Freight Flow Associate

Position Summary

Complies with company policies, procedures, and standards of ethics and integrity by implementing related action plans using the Open Door Policy. Operates forklifts safely, picks up, moves, places, and positions merchandise pallets. Completes work assignments and priorities by using policies, data, and resources, collaborating with managers, coworkers, customers, and other business partners. Identifies priorities, deadlines, and expectations, carries out tasks, communicates progress and information, determines and recommends ways to address improvement opportunities, and adapts to and learns from change, difficulties, and feedback.

What you'll do...

• Operates forklift following Company standards and guidelines by safely picking up, moving, placing, and positioning merchandise pallets.
• Completes work assignments and priorities by using policies, data, and resources, collaborating with managers, coworkers, customers, and other business partners.
• Identifies priorities, deadlines, and expectations, carries out tasks, communicates progress and information, determines and recommends ways to address improvement opportunities, and adapts to and learns from change, difficulties, and feedback.
• Maintains safety of facility according to company policies and procedures by conducting safety sweeps, following forklift spotting procedures, following procedures for handling and disposing of hazardous materials, following company steel standard guidelines, and correcting and reporting unsafe situations to management.
• Maintains the sales floor and merchandising presentation in accordance with company policies and procedures by properly zoning the area, stocking and rotating merchandise, removing damaged or outdated goods, setting up, cleaning, and organizing product displays, maintaining modular integrity, receiving, sorting, staging, and delivering merchandise, ensuring prominent display of promotional and seasonal merchandise, processing defective merchandise, following company and regulatory policies and procedures for sanitation and food safety, and monitoring the area for shrink, security risks, and safety.
• Handles moves and displays goods in safe and correct ways, tracks goods, maintains instock levels, and controls shrinkage in a timely manner, reports poor inventory practices and low instock levels in assigned area, uses inventory tools and equipment in safe and correct ways, and performs occasional audits for accuracy.
• Handles moves and displays goods in safe and correct ways, tracks goods, maintains instock levels, and controls shrinkage in a timely manner, reports poor inventory practices and low instock levels in assigned area, uses inventory tools and equipment in safe and correct ways, and performs occasional audits for accuracy.
• Forklift Operates and maintains forklifts in safe and correct ways, reports poor or unsafe conditions or practices in assigned areas, tells Management when forklifts are not in proper working order.
• Proactively identifies Customers who need help, actively engages them, and assists them with Technology services and items, models and helps others with technology services, identifies shrink opportunities and problems with products, services, and work areas, and takes steps to fix the problem, properly maintains equipment, ensures products are organized and stocked in correct ways, and promptly fixes any problems.
• Respects 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, works as a team, builds strong and trusting relationships, communicates with impact, energy, and positivity to motivate and influence, strengthens the team by helping develop and mentor others, recognizes others' contributions and accomplishments.
• Acts with Integrity: Maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity, ethics, and compliance, models the Walmart values to support and foster the culture, holds oneself and others accountable, supports Walmart's goal of becoming a regenerative company by making a positive impact for associates, customers, members, and the world around us.
• Serves our Customers and Members: Delivers results while putting the customer first, makes decisions based on reliable information, balances short and long-term priorities, and considers how own work impacts the team's ability to deliver on our purpose for all stakeholders, strives for excellence, displays curiosity and a desire to learn, takes calculated risks, demonstrates courage and resilience, drives continuous improvements, is open to and uses new technologies and skills, supports others through change.
• 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 job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific plan or program terms. For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart at https://bit.ly/3iOOb1J.

  Minimum Qualifications

  • 90 days of prior experience with Forklift Certification.
  • Ability to safely utilize pallet jacks.
  • Must be 18 years of age or older.

  Preferred Qualifications

  • Customer Service Experience.
  • Retail Experience.
  • Supervising a team.

  Primary Location

  15700 NORTHLINE RD, SOUTHGATE, MI 48195-2378, United States of America