Sanitation Manager

Walmart • Shafter, CA

11d • $72,050 - $108,000 • Onsite

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. It involves analyzing data from multiple stakeholders to streamline and improve network efficiencies, providing data for the supplier compliance process flow, and researching and analyzing the root cause of daily and escalated exceptions concerning shipping, receiving, inventory, and returns. The role also includes cleaning warehouse ceilings, racks, and walls in all chambers of the warehouse, including freezers, and supporting plans and initiatives to meet customer and business needs. The manager will identify and communicate goals and objectives, build accountability, measure progress, and address improvement opportunities, demonstrating adaptability and promoting continuous learning. Additionally, the position provides supervision and development opportunities for associates through hiring, training, mentoring, assigning duties, and providing recognition. It acts as a liaison for the field, influencing direction and providing guidance for the execution of operations, and is responsible for addressing performance-related issues. The role identifies best practices, advises teams on adoption and implementation, and collaborates with business partners to identify and develop resources and improve efficiencies. It 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. The manager prioritizes sanitation objectives, ensures flow plans are achievable, promotes innovation, and manages the correction of errors, processes, and feedback loops. They identify areas of opportunity to improve service levels, support the use of end-to-end costing methodologies and lean concepts, and provide cost recommendations to reduce process waste. The role reviews and analyzes the impact and benefits to internal processes, coordinates and aligns planning with organizational initiatives, and makes changes to work plans as needed to achieve team objectives. It sets realistic timelines, improves work processes and practices, and holds associates accountable for completing work within expectations and time requirements. The manager plans and manages team member time based on business priorities and follows up to ensure all work requirements are completed accurately. They identify and obtain necessary resources for projects, apply policies and procedures for informed judgments, and use data and evidence to solve problems. The role reviews customer-focused data and adjusts performance accordingly, promotes associate efforts to exceed customer expectations, and coaches associates to identify and locate resources. It coordinates and oversees job-related activities by developing stakeholder relationships, supporting initiatives, communicating goals, building accountability, identifying improvement opportunities, and demonstrating adaptability. The position ensures compliance with company policies and procedures, supports the company mission, values, and ethics, and implements action plans. It utilizes and supports the Open Door Policy and provides guidance on applying policies in business processes. The role emphasizes respecting the individual by building high-performing teams, embracing differences, creating a workplace of belonging, and fostering opportunities for associates to thrive. It involves working collaboratively, building trusting relationships, and communicating with impact to motivate and influence. The manager attracts and retains talent, empowers and develops associates, and recognizes contributions. Acting with integrity involves maintaining high standards of ethics and compliance, modeling Walmart values, and holding oneself and others accountable. It supports Walmart's goal of becoming a regenerative company by making a positive impact. Serving customers involves delivering results with a customer-first approach, adapting to how, where, and when customers shop, and applying EDLP and EDLC business models. Decisions are made based on data insights, balancing priorities, and considering all stakeholders. Striving for excellence includes displaying curiosity, taking calculated risks, demonstrating resilience, and encouraging learning from mistakes. It also involves driving continuous improvement, adopting new technologies, 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, 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)
• 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 insurance
• Vision insurance
• Dental insurance
• 401(k)
• Stock purchase
• Company-paid life insurance
• PTO (including sick leave)
• Parental leave
• Family care leave
• Bereavement leave
• Jury duty leave
• Voting leave
• Short-term disability
• Long-term disability
• Company discounts
• Military Leave Pay
• Adoption expense reimbursement
• Surrogacy expense reimbursement
• Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart through Live Better U program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed