(USA) Store Manager - Division 1/Neighborhood Market

Walmart•Kansas City, MO

8h•$95,000 - $145,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Store Manager leads the operations and financial performance of a Walmart Division 1/Neighborhood Market facility. The role is accountable for achieving sales and profit goals, managing expenses and budgets, improving financial performance, and driving effective merchandise presentation, pricing, signing, and inventory. The Store Manager directs the management team and communicates with hourly associates about operations, merchandising, and company direction. The position promotes customer service, resolves customer concerns, and supports associate feedback through Walmart’s Open Door Policy. It also oversees community outreach and relationships with community stakeholders, while representing company programs and sustainability efforts. The Store Manager leads execution of business plans, evaluates ongoing initiatives, removes operational barriers, sets performance standards, and supports continuous improvement. The role provides supervision and development for associates and managers, including hiring, training, mentoring, assigning duties, setting expectations, evaluating performance, and recognizing contributions. It supports the Academy training environment by maintaining store standards, engaging trainees, advising Academy staff, and contributing to talent and succession planning across supported markets. The Store Manager is expected to model Walmart’s values and standards of ethics and integrity, foster belonging, develop talent, put customers first, use data to inform decisions, and encourage learning and continuous improvement. The role also supports Walmart’s goal of becoming a regenerative company through positive community impact, waste reduction, and local giving.

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 responsibilities.
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 Company’s Open Door Policy by listening to associates, researching concerns, applying company policies, and providing resolutions.
Lead community outreach, maintain relationships with community stakeholders, and represent the company in external organizations and community programs.
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 and ensure 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, competitive pricing, accurate signing, in-stock and inventory levels, budgeting, forecasting, and assessment of economic trends and community needs.
Ensure the success of the Academy training environment by meeting store standards, engaging trainees, advising Academy staff, providing job-shadowing opportunities, supporting customer service, and participating in talent and succession planning.
Execute business plans and projects by identifying customer and operational needs, communicating priorities, removing barriers, providing resources, measuring progress, and adjusting performance.
Select, train, mentor, and supervise associates; assign duties, establish performance expectations, conduct evaluations, recognize contributions, coach for improvement, and promote belonging.
Promote company policies, procedures, mission, values, and ethics; train and guide others in their application and ensure compliance.
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 inclusion and belonging, develop and retain talent, communicate effectively, and recognize others’ contributions.
Model integrity, accountability, humility, honesty, fairness, and transparency, and support company efforts to create positive impact, eliminate waste, and participate in local giving.
Put customers first, apply EDLP and EDLC business models, and make data-informed decisions that balance short- and long-term priorities.
Encourage learning, calculated risk-taking, resilience, continuous improvement, and adoption of new technologies and skills.

Benefits

Competitive pay and performance-based bonus awards.
Medical, vision, and dental coverage.
401(k), stock purchase, and company-paid life insurance.
Paid time off, including sick leave, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement leave, jury duty leave, and voting leave.
Short-term and long-term disability.
Company discounts.
Military Leave Pay.
Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement.
PTO and/or PPTO usable for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes.
Live Better U education benefit for eligible full-time and part-time associates, covering tuition, books, and fees for programs ranging from high school completion to bachelor’s degrees, English Language Learning, and short-form certificates.