District Sales Manager

Responsibilities

• Spend time in the field by regularly visiting stores, staying visible, and leading your district team to strong sales results
• Proactively drive recruiting, and hiring strategies to maintain stores above target staffing levels, building a strong talent pipeline and ensuring bench readiness for future growth
• Partner closely with Talent Acquisition and store leaders to forecast staffing needs, minimize vacancies, and reduce turnover through timely hiring and effective onboarding
• Review sales and performance data to identify opportunities, solve challenges, and improve execution across the district
• Oversee day-to-day operations, including scheduling, inventory, cash controls, and in-store merchandising
• Build strong relationships with store leaders and share market insights and recommendations with senior leadership
• Lead by example with a customer-first mindset, making ethical, results-driven decisions and working side-by-side with your team in stores

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred
• 3-5 years retail, or sales experience preferred
• 3 years’ multi-location sales management experience preferred
• Positive mindset, willingness to learn, and flexibility to support the team when needed, including evenings and weekends
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 85% of the time to support stores and teams across the district
• Strong communication skills with the ability to build relationships with store leaders and field teams
• Able to prioritize tasks and manage time effectively across multiple locations

About Us

Premium Retail Services is a part of Acosta Group – a collective of the industry’s most trusted retail, marketing and foodservice agencies reimagining the way people connect with brands at every point in their shopping journey. Since 1985, Premium has been a top provider of sales and merchandising services, reshaping retail through innovation and excellence for hundreds of renowned brands across retail categories. With 12,000+ employees across the U.S. and Canada, we are a people-first company, and we strive to ensure our team members enjoy their jobs, feel valued, and emulate our core beliefs – that’s why we frequently promote from within. We encourage our employees to innovate and expand new horizons, making internal development our cornerstone.

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