Regional Operations Director In Training

Responsibilities

• Ensures market competitiveness by monitoring and evaluating competitor pricing activities; analyzing market surveys, preparing forecasts; making adjustments.
• Evaluates financial status by reviewing cash/over reports, inventory shortages, repair and maintenance expenses, supply expenses, gasoline and grocery sales, profit margins.
• Determines marketing strategy changes by reviewing operating and financial statements; sales activity.
• Improves sales and profits by consulting with gasoline and marketing departments to develop strategies to optimize implementation of promotional programs.
• Maintains stores by conducting inspections to ensure the facility is clean and in good repair; evaluate inventory levels, merchandising; audits paperwork and reports.
• Protects employees, customers and company assets by maintaining a safe and secure work environment; enforcing safety practices; providing safety communications and training.
• Achieves financial objectives by preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions.
• Allocates program costs by preparing operational and risk reports for analyses.
• Maintains staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting and training employees.
• Increases employee’s effectiveness by communicating job expectations; coaching, counseling and disciplining; communicating values, strategies and objectives; planning, monitoring and appraising job results; fostering a climate conducive for offering information and opinions; developing personal growth opportunities.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reading professional publications; establishing personal networks; or participating in professional societies.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
• Plans sustaining and investment capital spending by working with Real Estate to evaluate future store acquisition opportunities.
• Occasionally engages governmental agencies on various matters.
• Job duties may change with or without advance notice.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business or related field preferred.
• Other combinations of experience and education that meet the minimum requirements may be substituted.
• Ten years of experience working in the convenience store/gasoline industry or more preferred; including minimum of 5 years of management responsibility.
• Experience with MS Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint and Word preferred.
• May require up to 50% travel annually.
• Comfortable public speaker and presenter.
• Valid driver’s license required.

Physical Requirements

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, talk and/or hear.
• The employee frequently is required to use his/her hands in order to handle or grasp items of varying weight.
• The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, and reach with both hands and arms.
• Ability to safely drive a car for necessary business travel is also an essential function.