(USA) Continuous Skills Development Manager

Walmart • Desoto, TX

8h • Onsite

About The Position

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. The role involves implementing training programs at the facility level, participating in the Functional/Divisional training network, and managing the execution and quality of delivery across change programs. This includes incorporating change impact assessment results into program delivery plans, ensuring stakeholder alignment, communicating change initiatives, and leading program interventions. The manager oversees, coordinates, and provides leadership to project teams supporting change initiatives, establishing and measuring change key performance indicators, ensuring consistency in messaging, and managing site communications. They act as an active member of the facility leadership team, sharing knowledge, expertise, and coaching to develop others, and leveraging operations programs to drive change. The position coordinates with facility and home office level associates and leadership to implement corporate initiatives, utilizes and maintains training materials, and supports Quality, Safety, and Human Resources teams. It also guides and executes the Leadership Development process, manages hourly associate training programs, assesses and calibrates training programs, and ensures required training is tracked. The manager supports associate engagement by providing learning opportunities, building relationships, providing cross-training, monitoring work plans, and resolving issues. They are expected to build high-performing teams, embrace differences, create a culture of belonging, and empower talent. They must act with integrity, maintaining high standards of ethics and compliance, modeling Walmart values, and supporting the goal of becoming a regenerative company. They serve customers and members by delivering results, adapting to shopping behaviors, and making data-driven decisions. Finally, they strive for excellence by displaying curiosity, taking calculated risks, driving continuous improvements, and adopting new technologies.

Requirements

• 6 months experience as a Walmart Supply Chain associate OR 1 year's experience in manufacturing, warehousing, or distribution center environment OR 2 or more years' of college in a Business or related field

Responsibilities

• 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
• Builds accountability for and measures progress in achieving results
• Identifies and addresses improvement opportunities
• Demonstrates adaptability and promotes continuous learning
• Provides supervision and development opportunities for associates by hiring and training
• Mentors associates
• Assigns duties
• Provides recognition
• Promotes a belonging mindset in the workplace
• 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
• Provides direction and guidance on applying policies and procedures in executing business processes and practices
• Implements training programs at the facility level
• Participates as a member of the Functional/Divisional training network with other facilities to determine current best practices and share learnings
• Manages execution and quality of delivery across the change programs as assigned incorporating the initial change impact assessment results into program delivery plans
• Ensures stakeholder alignment
• Communicates change initiatives
• Leads program interventions to help achieve our desired change outcomes
• Provides change sponsorship as required
• Oversees, coordinates, and provides leadership to project team supporting change initiatives
• Establishes and measures change key performance indicators for change programs
• Ensures consistency in messaging between multiple projects
• Delivers clear direction to end users for example project team facility leadership facility associate
• Manages site communications and developing a communication strategy and execution model
• Acts as an active member of the facility leadership team sharing knowledge expertise and coaching to develop others
• Leverages involvement in operations programs to drive change initiatives through modeling appropriate change management behaviors
• Engages program teams in the change management process
• Coordinates with facility level and home office level associates and leadership to implement corporate initiatives
• Coordinates training programs utilizing and maintaining training materials
• Leverages associate expertise and resources to assist in the facilitation of training in the facility
• Supports Quality Safety and Human Resources teams in the meeting training requirements
• Guides and executes the Leadership Development process across the facility
• Manages and coordinates the hourly associate training programs for example Lead Program
• Assesses and calibrates training programs to determine training effectiveness
• Ensures required training is tracked and scheduled
• Works with the Implementation Managers to ensure the overall training strategy is delivered
• Supports associate engagement by providing learning opportunities
• Builds relationships
• Provides crosstraining opportunities
• Consistently encourages cross functional teamwork
• Monitors work plans workloads and associates schedules in order to meet deadlines
• Resolves issues to avoid delays in project deliverables
• Uses systems to audit progress and identify concerns early
• 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
• 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
• 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 Walmarts 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 selfaware 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 longterm 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

• 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
• Walmart-paid education benefit program (Live Better U) for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities
• Tuition, books, and fees completely paid for by Walmart for Live Better U programs

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees