Operations Manager - Floor
About The Position
This position is responsible for driving and implementing the business plan for their area of responsibility to achieve facility goals, including production, quality, and safety. The role involves forecasting staffing, workload, and performance results to meet business demands. The Operations Manager will prepare, review, and analyze business reports to identify operational improvements. They will also monitor and ensure compliance with logistics and company quality and safety standards, policies, and procedures. A key aspect of the role is identifying and resolving associate, customer, and supplier concerns. The position involves supervising and managing associates and leaders, providing direction, monitoring performance, offering feedback, and identifying training and development needs. This includes teaching, supporting, and modeling company policies and procedures, and participating in the hiring, promotion, coaching, teaching, and evaluation of associates, leaders, and managers. The role emphasizes respecting individuals by building high-performing teams, embracing diversity, creating an inclusive workplace, and empowering associates to thrive. It also involves working collaboratively, building strong relationships, and communicating effectively to motivate and influence. Attracting and retaining talent, empowering development, and recognizing contributions are also crucial. The role requires acting with integrity, maintaining high ethical standards, and holding oneself and others accountable. It supports Walmart's goal of becoming a regenerative company by making a positive impact on associates, customers, members, and the world. Serving customers and members by delivering results with a customer-first approach, adapting to changing shopping behaviors, and applying business models to all plans is essential. Decision-making should be based on data and insights, balancing priorities, and considering all stakeholders. Striving for excellence involves curiosity, a desire to learn, taking calculated risks, demonstrating resilience, and encouraging learning from mistakes. This includes driving continuous improvement, adopting new technologies, and supporting change.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in business or a related field (e.g., Management, Logistics, Business Administration, Financial Management, Production/Operations Management); and 1 year's experience in an operations/distribution/logistics/retail environment, supervising, evaluating, mentoring, and developing managers/supervisors; managing workload; and participating in the hiring and promotion of employees for multiple departments / areas OR 1 year's experience as a Walmart Logistics Area Manager supervising, evaluating, mentoring, and developing associates; managing associate workload; and participating in the hiring and promotion of associates OR 3 years' experience in an operations/distribution/logistics/retail environment, supervising, evaluating, mentoring, and developing managers/supervisors; managing workload; and participating in the hiring and promotion of employees for multiple departments / areas.
- Associates will be required to attend and successfully complete all job-required trainings and assessments (for example, Academy trainings, Open Door trainings, etc.).
Nice To Haves
- Financial Modeling and Analysis
- Managing challenging workforce issues
- Modeling/Forecasting
- Preparing and executing budgets
- Profit and Loss (P&L) Accountability
- Supervising Associates
- Walmart Logistics Manager
- Bachelors: Business
- Bachelors: Finance
- Bachelors: Logistics
- Bachelors: Management
- Bachelors: Operations Management
Responsibilities
- Communicate with or to individuals or groups verbally and/or in writing (e.g., customers, suppliers, associates).
- Drive and implement the business plan for area of responsibility to achieve facility goals (e.g., production, quality, safety) and implement operational improvements.
- Forecast staffing, workload, and performance results to meet business demands for workload and performance results for area of responsibility.
- Prepare, review, and/or analyze business reports and use information to identify operational improvements (e.g., production, quality, safety).
- Monitor and ensure area of responsibility's compliance with Logistics and company quality and safety standards, policies, procedures, and directives by developing, distributing, and/or maintaining procedures and supporting documentation.
- Identify and ensure associate, customer, and supplier concerns are resolved using own judgment or consulting others when needed.
- Supervise and manage associates and leaders in area of responsibility by giving direction, monitoring performance and providing feedback, identifying training and development needs, and providing opportunities for learning and growth.
- Teach, support, and model Logistics and company policies and procedures and participate in the hiring, promotion, coaching, teaching, and evaluation of associates, leaders, and managers.
- Build high-performing teams, embrace differences in people, cultures, ideas, and experiences, and create a workplace where associates feel seen, supported, and connected through a culture of belonging.
- Create opportunities for all associates to thrive and perform.
- Work collaboratively, build strong and trusting relationships, and communicate with impact, energy, and positivity to motivate and influence.
- Attract and retain the best talent, empower and develop talent, and recognize others' contributions and accomplishments.
- Maintain and promote the highest standards of integrity, ethics, and compliance.
- Model the Walmart values to support and foster our culture.
- Hold oneself and others accountable.
- Support Walmarts goal of becoming a regenerative company by making a positive impact for associates, customers, members, and the world around us (e.g., creating a sense of belonging, eliminating waste, participating in local giving).
- Act in a selfless manner and be consistently humble, self-aware, honest, fair, and transparent.
- Deliver results while putting the customer first.
- Consider and adapt to how, where, and when customers shop and apply the EDLP and EDLC business models to all plans.
- Make decisions based on data, insights, and analysis.
- Balance short- and long-term priorities and consider our customers, fellow associates, shareholders, suppliers, business partners, and communities when making plans.
- Display curiosity and a desire to learn.
- Take calculated risks, demonstrate courage and resilience, and encourage learning from mistakes.
- Drive continuous improvements, adopt and encourage the use of new technologies and skills, and support others through change.
Benefits
- Performance-based bonus awards
- 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
- PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes.
- Live Better U (Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates, covering programs 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.)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
