(USA) Store Manager - Supercenter

Walmart•Aurora, CO

2d•$110,000 - $170,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Store Manager is responsible for directing the management team and associates in facility operations, merchandising, and company direction. This role involves supervising and developing staff in a dynamic environment, potentially facing challenges such as high turnover, engagement issues, and competitive markets. The Store Manager upholds the company's Open Door Policy by addressing associate concerns, researching issues, and ensuring consistent resolution across managerial levels. They also ensure compliance with company policies and procedures, manage relationships with officials, and oversee asset protection, safety, and quality assurance. The Store Manager initiates and participates in community outreach programs, acting as a company representative and championing company programs and sustainability efforts. This role drives financial performance by achieving sales and profit goals, controlling expenses, and developing strategic business plans. The Store Manager models and enforces customer service standards, drives sales through effective merchandise presentation and inventory management, and ensures the success of the Academy training environment and store standards. They provide overall direction by analyzing business objectives, developing strategies, and managing resources. Additionally, the Store Manager develops and implements strategies to attract and maintain a skilled workforce, cultivates an environment of integrity and ethics, and leverages partnerships to achieve business goals. The role emphasizes respecting individuals, building high-performing teams, embracing diversity, and fostering a culture of belonging. It also involves acting with integrity, putting the customer first, making data-driven decisions, and striving for excellence through continuous improvement and learning.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree and 2 years general management experience, including financial accountability
4 years’ experience supervising at least 50 nonexempt and at least 5 exempt associates/employees, including performance management, mentoring, hiring, and termination
OR 4 years general management experience, including financial accountability
4 years’ experience supervising at least 50 nonexempt and at least 5 exempt associates/employees, including performance management, mentoring, hiring, and termination
Successful completion of all job-required trainings and assessments (e.g., Academy trainings, Open Door trainings)
For facilities that sell firearms: successful completion of a firearms-specific Criminal Background Check (CBC) and Firearms Authorized Training.
For facilities that sell only ammunition and have state specific requirements: may require a current state-issued Certificate of Eligibility.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Business Management and Leadership through Live Better U and Bellevue University
Experience as a Store Manager in a low complex store
1 year experience as a Store Manager in a medium complex store
2 years experience as a Store Manager in a high volume retail store
Running a fresh or dry grocery area

Responsibilities

Develops, communicates, and leverages a strategic vision aligned with company, market, and local plans and tactics to direct the management team and associates in facility operations, merchandising, and company direction.
Provides supervision and development opportunities for management and hourly associates, including recruitment, hiring, training, mentoring, succession planning, duty assignment, performance evaluation, recognition, and fostering a belonging mindset.
Upholds the company's Open Door Policy by meeting with associates, listening to concerns, researching issues, leveraging resources, reviewing policies, teaching consistency in responsiveness and resolution, and providing resolution for associates.
Ensures compliance with company policies and procedures by anticipating and responding to compliance issues, navigating challenging compliance requirements, developing relationships with officials, holding associates accountable, analyzing reports, implementing asset protection and safety controls, maintaining quality assurance, overseeing safety reviews, and developing action plans.
Initiates, directs, and participates in community outreach programs, encouraging and supporting associates in community involvement, establishing relationships with community and media contacts, presenting the company's perspective, and championing company programs and sustainability efforts.
Drives the financial performance of the facility by ensuring sales and profit goals are achieved, maintaining a strategic business perspective, anticipating and accounting for key performance indicators, executing process improvements, leading expense control, interfacing with market teams, and developing plans to correct deficiencies.
Models, enforces, and provides direction on proper customer service approaches and techniques to ensure customer needs, complaints, and issues are successfully resolved.
Drives sales by accounting for dynamic indicators, ensuring effective merchandise presentation, accurate pricing, proper signing, and adequate stock and inventory levels, and budgeting and forecasting sales.
Ensures the success of the Academy training environment and store standards by meeting requirements, creating an engaging environment, integrating Academy associates into leadership activities, engaging trainees, acting as a culture champion, and serving as a visible operations champion.
Provides overall direction by analyzing business objectives and customer needs, developing and implementing business strategies, determining resource requirements, evaluating operational processes, and promoting a customer environment.
Develops and implements strategies to attract and maintain a highly skilled and engaged workforce by diagnosing capability gaps, recruiting, selecting, and developing talent, and supporting mentorship and succession planning.
Cultivates an environment where associates respect and adhere to company standards of integrity and ethics by integrating these values into programs and practices and developing consequences for violations.
Develops and leverages internal and external partnerships and networks to maximize the achievement of business goals by sponsoring community outreach initiatives and engaging key stakeholders.
Builds high-performing teams, embraces differences, creates a workplace where associates feel seen, supported, and connected, and creates opportunities for all associates to thrive.
Works collaboratively, builds strong 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 company values, and holds oneself and others accountable.
Delivers results while putting the customer first, considers how, where, and when customers shop, and applies business models to all plans.
Makes decisions based on data insights and analysis, balances short and long-term priorities, and considers all stakeholders when making plans.
Displays curiosity, 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 and surrogacy expense reimbursement
Tuition, books, and fees completely paid for by Walmart through Live Better U (for eligible associates)
Paid time off and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes.
Performance-based bonus awards