District Manager, Austin

The Children's Place; Secaucus (NJ); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

The Children’s Place is seeking a District Manager to drive profitable sales growth across a geographic region of stores. This role has full accountability for district financial results and leads the store management team to execute company strategies.

Education: Bachelor’s degree preferred with 5-7 years of multi-unit retail experience. Strong leadership, communication, and travel willingness are essential to succeed in this position.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred; 5-7 years of multi-unit retail experience required.
• Experience selecting and developing high-performing talent.
• Ability to analyze moderately complex financial reports.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead a high-performing store management team across the district.
• Coach and mentor district staff to meet regional goals.
• Communicate financial objectives and district performance.
• Develop a district sales strategy for profitable growth.
• Lead teams to meet sales and payroll budgets with strong execution.
• Ensure brand standards and customer experience across stores.

Skills

Strategic planning

Talent development

Public speaking

Financial analysis

MS Office

Training & coaching

Retail landscape knowledge

Team motivation

Travel flexibility

Education

Bachelor's degree (preferred)

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Location: Secaucus, New Jersey

Job Summary: The District Manager will be responsible for driving profitable sales growth throughout a geographic region divided into stores. This position will have full accountability for the key financial results of the district and will be responsible for the overall leadership and development of the store management team within the district by building a high-performing team that is dedicated to achieving results and supporting regional and company strategies.

Key Accountabilities:

• Create and maintain a diverse, high-performing store management team through consistent selection, development, and motivation
• Provide coaching, mentoring, and overall direction of accountabilities to meet district and regional goals
• Effectively communicate business and financial objectives
• Analyze district performance in order to deliver appropriate feedback to regional director
• Develop a district sales strategy that ensures profitable growth
• Lead the store teams to meet sales/payroll budgets through appropriate execution
• Foster a selling culture throughout the district, ensuring a positive customer experience that meets and exceeds every customer’s expectation
• Articulate the vision and ensure execution of brand visual standards consistently
• Partner with Loss Prevention to ensure adherence to loss prevention policies and procedures and proactively identify trends that support achieving district and store shrink goals
• Cultivate an environment of open communication and drive the performance management and development of associates within the district
• Represent the company in a professional and positive manner

Education and Experience: Bachelor’s degree preferred 5-7 years of multi-unit experience in retail required Driver’s license required

Skills and Behaviors

• Must be able to create competitive and innovative strategies and plans
• Proven track record of selecting high-performing talent and ability to develop compelling development plans
• Ability to articulately and effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, customers, and the general public
• Ability to understand and interpret moderately complex financial reports
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and ability to adapt to additional internal applications
• Ability to facilitate and present programs, processes, and concepts to groups of managers
• Broad knowledge and perspective of retail landscape and can accurately identify trends
• Must be able to inspire and motivate entire teams or organizations
• Willingness/ability to travel
• Must reside within or close proximity to their assigned market to ensure appropriate coverage and support with the ability to regularly travel throughout the market as the business requires

Being a part of our team takes collaboration and hard work. We are seeking top talent who are eager to contribute to a high-performing team! We are proud to be the largest pure-play children’s specialty apparel retailer in North America and continue to celebrate the success of our collection of brands, including The Children’s PLACE, Gymboree, Sugar & Jade and PJ PLACE.

The Children’s Place is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment.