Baker and Packager Associate

Position Summary

Do you have a knack for helping people, following recipes and organization? Our Bakery/Packager associates prepare fresh baked items daily for our members by following recipes, wrapping, labeling, and storing merchandise to ensure our members have the freshest items available for their families. A fast‑paced environment requires juggling tasks, including assisting members with bakery orders. The bakery team finds the work rewarding and values teamwork, ensuring happy, satisfied members.

• Be a Team Member: Collaborate with other associates to build a strong bakery team, communicate effectively, and adapt to business needs by working in other areas as needed.
• Be an Expert: Prepare bakery department merchandise according to daily production needs, operate baking equipment, follow recipes, wrap, label, and store merchandise in compliance with food safety, sanitation, cold‑chain, and inventory management standards; maintain, sanitize, and operate equipment.
• Be a Techie: Leverage digital tools to improve sales, enhance the shopping experience, and elevate associate engagement; use handheld technology for real‑time decisions on production, ordering, training, and quality.
• Be an Owner: Ensure operational excellence, maintain work area, uphold quality and date‑control standards, secure fragile merchandise, eliminate waste, assist members with purchasing, and ensure proper packaging, labeling, and storage.
• Be a Talent Ambassador: Advocate for the department, model high‑quality service and products, execute basics at the highest level, and exhibit energy, commitment, and passion for the work.
• Comply with company policies, procedures, and ethics, including the Open Door policy.
• Complete work assignments and priorities using data and resources, collaborate with managers and partners, identify priorities and deadlines, communicate progress, recommend improvement opportunities, and adapt to change.

Must be 18 years of age or older.

2537 S Saunders St, Raleigh, NC , United States of America.

Hourly rate: $17.00 – $25.00 per hour (actual rate meets or exceeds local minimum wage).

Premiums may be paid ranging from $0.35 to $3.00 per hour based on schedule, facility, season, or specific work performed.

• Health benefits: Medical, vision, and dental coverage.
• Financial benefits: 401(k), stock purchase, company‑paid life insurance.
• Paid time off benefits: PTO, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting; PTO or PPTO used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes.
• Other benefits: Short‑term and long‑term disability, company discounts, military leave pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement.
• Live Better U:
  Company‑paid education benefit for full‑time and part‑time associates, covering tuition, books, and fees for programs ranging from high school completion to bachelor’s degrees.
• 36‑hour work week at Sam’s Club includes a competitive base pay, performance bonuses, and additional benefits such as stock purchase plans, medical, dental, vision, mental health resources, and training and leadership programs.