(USA) Coach/Ops Mgr Trainee

Walmart•Gallup, NM

9d•$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 standards, manages and supports customer service initiatives, ensures customer needs are resolved, and develops action plans for process improvement to ensure a high-quality customer experience. It also drives financial performance and sales by reviewing profit and loss statements, managing budgets, forecasting, and controlling expenses. The role monitors merchandise presentation, seasonal transitions, inventory flow, and operational processes, and develops action plans to mitigate shrink and achieve sales and profit goals. Additionally, it provides supervision and development opportunities for hourly associates through hiring, training, mentoring, assigning duties, setting clear expectations, providing recognition, promoting a belonging mindset, and recruiting to meet staffing needs. The role 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. It ensures compliance with company policies and procedures, supports company mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity, and implements related action plans. The role emphasizes respecting the individual by building high-performing teams, embracing differences, creating a workplace where associates feel seen, supported, and connected, and creating opportunities for all associates to thrive. It involves working collaboratively, building strong relationships, communicating with impact, energy, and positivity, attracting and retaining talent, empowering and developing talent, and recognizing others' contributions. It also involves acting with integrity by maintaining high standards, modeling Walmart values, holding oneself and others accountable, and supporting Walmart's goal of becoming a regenerative company. The role serves customers and members by delivering results with a customer-first approach, considering how, where, and when customers shop, and applying EDLP and EDLC business models. It makes decisions based on data, insights, and analysis, balancing short and long-term priorities, and considering all stakeholders when making plans. It strives for excellence by displaying curiosity, a desire to learn, taking calculated risks, demonstrating courage and resilience, and encouraging learning from mistakes. It drives continuous improvement, adopts 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).
Associates will be 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 by following and demonstrating the One Best Way (OBW) service model.
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 and provides process improvement leadership.
Drives the financial performance and sales of the designated store area by reviewing and evaluating Profit Loss (PL) 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, embraces differences, creates a workplace where associates feel seen, supported, and connected.
Creates opportunities for all associates to thrive and perform.
Works collaboratively, 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 (Everyday Low Price) and EDLC (Everyday Low Cost) 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).