(USA) Store Manager - Division 1/Neighborhood Market
About The Position
The Store Manager is responsible for driving the financial performance of the facility by ensuring sales and profit goals are achieved. This includes leading the management team in controlling expenses, developing and implementing plans to correct deficiencies, overseeing budget creation, and analyzing economic trends and community needs for forecasting. The Store Manager also ensures effective merchandise presentation, accurate pricing, proper signing, in-stock and inventory levels, and drives sales through these efforts. They are responsible for the success of the Academy training environment and store standards, creating an engaging environment for associates, advising on training curriculum, and acting as a culture champion. The Store Manager provides supervision and development opportunities for associates by selecting, training, mentoring, assigning duties, building a team, establishing expectations, conducting performance evaluations, and promoting a sense of belonging. They promote and support company policies, procedures, values, and standards of ethics and integrity, ensuring compliance and utilizing the Open Door Policy. The Store Manager also ensures business needs are met by evaluating current plans, consulting with stakeholders, and participating in community outreach events. They are expected to respect the individual by building high-performing teams, embracing differences, creating a workplace where associates feel seen and supported, and empowering all associates to thrive. They work collaboratively, build strong relationships, and communicate effectively to motivate and influence. They attract and retain talent, empower and develop associates, and recognize contributions. They act with integrity by maintaining high standards of ethics and compliance, modeling company values, and holding themselves and others accountable. They support the company's goal of becoming a regenerative company by making a positive impact. They act in a selfless, humble, self-aware, honest, fair, and transparent manner. They serve customers by delivering results and putting the customer first, adapting to how, where, and when customers shop, and applying EDLP and EDLC business models. They make decisions based on data, balance priorities, and consider all stakeholders. They strive for excellence by displaying curiosity, taking calculated risks, demonstrating courage and resilience, and encouraging learning from mistakes. They drive continuous improvement, adopt new technologies, and support others through change.
Requirements
- 4 years general management experience to include financial accountability.
- 4 years’ experience supervising 50 or more exempt and non-exempt associates/employees to include the responsibility of performance management, mentoring, hiring, and firing.
- Successful completion of all job-required trainings and assessments (e.g., Academy trainings, Open Door trainings).
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor of Science in Business Management and Leadership through Live Better U and Bellevue University
- Running a fresh or dry grocery area
Responsibilities
- Upholds the Company's Open Door Policy by meeting with Associates, listening to concerns, researching issues, reviewing policies, and providing resolutions.
- Initiates, directs, and participates in community outreach programs, encouraging Associates and managers to serve as good community members.
- Drives the financial performance of the Facility by ensuring sales and profit goals are achieved, leading the management team in controlling expenses, and developing plans to correct deficiencies.
- Models, enforces, and provides direction on proper Customer service approaches and techniques to ensure Customer needs are successfully resolved.
- Directs the management team in facility operations and communicates about operations, merchandising, and company direction.
- Drives sales by ensuring effective merchandise presentation, accurate pricing, proper signing, in-stock and inventory levels, and assessing economic trends.
- Ensures the success of the Academy training environment and store standards by meeting requirements, creating an engaging environment, integrating Academy associates, advising on training content, and engaging trainees.
- Provides supervision and development opportunities for associates by selecting, training, mentoring, assigning duties, building a team, establishing performance expectations, conducting performance evaluations, and promoting a sense of belonging.
- Promotes and supports company policies, procedures, mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity.
- Ensures business needs are being met by evaluating current plans, consulting with business partners, and participating in community outreach events.
- Builds high-performing teams, embraces differences, creates a workplace where associates feel seen, supported, and connected, and empowers all associates to thrive.
- Works collaboratively, builds strong and trusting relationships, and 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 company values, and holds oneself and others accountable.
- Supports the company's goal of becoming a regenerative company by making a positive impact for associates, customers, members, and the world.
- 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.
- Makes decisions based on data, insights, and analysis, balances short and long-term priorities, and considers all stakeholders 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 leave
- Jury duty leave
- Voting leave
- Short-term disability
- Long-term disability
- Company discounts
- Military Leave Pay
- Adoption expense reimbursement
- Surrogacy expense reimbursement
- Live Better U (Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
