(USA) Operations Manager

Walmart • The Villages, FL

4d • $65,000 - $100,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Operations Manager position is responsible for initiating, directing, and participating in community outreach programs, ensuring compliance with company policies and procedures, and providing supervision and development opportunities for associates. This role also involves driving the financial performance of the facility, coordinating job-related activities, and ensuring adherence to company mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity. The Operations Manager is expected to build high-performing teams, work collaboratively, and act with integrity, while always prioritizing customer service and striving for excellence in all aspects of the role.

Requirements

• 2 years of college; OR 1 year's retail experience and 1 year's supervisory experience; OR 2 years' general work experience and 1 year's supervisory experience.
• 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

• Bachelor of Science in Business Management and 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

• Initiates, directs, and participates in community outreach programs by encouraging and supporting associates and managers in serving as good members of the community, establishing and maintaining relationships with key individuals or groups in the community, representing the company to various external organizations, and championing company-sponsored programs, events, and sustainability efforts to associates, customers, and the local community.
• Ensures compliance with company policies and procedures by holding hourly associates accountable, analyzing and interpreting reports, implementing and monitoring asset protection and safety controls, maintaining quality assurance standards, overseeing safety and operational reviews, developing and implementing action plans to correct deficiencies, and providing direction and guidance on executing company programs and strategic initiatives.
• Provides supervision and development opportunities for hourly associates in assigned area by hiring, training, mentoring, and actively listening to associates, assigning duties, evaluating performance, and providing recognition, setting clear expectations, communicating expectations consistently and effectively, promoting a belonging mindset in the workplace, and providing tour-to-teach feedback to ensure business goals are achieved.
• Assists store manager in driving the financial performance of the Facility by ensuring that sales and profit goals are achieved, reviewing and evaluating PL (Profit Loss) statements, assisting the management team in controlling expenses to ensure they are indexed to sales, developing and implementing plans to correct any deficiencies in financial performance, and participating in analyzing economic trends and community needs for budget forecasting.
• Coordinates, completes, and oversees job-related activities and assignments by developing and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders, supporting plans and initiatives to meet customer and business needs, identifying and communicating goals and objectives, building accountability for and measuring progress in achieving results, identifying and addressing improvement opportunities, and demonstrating adaptability and promoting continuous learning.
• Ensures compliance with company policies and procedures and supports company mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity by implementing related action plans, utilizing and supporting the Open Door Policy, and providing direction and guidance on applying these in executing business processes and practices.
• Respects the individual: 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.
• Respects the individual: Works collaboratively, builds strong and trusting relationships, communicates with impact, energy, and positivity to motivate and influence.
• Respects the individual: Attracts and retains the best talent, empowers and develops talent, and recognizes others' contributions and accomplishments.
• Acts with Integrity: 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 around us (e.g., creating a sense of belonging, eliminating waste, participating in local giving).
• Acts with Integrity: Acts in a selfless manner and is consistently humble, self-aware, honest, fair, and transparent.
• Serves Our Customers and Members: Delivers results while putting the customer first, considers and adapts to how, where, and when customers shop, and applies the EDLP (Everyday Low Price) and EDLC (Everyday Low Cost) business models to all plans.
• Serves Our Customers and Members: Makes decisions based on data, insights, and analysis, balances short- and long-term priorities, and considers our customers, fellow associates, shareholders, business partners, and communities when making plans.
• Strives for Excellence: Displays curiosity and a desire to learn, takes calculated risks, demonstrates courage and resilience, and encourages learning from mistakes.
• Strives for Excellence: 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 leave
• Short-term disability
• Long-term disability
• Company discounts
• Military Leave Pay
• Adoption expense reimbursement
• Surrogacy expense reimbursement
• Live Better U education benefit program (tuition, books, and fees paid by Walmart for eligible associates)
• Performance-based bonus awards

What This Job Offers

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