Food & Consumables Coach
About The Position
This position leads and develops teams by teaching, training, and actively listening to associates. They will tour stores, provide feedback, and communicate with all levels of associates regarding store operations, business initiatives, merchandising, and company direction. This role involves introducing and leading company change efforts, providing clear expectations and guidance to implement business solutions, and communicating business objectives to teams effectively. The position also models and demonstrates exceptional customer service standards, manages customer service initiatives, ensures customer needs are met, and develops action plans for improvement. Additionally, the role drives financial performance and sales by reviewing financial statements, managing budgets, forecasting, and controlling expenses. They will monitor merchandise presentation, inventory flow, and operational processes, and develop action plans to mitigate shrink and achieve sales and profit goals. This role provides supervision and development opportunities for hourly associates, including hiring, training, mentoring, assigning duties, setting expectations, providing recognition, and promoting a belonging mindset. They will also coordinate and complete job-related activities by developing relationships with stakeholders, supporting initiatives, identifying and communicating goals, and measuring progress. The position ensures compliance with company policies and procedures and supports company mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity. The role 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 energy and positivity. The role focuses on attracting and retaining talent, empowering and developing talent, and recognizing others' contributions. Acting with integrity involves maintaining high standards of ethics and compliance, modeling company values, and holding oneself and others accountable. The role supports the company's goal of becoming a regenerative company by making a positive impact. Serving customers and members involves delivering results with the customer first, adapting to how, where, and when customers shop, and applying business models to all plans. Decisions are made based on data, insights, and analysis, balancing priorities, and considering all stakeholders. Striving for excellence involves displaying curiosity, a desire to learn, taking calculated risks, demonstrating courage and resilience, and encouraging learning from mistakes. This includes driving continuous improvements, adopting new technologies and skills, and supporting 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 supervisory experience.
- For facilities that sell firearms, the position requires 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, the position 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.
- Manages and supports customer service initiatives.
- 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 PL 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, and communicates expectations consistently and effectively.
- 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, building accountability for and measuring 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 and 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, and 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 the company 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.
- Applies the EDLP and EDLC business models to all plans.
- Makes decisions based on data, insights, and analysis.
- Balances short and long-term priorities.
- Considers 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
- 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 paid by Walmart for full-time and part-time associates)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
