District Manager in Training

Essential Functions

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, managing salaries, overtime, cash, repair and maintenance costs.

Collaborates with Marketing team to ensure promotions and new product introductions are fully implemented. Provide feedback to category managers regarding stock issues. Partners with vendors to ensure product is available.

Timely execution of monthly promotions. Ensure vendor's performance and behavior is professional. Ensures store operations are profitable by managing cash and merchandise variation, salaries, and other controllable expense lines on the P&L.

Ensures compliance with requirements by enforcing adherence to policies and procedures, and government regulations; enforces and monitors restricted sales policies; advises management of needed actions.

Protects employees, customers and company assets by maintaining a safe and secure working environment; enforcing safety practices; providing safety communication and training.

Achieves financial objectives by forecasting requirements, preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business or related field preferred.
• Other combinations of job related experience and education that meet the requirements may be substituted.
• 3-5 years of retail business experience or more preferred; including minimum of 2 years of management responsibility.
• Experience With MS Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint And Word Preferred.
• Must have demonstrated leadership ability, good communication skills, be self-directed, self-motivated and customer service oriented.
• Ability to communicate (orally and in writing) in English.
• Ability to supervise and train Store Managers in use of store equipment, tools and materials.
• Ability to supervise and manage the functions listed in the SM job description.
• A current valid driver's license is required to operate a company vehicle.