2026 Intern Conversion: 2027 Grocery Area Manager
About The Position
The Grocery Area Manager implements the business plan for an assigned area by communicating goals, managing staffing and schedules, assigning duties, and coordinating workloads to achieve facility goals. The role identifies and resolves associate, customer, and supplier concerns; monitors productivity through business reports; and maintains quality and safety standards through associate training and compliance monitoring. The manager supervises and develops associates and leaders by assigning work, monitoring performance, providing feedback, identifying development needs, and participating in hiring, promotion, coaching, teaching, and evaluation. The position also oversees installation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and inventory of systems, hardware, and software, working with the Information Systems Division and vendors to resolve issues and support application development. The role applies current expertise and best practices to action plans, provides guidance, builds stakeholder partnerships, identifies business needs, monitors outcomes, and adapts to changing demands. It models company policies, values, ethics, and integrity while supporting customer and business needs. The position emphasizes respect for individuals, collaborative relationships, talent development, integrity, customer service, data-informed decisions, continuous improvement, and learning. Eligibility requires completion of a Summer 2026 Walmart or Sam’s Club internship. Immigration sponsorship is not available. The role is based at the listed primary location in Belvidere, Illinois.
Requirements
- Must have completed a Summer 2026 Walmart or Sam’s Club internship to be eligible.
- Immigration sponsorship is not available for this role.
Nice To Haves
- Supervisory experience.
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Human Resources, or Logistics.
Responsibilities
- Implement the area business plan by communicating goals, managing staffing and scheduling, assigning duties, and coordinating workloads.
- Identify associate, customer, and supplier concerns and determine corrective actions or recommendations to resolve them.
- Monitor area productivity by preparing, reviewing, and analyzing business reports.
- Maintain quality and safety standards by training associates, monitoring compliance, and distributing and maintaining procedures and supporting documentation.
- Supervise and develop associates and leaders by assigning duties, coordinating workloads, monitoring performance, providing feedback, identifying training needs, and participating in hiring, promotion, coaching, teaching, and evaluation.
- Oversee installation and maintenance of systems, hardware, and software; ensure repairs are completed and track and order system components as needed.
- Troubleshoot systems applications with the Information Systems Division and vendors and support ongoing development of current and future applications.
- Apply expertise and best practices to develop, execute, and improve action plans; provide guidance and align efforts with customer and business needs.
- Build stakeholder relationships, identify business needs, implement processes, monitor results, recognize improvement opportunities, and adapt to competing demands and organizational changes.
- Model compliance with company policies, procedures, mission, values, ethics, and integrity, including use of the Open Door Policy.
- Build collaborative, trusting relationships and communicate effectively to motivate and influence others.
- Attract, retain, empower, and develop talent, and recognize associates’ contributions.
- Deliver results with the customer first, using customer considerations and data insights to inform plans and decisions.
- Drive continuous improvement, adopt new technologies and skills, and support others through change.
Benefits
- Medical, vision, and dental coverage.
- 401(k).
- Stock purchase plan.
- 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.
- PTO and/or PPTO that may be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes.
- Live Better U, a Walmart-paid education benefit program covering tuition, books, and fees for eligible programs.
- Performance-based bonus awards; annual or quarterly performance bonuses.
- Stock compensation may be included for certain positions.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
