(USA) Continuous Skills Development Manager
About The Position
The Continuous Skills Development Manager coordinates and oversees job-related activities and assignments to meet customer and business needs. The role develops relationships with stakeholders, sets goals, tracks results, identifies improvement opportunities, promotes continuous learning, and ensures compliance with company policies and standards. It also supervises and develops associates through hiring, training, mentoring, assignment of duties, recognition, and fostering belonging. At the facility level, the manager implements training programs and corporate initiatives, coordinates training materials and delivery, and works with facility and home-office associates and leaders. The manager participates in the Functional/Divisional training network, shares best practices, supports Quality, Safety, and Human Resources training requirements, and leads facility leadership-development and hourly-associate training processes. This includes assessing training effectiveness and ensuring required training is tracked and scheduled. The position manages delivery of assigned change programs, incorporating change-impact assessments, aligning stakeholders, communicating initiatives, and leading interventions. It provides leadership to project teams, establishes and measures change-performance indicators, maintains consistent messaging, directs end-user communications, and develops communication strategies and execution models. As an active member of the facility leadership team, the manager coaches others and models change-management behaviors. The manager supports associate engagement through learning and cross-training opportunities, relationship-building, cross-functional teamwork, workload and schedule monitoring, issue resolution, and systems-based progress audits. The role is expected to demonstrate Walmart’s values: respect for individuals, integrity, customer and member service, and striving for excellence.
Requirements
- At least 6 months of experience as a Walmart Supply Chain associate, or 1 year of experience in a manufacturing, warehousing, or distribution-center environment, or 2 or more years of college in Business or a related field.
Responsibilities
- Implement training programs at the facility level and participate in the Functional/Divisional training network to identify and share best practices.
- Manage the execution and quality of assigned change programs, incorporating change-impact assessments, aligning stakeholders, communicating initiatives, and leading interventions.
- Oversee and coordinate project teams supporting change initiatives; establish and measure change-program key performance indicators.
- Ensure consistent messaging across projects, provide clear direction to end users, manage site communications, and develop communication strategies and execution models.
- Participate in the facility leadership team, share expertise, coach others, and model change-management behaviors.
- Coordinate with facility-level and home-office associates and leaders to implement corporate initiatives.
- Coordinate training programs and materials, use associate expertise and resources to facilitate training, and support Quality, Safety, and Human Resources training requirements.
- Guide and execute facility leadership development and hourly associate training programs, assess training effectiveness, and ensure required training is tracked and scheduled.
- Support associate engagement through learning opportunities, cross-training, relationship-building, and cross-functional teamwork.
- Monitor work plans, workloads, and associate schedules; resolve issues, meet deadlines, and use systems to audit progress and identify concerns early.
- Supervise and develop associates through hiring, training, mentoring, assigning duties, recognizing contributions, and promoting belonging.
- Ensure compliance with company policies and procedures and provide guidance on company processes, values, ethics, and integrity.
Benefits
- Medical, vision, and dental coverage
- 401(k)
- Stock purchase
- Company-paid life insurance
- Paid time off, including sick leave
- Parental leave
- Family care leave
- Bereavement leave
- Jury duty leave
- Voting leave
- Short-term and long-term disability
- Company discounts
- Military Leave Pay
- Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
- Live Better U education benefit, including tuition, books, and fees for eligible programs
- Performance-based bonus awards
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
