Director, DC Operations - General Manager

Walmart • Edgerton, KS

1d • $144,000 - $216,000 • Onsite

About The Position

This position provides overall direction by analyzing business objectives and customer needs, developing, communicating, building support for, and implementing business strategies, plans, and practices. It involves analyzing costs and forecasts, determining and supporting resource requirements, evaluating operational processes, measuring outcomes, and identifying improvement opportunities. The role promotes a customer-centric environment and demonstrates adaptability while sponsoring continuous learning. It also involves developing and implementing strategies to attract and maintain a highly skilled and engaged workforce by diagnosing capability gaps, recruiting, selecting, and developing talent, supporting mentorship, workforce development, and succession planning, and leveraging the capabilities of new and existing talent. The role cultivates an environment where associates respect and adhere to company standards of integrity and ethics by integrating these values into all programs and practices, developing consequences for violations or noncompliance, and supporting the Open Door Policy. It develops and leverages internal and external partnerships and networks to maximize the achievement of business goals by sponsoring and leading key community outreach and involvement initiatives, engaging key stakeholders in the development, execution, and evaluation of appropriate business plans and initiatives, and supporting associate efforts in these areas. It ensures associate, customer, and supplier concerns are resolved by investigating and making decisions based on facts or consulting with others. The role serves as a community liaison by participating in local and community organizations and charitable activities, promoting company-sponsored programs and events to associates, customers, and the local community. It manages financial aspects for a medium or small-scale facility by approving and tracking expenses against budgets, monitoring asset utilization, and preparing, reviewing, and analyzing business reports. It leads and directs the medium or small-scale facility's leadership by communicating goals, monitoring performance, providing feedback, identifying training and development needs, and ensuring opportunities for learning and growth are available, supporting Supply Chain and company policies and procedures, and overseeing the hiring, promotion, coaching, teaching, and evaluation of associates. It monitors and ensures facility-wide compliance with logistics and company quality and safety standards, policies, procedures, and directives by developing, distributing, and maintaining procedures and supporting documentation. It reviews and approves forecasted staffing plans to ensure staffing plans meet business demands for workload and performance results and are implemented timely. It facilitates continuous improvement efforts consistent with the Walmart Performance System (WPS) by leading implementation of WPS and establishing a root cause analysis process. The role emphasizes respecting the individual by building high-performing teams, embracing differences, creating a workplace where associates feel seen, supported, and connected through a culture of belonging, creating opportunities for all associates to thrive, and working collaboratively. It also involves communicating with impact, energy, and positivity to motivate and influence, attracting and retaining the best talent, empowering and developing talent, and recognizing others' contributions and accomplishments. It emphasizes acting with integrity by maintaining and promoting the highest standards of integrity, ethics, and compliance, modeling Walmart values, holding oneself and others accountable, and supporting Walmart's goal of becoming a regenerative company. It also involves acting in a selfless manner and being consistently humble, self-aware, honest, fair, and transparent. The role focuses on serving customers and members by delivering results while putting the customer first, considering and adapting to how, where, and when customers shop, and applying the EDLP and EDLC business models. It involves making decisions based on data, insights, and analysis, balancing short and long-term priorities, and considering all stakeholders when making plans. It encourages striving for excellence by displaying curiosity and a desire to learn, taking calculated risks, demonstrating courage and resilience, and encouraging learning from mistakes. It also involves driving continuous improvements, adopting and encouraging the use of new technologies and skills, and supporting others through change.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Management, Supply Chain, Business Administration, Finance, or related field and 3 years’ supervisory experience in a senior management role within an operation, distribution, supply chain, or retail environment OR 5 years’ supervisory experience in a senior management role in an operations, distribution, supply chain, or retail environment.

Nice To Haves

• Developing and leveraging internal and external relationships
• Developing and managing budgets, managing profit and loss, developing manpower forecasts, monitoring regulatory compliance, and analyzing financial/operational data.
• Grocery industry standards, food safety and species compliance, food storage, and transportation
• International business experience
• Lean Manufacturing tools and processes
• Managing operations within an Operations Excellence environment (for example, TPS, TPM, Lean) with responsibility for developing processes, implementing programs, and ensuring deployment and sustainability
• Master's degree in Management, Supply Chain, Business Administration, or related field.
• Project Management Certification

Responsibilities

• Provides overall direction by analyzing business objectives and customer needs.
• Develops, communicates, builds support for, and implements business strategies, plans, and practices.
• Analyzes costs and forecasts and incorporates them into business plans.
• Determines and supports resource requirements.
• Evaluates operational processes and measures outcomes to ensure desired results.
• Identifies and capitalizes on improvement opportunities.
• Promotes a customer environment and demonstrates adaptability and sponsors continuous learning.
• Develops and implements strategies to attract and maintain a highly skilled and engaged workforce.
• Cultivates an environment where associates respect and adhere to company standards of integrity and ethics.
• Develops and leverages internal and external partnerships and networks to maximize the achievement of business goals.
• Ensures associate, customer, and supplier concerns are resolved.
• Serves as a community liaison by participating in local and community organizations and charitable activities.
• Manages financial aspects for a medium or small-scale facility by approving and tracking expenses against budgets, monitoring asset utilization, and preparing, reviewing, and analyzing business reports.
• Leads and directs the medium or small-scale facility's leadership by communicating goals, monitoring performance, and providing feedback.
• Monitors and ensures facility-wide compliance with logistics and company quality and safety standards, policies, procedures, and directives.
• Reviews and approves forecasted staffing plans to ensure staffing plans meet business demands.
• Facilitates continuous improvement efforts consistent with the Walmart Performance System (WPS).
• Builds high-performing teams, embraces differences, and creates a workplace where associates feel seen, supported, and connected.
• Works collaboratively, builds strong and trusting relationships, and communicates with impact, energy, and positivity.
• 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.
• Acts in a selfless manner and is consistently humble, self-aware, honest, fair, and transparent.
• Delivers results while putting the customer first.
• Makes decisions based on data, insights, and analysis.
• Balances short and long-term priorities and considers all stakeholders 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

• Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage
• Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance
• Paid time off benefits include PTO, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting.
• PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes.
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Company discounts
• Military Leave Pay
• Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
• Live Better U is a company paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director