(USA) Sanitation Manager

Walmart•Winter Haven, FL

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Sanitation Manager will manage supply chain processes, ensuring merchandise flow through the distribution network and fulfillment centers. This role involves directing resolutions, responding to escalations, and analyzing data to improve network efficiencies. The manager will also be responsible for analyzing data from multiple stakeholders, providing data for the supplier compliance process, and researching the root cause of exceptions in shipping, receiving, inventory, and returns. Additionally, the role includes conducting performance reviews of sanitation associates, providing recommendations for corrective actions, and cleaning warehouse ceilings, racks, and walls in all chambers, including freezers. The manager will support plans and initiatives to meet customer and business needs, identify and communicate goals, build accountability, measure progress, and address improvement opportunities. This position requires adaptability, promotion of continuous learning, and providing supervision and development opportunities for associates through hiring, training, mentoring, assigning duties, and providing recognition. The role acts as a liaison for the field, influencing direction and guiding operational execution, while addressing performance-related issues and identifying best practices for adoption and implementation. Collaboration with business partners to identify and develop resources and improve efficiencies is key. The manager will contribute to the design, development, and delivery of new ways of working through continuous improvement recommendations to leadership, prioritizing sanitation objectives, and ensuring flow plans are achievable. Innovation to simplify solutions and methodologies, managing error correction processes, and identifying opportunities to improve service levels are also part of the role. Support for end-to-end costing methodologies and lean concepts, providing cost reduction recommendations, and reviewing the impact of changes on internal processes are expected. The manager will coordinate and align planning with organizational initiatives, adjust work plans as needed, set realistic timelines, and improve work processes to increase performance. Holding associates accountable for timely and accurate work completion, planning and managing team member time based on business priorities, and identifying and obtaining necessary resources for projects are crucial. The role involves reviewing and applying policies and procedures, using facts and expertise for decision-making, and using data to solve problems. Customer-focused data will be reviewed to adjust performance, and associates will be coached to meet customer needs. Job-related activities will be coordinated and overseen by developing stakeholder relationships, supporting initiatives, communicating goals, building accountability, identifying improvements, and promoting continuous learning. Supervision and development of associates, including hiring, training, mentoring, assigning duties, providing recognition, and promoting a sense of belonging, are essential. Compliance with company policies and procedures, supporting the company mission, values, and ethics, and implementing action plans are required. The manager will utilize and support the Open Door Policy and provide guidance on applying policies in business processes.

Requirements

2 years’ supervisory experience.
2 years’ experience in warehouse or manufacturing plant sanitation.
2 years’ experience with Microsoft Office.

Nice To Haves

Prior work experience in food safety audits.
Project management experience.
Retail Logistics Operations.
Sanitation

Responsibilities

Manages supply chain processes and ensures merchandise flow through the distribution network and fulfillment centers by directing resolutions and responding to the escalation of daily issues.
Analyzes data from multiple stakeholders to streamline and improve network efficiencies.
Provides data for the supplier compliance process flow.
Researches and analyzes the root cause of daily and escalated exceptions concerning shipping, receiving, inventory, and returns.
Conducts performance reviews of sanitation associates.
Provides recommendations for corrective actions to key stakeholders.
Cleans warehouse ceilings, racks, and walls in all chambers of the warehouse, including freezers.
Supports plans and initiatives to meet customer and business needs.
Identifies and communicates goals and objectives.
Builds accountability for and measures progress in achieving results.
Identifies and addresses improvement opportunities.
Demonstrates adaptability and promotes continuous learning.
Provides supervision and development opportunities for associates by hiring and training, mentoring, and assigning duties.
Provides recognition.
Influences field-level direction and provides guidance for the execution of operations by acting as a liaison for the field.
Responsible for addressing performance-related issues.
Identifies best practices and advises teams on adoption and implementation of best practices.
Collaborates with business partners to identify and develop resources and improve efficiencies.
Manages supply chain flow process improvement efforts by contributing to the design, development, and delivery of new ways of working through continuous improvement recommendations to leadership.
Prioritizes sanitation objectives.
Ensures flow plans are achievable.
Promotes innovation to simplify current solutions and methodologies.
Manages the correction of errors, processes, and feedback loops.
Identifies areas of opportunity to improve service levels.
Supports the use of end-to-end costing methodologies and lean concepts.
Provides cost recommendations to reduce process waste.
Provides opportunities for cost reductions and process efficiencies.
Reviews and analyzes the impact and benefits to internal processes.
Coordinates and aligns planning with organizational initiatives and directions.
Looks at work plans and makes changes as needed to achieve team or work group objectives.
Sets realistic timelines for goal accomplishment.
Improves work processes and practices to increase performance and results.
Holds associates accountable for completing work within expectations and time requirements.
Plans and manages team member time based on business priorities and follows up to ensure all work requirements are completed in a timely and accurate manner.
Identifies and obtains the resources needed to complete projects.
Identifies, reviews, and applies policies and procedures to make informed judgments.
Identifies and uses facts, information, and expertise to set priorities and make informed decisions.
Uses data and evidence to determine the causes of problems and develop solutions to address them.
Reviews customer/member-focused data and adjusts performance to address findings.
Promotes and supports associate efforts to exceed customer/member expectations.
Coaches associates to identify and locate resources and meet the needs of customers/members.
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.
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 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.
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.
Works collaboratively, builds strong and trusting relationships, 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 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 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, and applies the EDLP and EDLC business models to all plans.
Makes decisions based on data, insights, and analysis, balances short- and long-term priorities, and considers our 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, and encourages learning from mistakes.
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
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.