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
• Develop, mentor and enable top talent for retail success through coaching and in-store demonstration for high-performance sales
• 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.

Find your place at Premium – whether it’s merchandising, sales or brand advocacy, there's a spot for you on our team.

Acosta Group is an equal opportunity employer and will ensure that applicants with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact AskHR@acosta.com. Be sure to include "Applicant Accommodation" in the subject of your email to expedite the request.

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