(USA) Sanitation Manager
About The Position
This position 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. The role involves analyzing data from multiple stakeholders to streamline and improve network efficiencies, providing data for the supplier compliance process flow, and researching/analyzing the root cause of daily and escalated exceptions concerning shipping, receiving, inventory, and returns. The Sanitation Manager conducts performance reviews of sanitation associates, provides recommendations for corrective actions, and cleans warehouse ceilings, racks, and walls in all chambers, including freezers. This role supports plans and initiatives to meet customer and business needs, identifies and communicates goals and objectives, builds accountability, and measures progress. It also involves identifying and addressing improvement opportunities, demonstrating adaptability, and promoting continuous learning. The manager provides supervision and development opportunities for associates through hiring, training, mentoring, assigning duties, and providing recognition. They act as a liaison for the field, influencing field-level direction and providing guidance for the execution of operations, and are responsible for addressing performance-related issues. The role identifies best practices and advises teams on adoption and implementation, collaborates with business partners to identify and develop resources, and improves efficiencies. They manage 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. The manager prioritizes sanitation objectives, ensures flow plans are achievable, and promotes innovation to simplify current solutions and methodologies. They manage the correction of errors, processes, and feedback loops, identify areas of opportunity to improve service levels, and support the use of end-to-end costing methodologies and lean concepts. The role provides cost recommendations to reduce process waste and opportunities for cost reductions and process efficiencies, reviews and analyzes the impact and benefits to internal processes, and coordinates and aligns planning with organizational initiatives and directions. They review work plans and make changes as needed to achieve team or work group objectives, set realistic timelines for goal accomplishment, and improve work processes and practices to increase performance and results. The manager 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. They identify and obtain the resources needed to complete projects, review and apply policies and procedures to make informed judgments, and use data and evidence to determine the causes of problems and develop solutions. The role reviews customer/member-focused data and adjusts performance to address findings, promotes and supports associate efforts to exceed customer/member expectations, and coaches associates to identify and locate resources and meet the needs of customers/members. They coordinate, complete, and oversee 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 manager provides supervision and development opportunities for associates by hiring, training, mentoring, assigning duties, providing recognition, and promoting a belonging mindset in the workplace. They ensure compliance with company policies and procedures and support the 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 emphasizes respecting the individual by building high-performing teams, embracing differences, creating a workplace where associates feel seen, supported, and connected, and creating opportunities for all associates to thrive. It also involves working collaboratively, building strong relationships, and communicating with impact, energy, and positivity. Attracting and retaining talent, empowering and developing talent, and recognizing others' contributions are key. Acting with integrity involves maintaining high standards, modeling Walmart values, and holding oneself and others accountable. Serving customers and members means delivering results while putting the customer first, adapting to how, where, and when customers shop, and applying EDLP and EDLC business models. Making decisions based on data, balancing priorities, and considering all stakeholders are important. Striving for excellence involves displaying curiosity, taking calculated risks, demonstrating resilience, and encouraging learning from mistakes, as well as driving continuous improvements and supporting others through change.
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, and 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, 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 leave
- Short-term disability
- Long-term disability
- Company discounts
- Military Leave Pay
- Adoption expense reimbursement
- Surrogacy expense reimbursement
- Paid time off
- Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart through the Live Better U program.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
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