(USA) Vision Center Manager L3 #1977

Position Summary

Drives sales in the Vision Center by ensuring effective merchandise presentation including accurate and competitive pricing, proper signing, and instock and inventory levels. Budgets, forecasts sales, assesses economic trends, and community needs. Models and enforces proper customer/member service approaches and techniques to resolve issues within Company guidelines and standards.

Responsibilities

• Budgets and forecasts sales and assesses economic trends and community needs
• Ensures compliance with Company policies and procedures by analyzing and interpreting reports, implementing and monitoring asset protection and safety controls, and overseeing safety, operational, and quality assurance reviews
• Develops and implements action plans to improve performance, provides direction and guidance on executing Company programs and strategic initiatives, and directs Vision Center Associates in ensuring confidentiality of information, documentation, and assigned records
• Supervises and develops Associates in the Vision Center by hiring, training, mentoring, assigning duties, providing recognition, and promoting a belonging mindset in the workplace
• Ensures the provision of quality eyewear by consulting with and educating Members/Customers, selecting products based on Member/Customer needs, obtaining measurements, verifying prescriptions, maintaining confidential information, performing minor frame repair, and maintaining Optical equipment
• Coordinates, completes, and oversees job-related activities and assignments by developing and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders, supporting plans and initiatives to meet customer and business needs, identifying and communicating goals and objectives, building accountability for and measuring progress in achieving results, identifying and addressing improvement opportunities, and demonstrating adaptability and promoting continuous learning
• Respects individuals by building high-performing teams, embracing differences, creating a workplace where associates feel seen, supported, and connected through a culture of belonging, and creating opportunities for all associates to thrive and perform
• Acts with integrity by maintaining and promoting the highest standards of integrity, ethics, and compliance, modeling Walmart values, holding oneself and others accountable, and supporting Walmart's goal of becoming a regenerative company by making a positive impact for associates, customers, members, and the world around us
• Serves customers and members by delivering results while putting the customer first, considering and adapting to how, where, and when customers shop, and applying the EDLP and EDLC business models to all plans. Makes decisions based on data insights and analysis, balancing short and long-term priorities, and considering associates, shareholders, suppliers, business partners, and communities when making plans
• Strives for excellence by displaying curiosity and a desire to learn, taking calculated risks, demonstrating courage and resilience, encouraging learning from mistakes, driving continuous improvements, adopting and encouraging the use of new technologies and skills, and supporting others through change

Qualifications

• Completion of 2 or more years of college OR 1 year’s retail experience and 1 year’s supervisory experience OR 2 years’ general work experience including 1 year’s optical experience
• High school diploma or equivalent
• Current eligibility to work as an optician or apprentice optician under applicable state laws, regulations, and/or rules

Benefits

• 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
• The hourly wage range for this position is $38.50 - $50.00