This role leads and develops teams by teaching, training, and actively listening to associates. It involves touring stores, providing feedback, and communicating with all levels of associates regarding store operations, business initiatives, merchandising, and company direction. The position is responsible for introducing and leading company change efforts, providing clear expectations and guidance to implement business solutions, and communicating business objectives to teams effectively. The Stocking Coach models and demonstrates exceptional customer service standards, manages customer service initiatives, ensures customer needs are met, and develops action plans for process improvement to ensure a high-quality customer experience. This role also drives the financial performance and sales of the designated store area by reviewing financial statements, managing budgets, forecasting, and controlling expenses. It ensures effective merchandise presentation, seasonal transitions, inventory flow, and operational processes, and develops action plans to mitigate shrink and achieve sales and profit goals. The position provides supervision and development opportunities for hourly associates by hiring, training, mentoring, assigning duties, setting clear expectations, providing recognition, and promoting a belonging mindset. It also ensures compliance with company policies and procedures, supports the company mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity, and utilizes the Open Door Policy. The role emphasizes respecting the individual by building high-performing teams, embracing differences, creating a workplace where associates feel seen, supported, and connected, and empowering all associates to thrive. It also involves working collaboratively, building strong relationships, and communicating with impact, energy, and positivity. The Stocking Coach attracts and retains talent, empowers and develops associates, and recognizes others' contributions. Acting with integrity, the role maintains high standards of ethics and compliance, models Walmart values, and supports the company's goal of becoming a regenerative company by making a positive impact. It acts in a selfless manner and is consistently humble, self-aware, honest, fair, and transparent. The role serves customers and members by delivering results with a customer-first approach, considering how, where, and when customers shop, and applying the EDLP and EDLC business models. Decisions are made based on data, insights, and analysis, balancing short and long-term priorities, and considering all stakeholders. Striving for excellence involves displaying curiosity, a desire to learn, taking calculated risks, demonstrating courage and resilience, and encouraging learning from mistakes. This includes driving continuous improvements, adopting new technologies and skills, and supporting others through change.
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Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
Number of Employees
1-10 employees