Realty Project Coach

Walmart•Lexington, SC

6d•$60,000 - $110,000•Onsite

About The Position

This role owns and has accountability for Realty execution projects, ensuring the scope of work is completed by organizing project timelines and deliverables. The Project Coach facilitates meetings involving stakeholder teams to analyze, plan, and implement project initiatives, taking corrective action as necessary to drive project results. This includes communicating project plans and deliverables to key stakeholders, directing associates and vendors on processes and procedures, and reviewing new modular plans. The role involves planning merchandise placement based on modular requirements, advising on the assignment of additional staff to assist in ensuring company and facility goals are met, and ensuring merchandise is in stock and displayed in a timely, accurate, and safe manner. Equipment and fixtures must be correctly installed and operational, and merchandising and personnel guidelines must be implemented. The Project Coach leads the implementation of project plans by identifying plan requirements, collaborating and communicating with other stakeholders about project obstacles, timelines, and alignment with corporate strategies, and directing associates in the execution of project plans. They ensure all project requirements are met, collaborate with facility management to establish phasing plans that minimize the impact to operations, maintain, communicate, and adjust timelines, and work with contractors to ensure project milestones are met. The role also involves verifying fixture procurement and deliveries from the Regional Real Estate Warehouse (RREW) are synchronized with project schedules, collaborating with cross-functional teams (e.g., engineers, architects, design managers) to provide feedback and identify and implement design changes, and monitoring and ensuring the resolution of outstanding construction issues and work to be corrected or completed (e.g., observations, warranty issues). Additionally, the Project Coach monitors sales and project budgets, assesses the economic and customer experience impacts of project decisions, evaluates tradeoffs, creates a sustainable, efficient, and cost-effective schedule for the execution of project deliverables, coordinates with internal and external teams to ensure plan schedules and adjustments to schedules are communicated and impacts are clearly explained, and manages vendor relationships to ensure the timely, cost-effective sourcing, delivery, and installation of materials for projects. The role demonstrates and applies up-to-date expertise to the development, execution, and improvement of action plans by providing expert advice and guidance to others in the application of information and best practices, supporting and aligning efforts to meet customer and business needs, and building commitment for perspectives and rationales. The Project Coach directs associates, including third-party supervisors, on process and procedures for project execution (e.g., reviewing phasing plans, planning merchandise placement based on modular requirements, advising on resources needed to assist) to ensure project and facility goals are met. They identify and ensure associate, customer, and supplier concerns are resolved. The role 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. The Project Coach provides supervision and development opportunities for associates by hiring and training, mentoring, assigning duties, providing recognition, and promoting a belonging mindset in the workplace. They ensure compliance with company policies and procedures and support 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. The role provides and supports the implementation of business solutions by building relationships and partnerships with key stakeholders, identifying business needs, determining and carrying out necessary processes and practices, monitoring progress and results, recognizing and capitalizing on improvement opportunities, and adapting to competing demands, organizational changes, and new responsibilities. The role emphasizes respecting the individual by demonstrating and encouraging respect for others, driving a positive associate and customer/member experience, embracing differences, supporting workplaces where associates feel seen and connected, and contributing to an environment allowing everyone to bring their best selves to work. It also involves demonstrating engagement and commitment to the team, developing others through feedback, coaching, mentoring, and developmental opportunities, and recognizing others' contributions and accomplishments. Building strong and trusting relationships with team members and business partners, working collaboratively to achieve objectives, communicating with impact, and listening attentively are key. Acting with integrity involves maintaining and promoting the highest standards of integrity, ethics, and compliance, modeling Walmart values, and leading by example to foster the company's culture and supporting Walmart's goal of becoming a regenerative company. This includes following the law, code of conduct, and company policies, supporting an environment where associates feel comfortable sharing concerns, reinforcing a culture of non-retaliation, listening to concerns, and acting with accountability. Serving customers and members involves delivering results while putting the customer/member first, applying an omnimerchant mindset, and acting with an Every Day Low Cost mindset to drive value and Every Day Low Prices. It also involves adopting a broad perspective that considers data analytics, customer/member insights, and different parts of the business when making plans. Striving for excellence includes consistently raising the bar, seeking to improve, demonstrating curiosity and a growth mindset, seeking feedback, asking thoughtful questions, supporting innovation and intelligent risk-taking, and exhibiting resilience. It also involves implementing and supporting continuous improvements and willingly embracing new digital tools and ways of working.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business or related field and 1 year’s experience in project management, space management, store design, operations, data analysis, or related area OR 3 years’ experience in project management, space management, store design, operations, data analysis, or related area.
Associates will be required to attend and successfully complete all job-required trainings and assessments (for example, Academy trainings, Open Door trainings, etc.).
All associates in role January 1, 2021 or after will need to sign an updated JD including the above language (but will not be impacted).

Nice To Haves

Leading a cross-functional team
Masters: Business
Project Management - Management Professional Certification (Project Management Institute) - Certification

Responsibilities

Owns and has accountability for Realty execution projects by ensuring scope of work is completed
Organizing project timelines and deliverables
Facilitating meetings involving stakeholder teams to analyze plan and implement project initiatives taking corrective action as necessary to drive project results
Communicating project plans and deliverables to key stakeholders
Directing associates and vendors on processes and procedures and the review of new modular plans
Planning merchandise placement based on modular requirements
Advising on the assignment of additional staff to assist in ensuring company and facility goals are met
Ensuring merchandise is instock and displayed in a timely accurate and safe manner
Ensuring equipment and fixtures are correctly installed and operational
Ensuring merchandising and personnel guidelines are implemented
Leads the implementation of project plans by identifying plan requirements
Collaborating and communicating with other stakeholders about project obstacles timelines and alignment with corporate strategies
Directing associates in the execution of project plans
Ensuring all project requirements are met
Collaborating with facility management to establish phasing plans that minimize the impact to operations
Maintaining communicating and adjusting timelines
Working with contractors to ensure project milestone are met
Verifying fixture procurement and deliveries from the Regional Real Estate Warehouse RREW are synchronized with project schedules
Collaborating with crossfunctional teams for example engineers architects design managers to provide feedback and identify and implement design changes
Monitoring and ensuring the resolution of outstanding construction issues and work to be corrected or completed for example observations warranty issues
Monitors sales and project budgets
Assessing the economic and customer experience impacts of project decisions
Evaluating tradeoffs
Creating a sustainable efficient and costeffective schedule for the execution of project deliverables
Coordinating with internal and external teams to ensure plan schedules and adjustments to schedules are communicated and impacts are clearly explained
Managing vendor relationships to ensure the timely costeffective sourcing delivery and installation of materials for projects
Demonstrates and applies uptodate expertise to the development execution and improvement of action plans by providing expert advice and guidance to others in the application of information and best practices
Supporting and aligning efforts to meet customer and business needs
Building commitment for perspectives and rationales
Directs associates including thirdparty supervisors on process and procedures for project execution for example reviewing phasing plans planning merchandise placement based on modular requirements advising on resources needed to assist to ensure project and facility goals are met
Identifies and ensures associate customer and supplier concerns are resolved
Coordinates completes and oversees jobrelated 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
Demonstrating adaptability and promoting continuous learning
Provides supervision and development opportunities for associates by hiring and training mentoring assigning duties providing recognition and promoting a belonging mindset in the workplace
Ensures compliance with company policies and procedures
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
Provides and supports the implementation of business solutions by building relationships and partnerships with key stakeholders
Identifying business needs
Determining and carrying out necessary processes and practices
Monitoring progress and results
Recognizing and capitalizing on improvement opportunities
Adapting to competing demands organizational changes and new responsibilities
Demonstrates and encourages respect for others
Drives a positive associate and customermember experience for all
Embraces differences in people cultures ideas and experiences
Supports workplaces where associated feel seen and connected through a culture of belonging so all associates thrive and perform
Contributes to an environment allowing everyone to bring their best selves to work
Demonstrates engagement and commitment to the team
Developing others through feedback coaching mentoring and developmental opportunities
Recognizes others contributions and accomplishments
Builds strong and trusting relationships with team members and business partners
Works collaboratively to achieve objectives
Communicates with impact and listens attentively to a range of audiences
Demonstrates energy and positivity for own work
Maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity ethics and compliance
Models the Walmart values and leads by example to foster our culture
Supports Walmarts goal of becoming a regenerative company by making a positive impact for associates customers and the world around us eg creating a sense of belonging eliminating waste participating in local giving
Follows the law our code of conduct and company policies and encourages others to do the same
Supports an environment where associates feel comfortable sharing concerns
Reinforces our culture of nonretaliation
Listens to concerns raised by associates and takes action
Acts with accountability for achieving results in a way that is consistent with our values
Delivers results while putting the customermember first and applying an omnimerchant mindset
Acts with an Every Day LowCost mindset to drive value and Every Day Low Prices for customersmembers
Adopts a broad perspective that considers data analytics customermember insights and different parts of the business when making plans
Consistently raises the bar and seeks to improve
Demonstrates curiosity and a growth mindset
Seeks feedback asks thoughtful questions
Supports innovation and intelligent risktaking
Exhibits resilience in the face of setbacks
Implements and supports continuous improvements
Willingly embraces new digital tools and ways of working

Benefits

competitive pay
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
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 is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range 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.