District Manager, Management

essential functions:

• provides information to store management by recapping promotional activity and 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.
• 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 with requirements by enforcing adherence to policies and procedures, and government regulations; enforces and monitors restricted sales policies; advises management of needed actions.
• 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.
• allocates program costs by preparing operational and risk reports for analyses.
• maintains staff by recruiting, selecting and orienting employees.
• maintains staff job results by training coaching, counseling and disciplining employees; planning, monitoring and appraising job results.
• maintain 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 determined financial and key result area targets pursuant to company plan guidelines.

• 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, power point 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.

• the physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• complete physical activity inventory of the position includes: sit for long periods of time.
• operate computer keyboard and mouse for data entry.
• view computer monitor hear and speak via telephone.
• reach forward and/or overhead occasionally lift up to 20 pounds.

• the work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
• reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• working conditions…