(USA) Area Manager - Floor (wm.com)
About The Position
The Area Manager is responsible for implementing the business plan for their area by communicating goals, managing staffing and scheduling, assigning duties, and coordinating workloads to achieve facility goals for production, quality, and safety. The role monitors productivity through business reports and maintains quality and safety standards by training associates, monitoring policy compliance, and maintaining procedures and supporting documentation. The Area Manager identifies and addresses concerns raised by associates, customers, and suppliers, and supervises and develops associates and leaders. This includes assigning duties, monitoring performance, providing feedback, teaching and modeling company policies and procedures, identifying development needs, and participating in hiring, promotion, coaching, and evaluation. The position also calls for leadership aligned with Walmart’s values: building an inclusive, high-performing team; fostering trusting working relationships; maintaining integrity and accountability; serving customers and members; making data-informed decisions; and driving continuous improvement and adoption of new technologies. The role is based at Walmart’s facility in Sparks, Nevada.
Requirements
- Associate’s degree in Business, Logistics, or a related field and one year of supervisory experience; or a bachelor’s degree in Business, Logistics, or a related field; or one year of Walmart Logistics Management experience; or two years of Walmart Logistics experience; or two years of supervisory experience.
Nice To Haves
- Microsoft Office experience.
- Experience supervising associates.
- Experience with Walmart Logistics Systems.
- Bachelor’s degree in Business or Logistics.
Responsibilities
- Communicate verbally and in writing with individuals and groups, including customers, suppliers, and associates.
- Implement the business plan for the area by communicating goals, managing staffing and scheduling, assigning duties, and coordinating workloads to meet facility goals.
- Monitor and manage productivity by preparing, reviewing, and analyzing business reports.
- Maintain quality and safety standards by training associates, monitoring compliance with policies and procedures, and maintaining procedures and supporting documentation.
- Identify associate, customer, and supplier concerns; consult with others as needed and take or recommend corrective action.
- Supervise and develop associates and leaders by assigning duties, coordinating workloads, monitoring performance, providing feedback, teaching and modeling company policies and procedures, identifying development needs, and participating in hiring, promotion, coaching, teaching, and evaluation.
- Build high-performing teams, embrace differences, foster belonging, and create opportunities for associates to thrive.
- Collaborate and build trusting relationships; communicate with impact and positivity to motivate and influence.
- Attract, retain, empower, and develop talent, and recognize others’ contributions.
- Maintain and promote integrity, ethics, and compliance; model Walmart values and hold oneself and others accountable.
- Support Walmart’s goal of becoming a regenerative company, including creating belonging, eliminating waste, and participating in local giving.
- Serve customers and members, adapt to how and when they shop, and apply EDLP and EDLC business models to plans.
- Make data-informed decisions, balance short- and long-term priorities, and consider relevant stakeholders when making plans.
- Encourage learning, calculated risk-taking, resilience, continuous improvement, and adoption of new technologies and skills.
Benefits
- Medical, vision, and dental coverage.
- 401(k).
- Stock purchase plan.
- Company-paid life insurance.
- Paid time off, including sick leave.
- Parental leave, family care leave, bereavement leave, jury duty leave, and voting leave.
- Short-term and long-term disability.
- Company discounts.
- Military Leave Pay.
- Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement.
- Walmart-paid education through Live Better U, including tuition, books, and fees for eligible programs.
- Performance-based bonus awards, including annual or quarterly bonuses.
- Stock may be available as additional compensation for certain positions.
- Paid time off and/or paid protected time off for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
Associate degree
