(USA) Food & Consumables Coach

Walmart•Johnson City, TN

2d•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 also includes introducing and leading company change efforts, providing clear expectations and guidance for business solutions, and communicating business objectives to teams. Additionally, the position models and demonstrates exceptional customer service, manages customer service initiatives, ensures customer needs are met, develops action plans for improvement, and provides process improvement leadership. The role drives financial performance and sales by reviewing P&L statements, managing budgets, forecasting, and controlling expenses. It also involves monitoring merchandise presentation, inventory flow, and operational processes, and developing action plans to mitigate shrink and achieve sales and profit goals. The position 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 qualified associates. It also coordinates and oversees job-related activities by developing relationships with stakeholders, supporting initiatives, identifying and communicating goals, building accountability, and promoting continuous learning. The role ensures compliance with company policies and procedures and supports the company mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity. It 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 also involves working collaboratively, building strong relationships, and communicating with impact, energy, and positivity. The role attracts and retains talent, empowers and develops talent, and recognizes others' contributions. It also involves acting with integrity by maintaining high standards, modeling Walmart values, and holding oneself and others accountable. The position supports Walmart's goal of becoming a regenerative company by making a positive impact for associates, customers, members, and the world. It involves acting in a selfless manner and being humble, self-aware, honest, fair, and transparent. 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 involves making decisions based on data, balancing short and long-term priorities, and considering all stakeholders when making plans. It also strives for excellence by displaying curiosity, a desire to learn, taking calculated risks, demonstrating courage and resilience, and encouraging learning from mistakes. The role drives continuous improvement, adopts and encourages new technologies and skills, and supports others through change.

Requirements

2 years of college; OR 1 year of retail experience and 1 year of supervisory experience; OR 2 years general work experience and 1 year of supervisory experience.
For facilities that sell firearms, successful completion of a firearms-specific Criminal Background Check (CBC) and Firearms Authorized Training.
For facilities that sell only ammunition and have state specific requirements, may require a current state issued Certificate of Eligibility.
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
Certificate of Completion in People and Business 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 P&L 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, communicates expectations consistently and effectively, and 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, builds accountability for and measures progress in achieving results.
Identifies and addresses improvement opportunities and 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 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, 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 and applies the EDLP and EDLC business models to all plans.
Makes decisions based on data, insights, and analysis.
Balances short and long-term priorities and 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, and encourages learning from mistakes.
Drives continuous improvements, adopts and encourages the use of new technologies and skills, and 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
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)
Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart for Live Better U programs