(USA) Emerging Store Manager - SC

About the role

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

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.
• Supports sales in the store by ensuring 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 to ensure they are accurately forecast to meet business goals for workload and performance results.
• 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.
• Promotes and supports company policies, procedures, mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity by training and providing direction to others in their use and application; ensuring compliance with them; and utilizing and supporting the Open Door Policy.
• Evaluates the ongoing effectiveness of current plans, programs, and initiatives; consults with business partners, managers, co-workers, or other key stakeholders; solicits, evaluates, and applies suggestions for improving efficiency and cost effectiveness; and participates in and supports community outreach events.
• Provides supervision and development opportunities for associates by selecting and training; mentoring; assigning duties; building a team-based work environment; establishing performance expectations and conducting regular performance evaluations; providing recognition and rewards; coaching for success and improvement; and promoting a belonging mindset in the workplace.

Requirements

Minimum 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 drug store.

Qualifications

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum 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.

Skills

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no 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 drug store.

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 $85,000.00 - $120,000.00 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)