District Manager in Training

About the Role

This position oversees store operations, financial performance, and team leadership to ensure profitability, compliance, and a safe working environment.

Responsibilities

• Provides information to store management by recapping promotional activity; reporting business opportunities, results, trends, and competitive information.
• Manages controllable costs by educating managers on procedures for controlling merchandise variation, salaries, overtime, cash, repair, and maintenance costs.
• Collaborates with the Marketing team to ensure promotions and new product introductions are fully implemented.
• Provides feedback to category managers regarding stock issues and partners with vendors to ensure product availability.
• Ensures timely execution of monthly promotions and professional vendor performance.
• Manages store profitability by overseeing cash, merchandise variation, salaries, and other controllable expenses on the P&L.
• Ensures compliance with policies, procedures, and government regulations, including restricted sales policies.
• Maintains a safe and secure working environment for employees and customers through safety practices, communication, and training.
• Achieves financial objectives by forecasting requirements, preparing annual budgets, scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances, and initiating corrective actions.
• Provides leadership and direction to store managers, including recruiting, selection, orientation, employee development, and training programs.
• Plans, monitors, and appraises job results; establishes job expectations and provides coaching for issue resolution.
• Administers counseling notices and initiates corrective actions as needed.
• Implements non-discriminatory management practices in hiring, training, counseling, motivating, and employee separation.
• Adheres to the Company Operating Policy of Legal, Ethical, and Moral practices.
• Enhances professional and technical knowledge through educational workshops, professional publications, networking, or participation in professional societies.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing Financial and Key Result Area targets pursuant to Company plan guidelines.
• Allocates program costs by preparing operational and risk reports for analysis.
• Maintains staff through recruiting, selecting, orienting, training, coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business or related field preferred; other combinations of job-related experience and education may be substituted.
• 3-5 years of retail business experience, including a minimum of 2 years of management responsibility.
• Experience with MS Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word preferred.
• Demonstrated leadership ability, good communication skills, self-direction, self-motivation, and customer service orientation.
• Ability to communicate (orally and in writing) in English.
• Ability to supervise and train Store Managers in the use of store equipment, tools, and materials.
• Ability to supervise and manage functions outlined in the Store Manager job description.
• A current valid driver’s license is required to operate a company vehicle.

Physical Requirements

• Sit for long periods of time.
• Operate a computer keyboard and mouse for data entry.
• View a computer monitor.
• Hear and speak via telephone.
• Reach forward and/or overhead.
• Occasionally lift up to 20 pounds.

Work Environment

• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
• Lighting includes natural light and fluorescent lighting throughout work areas.
• Work with minimum direction and periodic supervision.