(USA) Store Manager - Division 1/Neighborhood Market

Walmart•Goose Creek, SC

6d•$95,000 - $145,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Store Manager leads the facility's financial performance, daily operations, merchandising, customer service, associate development, and community engagement. The role is accountable for achieving sales and profit goals, managing expenses and budgets, evaluating financial performance, and responding to economic trends and community needs. The Store Manager directs the management team and communicates with hourly associates about facility operations, merchandising, and company direction. The position promotes high-quality customer service and effective merchandise presentation, including competitive pricing, signing, and in-stock and inventory levels. It also ensures that Academy Store standards and operating procedures are met, supports an engaging training environment, and participates in training, talent planning, and succession planning across supported markets. The Store Manager executes business plans and projects, identifies and addresses operational needs, establishes performance expectations, measures progress, removes obstacles, and supports continuous improvement. The role supervises and develops associates through hiring, training, mentoring, delegation, performance evaluations, recognition, and coaching. It promotes company policies, ethics, integrity, the Open Door Policy, and a culture of belonging, while representing the company in community outreach and supporting its sustainability efforts.

Requirements

4 years of general management experience, including financial accountability.
4 years of experience supervising 50 or more exempt and non-exempt associates or employees, including performance management, mentoring, hiring, and firing.
Successfully complete all job-required trainings and assessments.
For facilities that sell firearms, successfully complete a firearms-specific Criminal Background Check and Firearms Authorized Training.
For facilities that sell only ammunition and have state-specific requirements, a current state-issued Certificate of Eligibility may be required.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Business Management and Leadership through Live Better U and Bellevue University.
Experience running a fresh or dry grocery area.

Responsibilities

Uphold the Open Door Policy by listening to associates, researching concerns, reviewing policies and procedures, and providing resolutions.
Lead community outreach and represent the company in community relationships, external organizations, local events, and sustainability efforts.
Drive facility financial performance by achieving sales and profit goals, controlling expenses, developing corrective plans, overseeing budgets, and analyzing economic trends and community needs.
Model and guide customer service practices so customer needs, complaints, and issues are resolved within company guidelines.
Direct facility operations and communicate with management and hourly associates about operations, merchandising, and company direction.
Drive sales through effective merchandise presentation, accurate and competitive pricing, proper signing, in-stock and inventory levels, budgeting, and sales forecasting.
Ensure Academy Store standards and operating procedures are met, support Academy associates and trainees, and contribute to training, talent planning, and succession planning.
Execute business plans and projects by identifying needs, setting priorities and performance standards, providing resources, removing obstacles, measuring progress, and adjusting plans.
Supervise and develop associates through selection, training, mentoring, assigning duties, setting expectations, performance evaluations, recognition, coaching, and promotion of belonging.
Promote company policies, procedures, mission, values, standards of ethics and integrity, and the Open Door Policy; ensure compliance and support their application.
Evaluate the effectiveness of plans and initiatives, consult stakeholders, apply suggestions to improve efficiency and cost effectiveness, and support community outreach events.
Build high-performing teams, foster collaborative and trusting relationships, attract and retain talent, empower and develop associates, and recognize contributions.
Serve customers and members by applying the EDLP and EDLC business models, using data and analysis in decision-making, and balancing short- and long-term priorities.
Support continuous improvement, learning, adoption of new technologies and skills, and change.

Benefits

Medical, vision, and dental coverage.
401(k).
Stock purchase.
Company-paid life insurance.
Paid time off, including sick leave.
Parental leave.
Family care leave.
Bereavement leave.
Jury duty leave.
Voting leave.
Short-term and long-term disability.
Company discounts.
Military Leave Pay.
Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement.
Live Better U education benefit, with tuition, books, and fees paid for eligible programs.
Performance-based bonus awards.