District Manager in Training

Job Description:

  • Maximizes store sales through excellent customer service, product availability, merchandising and exceptional store image inside and out.
  • Provides information to store management by recapping promotional activity; reporting business opportunities, results, trends and competitive information.
  • Manages controllable costs by educating managers on procedures for controlling merchandise variation, managing salaries, overtime, cash, repair and maintenance costs.
  • Collaborates with the marketing team to ensure promotions and new product introductions are fully implemented. Provides feedback to category managers regarding stock issues.
  • Partners with vendors to ensure product availability. Timely execution of monthly promotions. Ensure vendor's performance and behavior is professional.
  • Ensures store operations are profitable by managing cash and merchandise variation, salaries, and other controllable expense lines on the P&L.
  • Ensures compliance with requirements by enforcing adherence to policies and procedures, and government regulations.
  • Protects employees, customers and company assets by maintaining a safe and secure working environment; enforcing safety practices; providing safety communication and training.
  • Achieves financial objectives by forecasting requirements, preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions.
  • Provides leadership and direction to store managers, including assistance in recruiting, selection, and orientation processes, assists with employee development and training programs; planning, monitoring and appraising job results. Establishes job expectations. Provides coaching to develop action plans for issue resolution. Administers counseling notices; initiates corrective actions. Implements non-discriminatory related management skills while hiring, training, counseling, motivating and separating employees.
  • Adheres to the Company Operating Policy of Legal, Ethical, and Moral practices.
  • Enhances 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 Financial and Key Result Area targets pursuant to Company plan guidelines.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in business or related field preferred.
  • Three to five years of retail business experience or more preferred; including minimum of two years of management responsibility.
  • Must have demonstrated leadership ability, good communication skills, be self-directed, self-motivated and customer service oriented.
  • Ability to communicate (orally and in writing) in English.
  • Ability to supervise and train Store Managers in use of store equipment, tools and materials.
  • Expertise with MS Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint and Word preferred.
  • A current valid driver's license is required to operate a company vehicle.

Benefits:

  • Reasonable accommodations will be considered that might assist those individuals with disabilities in order to perform the essential task and duties.
  • 50% travel by car.
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