(USA) Coach/Ops Mgr Trainee

Walmart•Dubuque, IA

13d•$31 - $38•Onsite

About The Position

This position leads and develops teams by teaching, training, and actively listening to associates. It involves touring stores, providing feedback, and communicating with all levels of associates regarding store operations, business initiatives, merchandising, and company direction. The role introduces and leads company change efforts, provides clear expectations and guidance for implementing business solutions, and communicates business objectives to teams effectively. The position models and demonstrates exceptional customer service, manages customer service initiatives, ensures customer needs are resolved, develops action plans to correct deficiencies, and provides process improvement leadership. The role drives financial performance and sales by reviewing Profit Loss statements, managing budgets, forecasting, and controlling expenses. It monitors merchandise presentation, seasonal transitions, inventory flow, and operational processes, and develops action plans to mitigate shrink and achieve sales and profit goals. The position provides supervision and development opportunities for hourly associates by hiring, training, mentoring, assigning duties, setting clear expectations, providing recognition, promoting a belonging mindset, and recruiting to meet staffing needs. It coordinates and oversees job-related activities by developing relationships with stakeholders, supporting plans to meet customer and business needs, identifying and communicating goals, building accountability, and demonstrating adaptability. The role ensures compliance with company policies and procedures, supports company mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity, and implements related action plans. It promotes a culture of belonging, works collaboratively, builds strong relationships, communicates with impact, energy, and positivity, attracts and retains talent, empowers and develops talent, and recognizes others' contributions. The role maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity, ethics, and compliance, models Walmart values, and holds oneself and others accountable. It supports Walmart's goal of becoming a regenerative company by making a positive impact for associates, customers, members, and the world. The role acts in a selfless manner and is consistently humble, self-aware, honest, fair, and transparent. It 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. Decisions are made based on data, insights, and analysis, balancing short and long-term priorities, and considering all stakeholders when making plans. The role displays curiosity, a desire to learn, takes calculated risks, demonstrates courage and resilience, and encourages learning from mistakes. It drives continuous improvements, adopts and encourages new technologies and skills, and supports others through change.

Requirements

2 years of college; OR 1 year's retail experience and 1 year's supervisory experience; OR 2 years general work experience and 1 year's supervisory experience.
Successful completion of a firearms-specific Criminal Background Check (CBC) and Firearms Authorized Training (for facilities that sell firearms).
Acknowledgement that the position may require a current state-issued Certificate of Eligibility (for facilities that sell only ammunition and have state-specific requirements).
Required to attend and successfully complete all job-required trainings and assessments (e.g., Academy trainings, Open Door trainings).

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Business Management and Leadership through Live Better U and Bellevue University.
General work experience supervising 5 or more direct reports to include the responsibility of performance management, mentoring, hiring, and firing.

Responsibilities

Leads and develops teams effectively by teaching, training, and actively listening to associates.
Tours stores and provides feedback to associates.
Communicates and collaborates with all levels of associates regarding store operations, utilizing technology, business initiatives, merchandising, and company direction.
Introduces and leads company change efforts, providing clear expectations and guidance to implement business solutions.
Communicates business objectives to teams effectively.
Models and demonstrates exceptional customer service standards to store associates.
Manages and supports customer service initiatives (e.g., store of the community, community outreach programs).
Ensures customer needs, complaints, and issues are successfully resolved.
Develops and implements action plans to correct deficiencies.
Provides process improvement leadership to ensure a high-quality customer experience.
Drives the financial performance and sales of the designated store area by reviewing and evaluating Profit Loss statements.
Manages and assists in budgeting, forecasting, and controlling expenses in the designated business area to confirm they are indexed to sales.
Monitors and ensures effective merchandise presentation, seasonal transitions, inventory flow, and operational processes.
Develops and implements action plans to mitigate shrink and ensure sales and profit goals are achieved for the business area.
Provides supervision and development opportunities for hourly associates by hiring, training, and mentoring associates.
Assigns duties, sets clear expectations, provides associate recognition, and communicates expectations consistently and effectively.
Promotes a belonging mindset in the workplace.
Recruits and develops qualified associates to meet staffing needs and achieve company growth potential.
Coordinates, completes, and oversees job-related activities and assignments by developing and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders.
Supports plans and initiatives to meet customer and business needs.
Identifies and communicates goals and objectives, building accountability for and measuring progress in achieving results.
Identifies and addresses improvement opportunities.
Demonstrates adaptability and promotes continuous learning.
Ensures compliance with company policies and procedures.
Supports company mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity by implementing related action plans.
Utilizes and supports the Open Door Policy and provides direction and guidance on applying these in executing business processes and practices.
Builds high-performing teams and 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.
Works collaboratively and builds strong and trusting relationships.
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.
Supports Walmart's goal of becoming a regenerative company by making a positive impact for associates, customers, members, and the world.
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.
Applies the EDLP and EDLC business models to all plans.
Makes decisions based on data, insights, and analysis.
Balances short and long-term priorities.
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.
Encourages learning from mistakes.
Drives continuous improvements.
Adopts and encourages the use of new technologies and skills.
Supports others through change.

Benefits

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, covering tuition, books, and fees for programs ranging from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates).