Emerging Store Manager - Nhm

About the role

The Emerging Store Manager (ESM) role is a developmental leadership position designed to prepare associates for potential Store Manager opportunities within the Walmart US store operations environment. This role trains and develops associates across various areas of store operations, including merchandising, people leadership, financial management, customer experience, and community engagement.

Responsibilities

• Trains and develops within a store environment in the areas of retail operational acumen, people leadership, merchandising strategy, financial management, customer experience, and community engagement in preparation for a Store Manager role.
• Aids in managing the store's financial performance by learning to authorize and manage expenditures against budget.
• Maintains sales and profit goals, analyzes economic trends and community needs for budget forecasting, generates, reviews, and acts on business reports and profit-and-loss statements.
• Ensures effective merchandise presentation, including accurate and competitive pricing, proper signing, and appropriate in-stock and inventory levels.
• Assesses economic trends and community needs, models, enforces, and provides direction and guidance to hourly associates and managers on proper customer service approaches and techniques to ensure customer needs, complaints, and issues are successfully resolved within company guidelines and standards.
• Supports the timely implementation of staffing plans, talent pipelines, and succession planning processes.
• Initiates, directs, and participates in community outreach programs as a community liaison.
• Encourages and supports associates and managers in serving as good members of the community.
• Establishes and maintains relationships with key individuals or groups as the representative for the company.
• Promotes company-sponsored programs, events, and sustainability efforts.
• Upholds the Open Door Policy by meeting with associates and listening to concerns, researching issues, reviewing company policies and procedures, and providing resolutions according to company policies and procedures.
• Proactively seeks out associate comments and concerns by meeting with associates in their work areas.
• Serves as a leader for the store's management team by supporting the establishment and implementation of store objectives.
• Communicates goals, monitors performance, and provides feedback; identifies training and development needs.
• Holds hourly associates and managers accountable for compliance with company policies and procedures.
• Manages safety and operational reviews, develops and implements action plans to correct deficiencies.
• Supports the execution of multiple business plans and projects by identifying customer and operational needs; developing and communicating business plans and priorities; removing barriers and obstacles that impact performance; providing resources; identifying performance standards; measuring progress and adjusting performance accordingly; developing contingency plans; and demonstrating adaptability and supporting continuous learning.
• Develops and implements key organizational objectives.

Requirements

The Emerging Store Manager role does not carry any guaranteed timeframe; however, the developmental assignment is expected to last no longer than 12 to 18 months. Associates in this role are expected to maintain mobility within their assigned region for Store Manager application and potential placement.

Qualifications

• Option 1: Bachelor's degree in management, business administration, retail management, financial management and 2 years' experience in a management role within a retail, operations, or distribution environment, with responsibility for supervising, evaluating, mentoring, and developing managers/supervisors, managing workloads, and participating in the hiring and promotion of employees.
• Option 2: 4 years' experience in a management role within a retail, operations, or distribution environment, with responsibility for supervising, evaluating, mentoring, and developing managers/supervisors, managing workloads, and participating in the hiring and promotion of employees. 2 years' general management experience, including responsibility for financial accountability.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in management, business administration, retail management, financial management and 3 years' experience in a management role with financial accountability in a retail or multi-unit environment.
• Demonstrated willingness and ability to relocate within assigned region for Store Manager placement.
• Experience as a Walmart Assistant Manager, Coach, or Store Lead with demonstrated readiness for increased scope and responsibility.
• Experience running a fresh, dry grocery, or off-firearm facility.

Benefits

At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more. You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable. For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices.

Pay

The annual salary range for this position is $65,000.00 - $110,000.00. Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include : Regional Pay Zone (RPZ) (based on location) Complex Structure (based on external factors that create challenges).