Regional Director

Principal Duties & Responsibilities

• Ensures positive customer experience delivered by all stores in assigned area.
• Manage and develop District Support, District Managers and Area Operations Managers for future growth.
• Maintain and exceed organizational goals related to sales, profitability and operating costs for assigned area.
• Monitor, assess and evaluate regional performance through sales, operating cost, inventory, shrink, trend and other data analysis.
• Provide advice and counsel to District support, District Managers and Area Operations Managers on appropriate action plans and activities to meet operational and financial goals.
• Manages operations budget through supervision and guidance of District Managers and Area Operations Managers.
• Reviews and interprets financial and operational information as appropriate.
• Captures and analyzes financial and/or operational data and prepares financial/business reports for Store Operations on a regular basis.
• Facilitate new store development process by working with real estate; construction and other functional departments in ensuring all operational commitments are fulfilled.
• Represent regional concerns and issues to senior management across functions throughout Family Dollar organization.
• Ensure appropriate staffing levels for current and projected needs through use of established programs and development of direct reports through succession planning process and tools.
• Provide training, development and performance management for direct reports.

Position Requirements

• Valid Driver’s License
• Ability to work flexible, full-time schedule to include days, evenings, weekends and holidays.
• Ability to travel locally and overnight as needed.

Minimum Requirements

• Completion of high school or equivalent; college preferred.
• Ability to read, interpret and explain to others operational directives (e.g. merchandise schematics, etc.).
• Experience: 5-10 years multi-store management experience in retail, grocery or drug store environments.
• Job Related Skills: Ability to drive sales within region of coverage, training and development of team, improvement of shrink within region and ability to improve turnover.