District Manager

Ontario Trillium Foundation; Utica (MI); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Ontario Trillium Foundation seeks a field leadership coach to drive development of General Managers, Assistant Managers, and frontline teams across stores. The role emphasizes structured coaching, performance assessments, and actionable feedback to uplift operational standards.

The incumbent will lead on-the-job coaching plans, produce concise financial and operational analyses, and present weekly updates in leadership meetings.

Qualifications

• On-the-job coaching and mentoring for GMs, AMs, and crew.
• Annual performance reviews and actionable feedback.
• Develop professional development and career track mentoring for leaders.
• Analyze financial and operational data to derive insights and inform decisions.

Responsibilities

• Plan coaching objectives before each store visit.
• Provide constructive coaching and feedback to leadership and staff.
• Develop action plans to close operational gaps in underperforming stores.
• Coordinate with Field Trainer, HR, and Operations Evaluator as needed.
• Prepare short executive presentations to communicate trends and results.
• Lead market development efforts to drive sales growth in assigned markets.

Skills

Coaching & Mentoring

Financial Analysis

Store Operations

Presentation Skills

People Development

Leadership

Tools

MS Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Conduct "Pre-planned" Coaching and Mentoring of GM’s, AM’s and crew:

• Plan on-the-job coaching objectives before each store visit using store planning tool
• Provide "suggestive" on-the-job coaching of key operations and management skills to GM’s, AM’s and crew
• Conduct Annual Performance Reviews
• Provide "positive, constructive, and actionable" feedback
• Provide professional development and career track mentoring to GM’s and AM’s

Achieve Operational Excellence in all stores using structured approach

• Reinforce execution of key company policies and standards
• Identify and diagnose most important ongoing operational gaps in under performing stores
• Develop formal action plans to resolve gaps
• Coordinate field support resources (Field Trainer, Human Resources, Operations Evaluator) where required

Financial Oversight and Review Meetings

• Review key financial variables as part of store visit "pre-planning"
• Analyze and track key financial/operational data to derive meaningful business insights
• Develop short executive presentations (e.g. MS Excel/Powerpoint) to communicate key trends and results
• Present financial/operational weekly updates during Market Leader and area GM meetings
• Ensure stores are meeting operating plan through the use of P/L reviews and quarterly business reviews.

Take Leadership role in Market Development activities to drive Sales growth

• Coordinate with Market Leader and field support to develop market business plans
• Drive the development and execution of Local Store Marketing
• Coordinate field support resources (Market Specialists) to execute Local Store Marketing initiatives
• Empower GMs to take leadership role in executing LSM (e.g. develop relationships in schools, community, etc.)
• Coordinate with Market Leader to identify and pursue "new" Sales growth opportunities