Auto Care Center Manager Trainee

Walmart•Cobleskill, NY

4d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is responsible for driving sales and financial performance in the Auto Care Center and service area by managing merchandise, pricing, inventory, budgeting, and forecasting. It involves providing excellent customer service, assisting with purchasing decisions, resolving issues, and processing service orders. The role also includes maintaining the Auto Care Center and sales floor, stocking merchandise, organizing displays, and ensuring compliance with environmental disposal and OSHA regulations. The manager trainee coordinates and oversees job-related activities, develops relationships with stakeholders, and supports company initiatives. They are also responsible for supervising and developing associates through hiring, training, mentoring, and promoting a positive workplace culture. The role requires adherence to company policies, procedures, and ethical standards, supporting Walmart's mission, values, and commitment to integrity, customer service, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

2 years experience in automotive service or service industry field.
1 year of supervisory experience.
Valid driver's license.
For facilities that sell firearms, successful completion of a firearms-specific Criminal Background Check (CBC) and Firearms Authorized Training.
For facilities that sell only ammunition and have state specific requirements, a current state issued Certificate of Eligibility may be required.
Associates will be required to attend and successfully complete all job-required trainings and assessments (for example, Academy trainings, Open Door trainings, etc.).

Nice To Haves

Automotive Certification from Automotive Technical Institute.
Bachelor of Science in Business Management and Leadership through Live Better U and Bellevue University.
Experience in automotive service or service industry related field.
Supervisory experience.
ASE Certification.

Responsibilities

Drives sales and financial performance in the Auto Care Center and service area by receiving and stocking merchandise, ensuring effective merchandise presentation, accurate and competitive pricing, proper signing, in-stock and inventory levels, budgeting and forecasting sales, assessing economic trends and community needs, ensuring that sales and profit goals are achieved, and implementing plans to correct any deficiencies.
Provides customer service and assistance by acknowledging the customer, identifying customer needs, assisting with purchasing decisions, locating merchandise, resolving customer issues and concerns, promoting products and services while maintaining a safe shopping environment, creating and processing customer requests and service orders in accordance with company policies and procedures, explaining Auto Care Center and automotive products and services, ensuring technicians are trained and certified on service related procedures, and staging customer vehicles and assisting with work flow as necessary.
Maintains the Auto Care Center and automotive sales floor and service area by stocking and rotating merchandise, removing damaged or out-of-date goods, setting up, cleaning, and organizing product displays, signing and pricing merchandise, securing fragile and high-shrink merchandise, maintaining equipment in accordance with company guidelines, handling customer and merchandise claims and returns, zoning the area, ordering, arranging, and organizing merchandise and supplies, and monitoring the Auto Care Center and automotive area for environmental disposal (e.g., batteries, tires, oil) and OSHA compliance, and ensuring customer safety and satisfaction.
Coordinates, completes, and oversees job-related activities and assignments by developing and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders, supporting plans and initiatives to meet customer and business needs, identifying and communicating goals and objectives, building accountability for and measuring progress in achieving results, identifying and addressing improvement opportunities, and demonstrating adaptability and promoting continuous learning.
Provides supervision and development opportunities for associates by hiring and training, mentoring, assigning duties, providing recognition, and promoting a belonging mindset in the workplace.
Ensures compliance with company policies and procedures and supports company mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity by implementing related action plans, utilizing and supporting the Open Door Policy, and providing direction and guidance on applying these in executing business processes and practices.
Builds high-performing teams, embraces differences in people, cultures, ideas, and experiences, creates a workplace where associates feel seen, supported, and connected through a culture of belonging, and creates opportunities for all associates to thrive and perform.
Works collaboratively, builds strong and trusting relationships, and communicates with impact, energy, and positivity to motivate and influence.
Attracts and retains the best talent, empowers and develops talent, and recognizes others' contributions and accomplishments.
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 (e.g., creating a sense of belonging, eliminating waste, participating in local giving).
Acts in a selfless manner and is consistently humble, self-aware, honest, fair, and transparent.
Delivers results while putting the customer first, considers and adapts to how, where, and when customers shop, and applies the EDLP and EDLC business models to all plans.
Makes decisions based on data insights and analysis, balances short and long-term priorities, and considers our customers, fellow associates, shareholders, suppliers, business partners, and communities when making plans.
Displays curiosity and a desire to learn, takes calculated risks, demonstrates courage and resilience, and encourages learning from mistakes.
Drives continuous improvements, adopts and encourages the use of new technologies and skills, and supports others through change.

Benefits

Competitive pay
Performance-based bonus awards
Medical coverage
Vision coverage
Dental coverage
401(k)
Stock purchase
Company-paid life insurance
PTO (including sick leave)
Parental leave
Family care leave
Bereavement
Jury duty
Voting leave
Short-term disability
Long-term disability
Company discounts
Military Leave Pay
Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
Live Better U (Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities, covering tuition, books, and fees for programs from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates).