(USA) Food & Consumables Coach

Walmart • Granite City, IL

5d • 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 by following the One Best Way (OBW) service model, managing customer service initiatives, ensuring customer needs are met, and developing action plans for improvement. Additionally, it drives financial performance and sales by reviewing P&L statements, managing budgets, forecasting, controlling expenses, monitoring merchandise presentation, inventory flow, and operational processes, and implementing action plans to mitigate shrink and achieve sales and profit goals. The role 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 completes job-related activities by developing relationships with stakeholders, supporting plans and initiatives, identifying and communicating goals, building accountability, measuring progress, and identifying improvement opportunities. The position ensures compliance with company policies and procedures and supports the company's mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity.

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 supervisory experience.
• Associates will be required to attend and successfully complete all job-required trainings and assessments (e.g., Academy trainings, Open Door trainings, etc.).

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.
• 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.
• 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.

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 education benefit program (tuition, books, and fees completely paid for by Walmart for eligible full-time and part-time associates)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree