District Manager - Cleveland East

Overview

The District Manager - Ohio East role at Kohl's involves overseeing 15‑20 stores and implementing store priorities such as driving sales, enhancing customer experience, managing profitability, and developing the team.

• Drive sales, profit, and productivity while meeting payroll, expense, and shortage goals.
• Support and execute the team vision, set clear objectives, assign and direct work, manage performance, and maintain open communication to create an effective work environment.
• Deliver consistent merchandise and visual presentation standards in every store.
• Communicate inventory needs and business opportunities to appropriate partners.
• Achieve operational best practices and OMNI execution, and drive clearance sell‑through.
• Engage in market analysis to ensure an exceptional product assortment.
• Enhance the customer experience throughout the district.
• Write and deliver reviews for Store Managers and oversee the review process for all other managers and associates to ensure effective feedback is provided.
• Promote associate engagement and support manager retention.
• Proactively address associate relations concerns in partnership with the HR team.
• Focus on critical strategic priorities and setting clear goals.
• Consistently monitor results and ensure follow-through on commitments to drive execution and seize opportunities to raise the bar.
• Create and support multi‑year succession planning to meet the long‑term needs of the overall business.
• Articulate the organization’s priorities in a clear and compelling way that engages others and ensures that leaders at all levels maintain focus.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work with multiple business partners at various levels within the organization.
• Proven success with the growth and development of internal talent.
• Demonstrated ability to drive results through partnerships to achieve high‑level results.
• Significant retail business acumen with strengths related to merchandising presentation, merchandising assortments, store operations, and competitive analysis.
• Adept at considering multiple perspectives and incorporating opposing viewpoints to drive change and make strategic decisions.
• Ability to foster effective relationships, collaborate seamlessly, and navigate diverse communication scenarios at various levels of the organization.
• Ability for daytime travel (up to 80%) and overnight travel (approximately 30%).

• Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline.
• 8–10 years of progressive retail experience.
• Minimum 3–5 years of store management experience in a high‑volume, big‑box environment.
• 2–5 years of successful multi‑unit leadership experience.

Location:

Youngstown, OH.

Employment type:

Full‑time. Seniority level:
Not Applicable. Function:
Sales and Business Development. Industry: Retail.