Backroom Associate - New Location: Lathrop, CA

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

Join the Founding Team at Sam’s Club Lathrop!

Location: 17401 S Manthey Road, Lathrop, CA 95330
Be part of something extraordinary from day one.

Sam’s Club is opening a brand-new club in Lathrop, CA, and we’re looking for reliable individuals who are detail oriented and team focused to help bring it to life. As a founding associate, you’ll have the unique opportunity to shape the member experience, support club operations, and help create a culture of excellence from the ground up.

If you enjoy staying organized, working behind the scenes, and keeping operations running smoothly, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

Keep Operations Moving Behind the Scenes

As a Backroom Associate at Sam’s Club, you’ll play a critical role in ensuring products are received, processed, and moved to the sales floor efficiently. Your work helps maintain inventory accuracy, reduce shrink, and ensure members have access to the products they need.

In this role, you’ll spend your day receiving shipments, organizing merchandise, maintaining backroom operations, and supporting a fast-paced, high-volume environment while ensuring safety and accuracy in every task.

What You’ll Love About This Role

• Be part of a brand-new club opening and help build something from the ground up
• Play a critical role in keeping the club organized and running efficiently
• Work in a fast-paced environment where your work directly supports the entire operation
• Work alongside a supportive team that values collaboration and accountability
• Grow your career with one of the world’s leading retailers through training and development opportunities

What You’ll Do

• Receive, unload, and process shipments in accordance with company procedures
• Verify merchandise counts, organize receiving reports, and route merchandise to appropriate areas
• Maintain a clean, organized, and safe backroom and receiving area
• Track and process claims, including damaged goods and returned merchandise
• Prepare and manage clearance and liquidation items
• Operate equipment safely and follow all company safety standards and guidelines
• Conduct safety checks and report unsafe conditions to management
• Support inventory accuracy, reduce shrink, and maintain proper merchandise handling

We’re Looking for People Who

• Are organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple tasks
• Thrive in a fast-paced, high-volume environment
• Take pride in maintaining accurate and efficient operations
• Are comfortable working with equipment and following safety procedures
• Work well as part of a team and communicate effectively
• Adapt quickly to changing business needs
• Are available for flexible scheduling, including weekends and holidays
• Bring a strong work ethic and a positive attitude

Why Sam’s Club?

At Sam’s Club, you’re not just starting a job; you’re building a career. As part of our founding Lathrop team, you’ll help establish the culture, set the standard for excellence, and create an experience members will remember.

Plus, you’ll enjoy competitive pay, comprehensive benefits, paid time off, career advancement opportunities, and access to Live Better U, our company-paid education program.

Our Values

At Sam’s Club, the way we show up every day matters. Our values guide how we work, support one another, and serve our members:

Respect the Individual
Strengthens the team by helping develop and mentor 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, and supports Walmart's goal of becoming a regenerative company by making a positive impact for associates, customers, members, and the world around us.
Acts in a selfless manner and is consistently humble, self-aware, honest, fair, and transparent.

Serve Our Customers and Members
Delivers results while putting the customer first.
Makes decisions based on reliable information, balances short-term and long-term priorit