District Manager in Training

Essential Functions

• 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 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 is available and timely execution of monthly promotions.
• Ensures 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 by enforcing adherence to policies and procedures, government regulations; monitors restricted sales policies; advises management on needed actions.
• Protects employees, customers and company assets by maintaining a safe and secure working environment; enforces safety practices; provides safety communication and training.
• Achieves financial objectives by forecasting requirements, preparing an annual budget, scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances, undertaking corrective actions.
• Provides leadership and direction to store managers, including assistance in recruiting, selection, and orientation processes; assists with employee development and training programs; plans, monitors and appraises 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 Company operating policy of legal, ethical, and moral practices.

• Bachelor’s degree in business or related field preferred. Other combinations of job-related experience and education that meet the requirements may be substituted.
• 3-5 years of retail business experience or more preferred; including minimum of 2 years of management responsibility.
• Experience with MS Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint and Word preferred.
• 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.
• Ability to supervise and manage the functions listed in the SM job description.
• A current valid driver's license is required to operate a company vehicle.

• Sit for long periods of time.
• Operate computer keyboard and mouse for data entry.
• View computer monitor.
• Hearing and speaking via telephone.
• Reach forward and overhead.
• Occasionally lift up to 20 pounds.

Circle K is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act and all state and local disability laws. Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the terms of the ADA.