maintains up-to-date knowledge of product specifications related to prepared food merchandise; collaborating with cross-functional teams and helping educate other associates on tools, tasks, and resources; communicating effectively with the members of the team; and being flexible to the needs of the business to work in other areas.
• Being an Expert: Prepares food according to item specifications; understanding and planning the future productions and mass productions; preparing for seasonality; adhering to food safety standards, sanitation guidelines, cold chain compliance, inventory management; operating, maintaining, and sanitizing equipment; and demonstrating an understanding of product and layout execution.
• Being a Techie: Leverages digital tools to drive sales, improve the shopping experience, and elevate associate engagement; utilizing handheld technology to make immediate business decisions related to production, training, and product quality with the member in mind; adapting to new tools and encouraging others to use them.
• Being an Owner: Drives the performance of the area; utilizing digital tools; managing high exposure and expectations; stocking and rotating merchandise; ensuring quality and date control standards; eliminating waste; guiding peers and providing attention to customer needs; assisting customers according to company policies and procedures.
• Being a Talent Ambassador: Being an advocate for the department and the club by valuing the member's experience in the meat area and modeling high-quality service and products; executing the basics at the highest possible level of quality; and exhibiting energy, commitment, and passion for the work.

Benefits

As a Café Associate - Fresh Food Specialist at Sam's Club, you will receive competitive pay, performance-based incentive awards, and other great benefits, including health benefits, financial benefits, and paid time off benefits. You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable. For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more. 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. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms. For information about benefits and eligibility, see https://one.walmart.com

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