Regional Director

General Summary

Provides and models respectful service. Plans, controls, and directs the activities of regional operations with full profit and loss responsibility. Acts within the scope of corporate objectives and policies to accomplish goals. Provides guidance and support to district management on staff development, operational excellence, and profitability.

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.
• Meet and/or 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 periodic financial and/or operational analyses 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.)
• 5-10 years multi-store management experience in retail, grocery, or drug store environments
• Experience in the following: ability to drive sales within region of coverage, training and development of team, improvement of shrink within region, and ability to improve turnover

Job Related Skills

• Ability to drive sales within region of coverage
• Training and development of team
• Improvement of shrink within region
• Ability to improve turnover

Family Dollar is an equal opportunity employer committed to complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities.