District Manager

Pit Stop Stores; Pierre (SD); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Pit Stop Stores in South Dakota seeks a motivated District Manager to oversee Pierre and Mobridge locations, lead store teams, and drive daily operations with a hands-on approach.

You will partner with Store Managers and company leadership to ensure staffing, customer focus, and financial performance, visiting stores regularly, coaching staff, reviewing schedules, labor costs, inventory, and store standards to raise profitability and the customer experience.

Qualifications

• Experience leading multiple stores
• Strong people development
• Operational excellence
• Customer-focused leadership

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership, coaching, and accountability to Store Managers and their teams
• Recruit, interview, hire, and develop strong employees and managers
• Maintain staffing levels and assist with recruiting needs
• Visit assigned locations and maintain a strong in-store presence
• Review scheduling, labor costs, and overtime
• Monitor sales, gross profit, expenses, inventory, and store performance
• Identify opportunities to improve profitability with leadership
• Develop and implement action plans when stores are not meeting expectations
• Monitor inventory controls, shortages, shrink, and cash-handling procedures
• Ensure policies and procedures are followed consistently
• Oversee customer service, merchandising, cleanliness, food-service operations, and store standards
• Assist with employee relations and performance management
• Ensure reports, inventory counts, and paperwork are completed timely
• Assist with vendor, maintenance, and equipment issues
• Identify opportunities to increase sales and improve customer experience
• Follow through on issues to ensure resolution

Job description

We are seeking a motivated, hands-on District Manager to provide leadership and operational oversight for our Pierre and Mobridge convenience store locations, with the potential to assume responsibility for additional locations in the future.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced leader who enjoys developing people, solving problems, improving business performance, and being actively involved in day-to-day operations. We are looking for someone who will be present in our stores, build strong relationships with our management teams, and take ownership of results.

As District Manager, you will work directly with Store Managers and company leadership to ensure our locations are well staffed, efficiently operated, customer focused, and financially successful.

Key responsibilities include:

• Provide leadership, coaching, and accountability to Store Managers and their teams
• Recruit, interview, hire, and help develop strong employees and managers
• Maintain appropriate staffing levels and assist stores with ongoing recruiting needs
• Regularly visit assigned locations and maintain a strong in-store presence
• Review employee scheduling, labor costs, and overtime
• Monitor sales, gross profit, expenses, inventory, and overall store performance
• Work with company leadership to identify opportunities to improve profitability
• Develop and implement action plans when stores are not meeting expectations
• Monitor inventory controls, shortages, shrink, and cash-handling procedures
• Ensure company policies and operating procedures are consistently followed
• Oversee customer service, merchandising, cleanliness, food-service operations, and overall store standards
• Assist Store Managers with employee relations, performance management, and difficult personnel situations
• Ensure required reports, inventory counts, and operational paperwork are completed accurately and timely
• Assist with vendor, maintenance, and equipment issues when necessary
• Identify opportunities to increase sales and improve the customer experience
• Follow through on identified issues to ensure problems are resolved rather than simply reported