District Manager - Central & Northeast OH

Ace Hardware Corporation; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 76,000 - 96,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Incentives

401(k) matching

Health coverage

Vacation days

Company car

Tuition assistance

Volunteer time off

EAP

Job summary

Ace Hardware Corporation in Columbus, OH seeks a District Manager for Central & Northeast Ohio to drive retailer and Ace wholesale sales, coach retailers, and align activities with corporate programs. The ideal candidate has 5+ years DM experience in multi-store retail, a bachelor's degree or equivalent, strong retail operations knowledge, and the ability to travel overnight to visit locations.

This role offers robust incentives and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
• Five+ years of District Manager experience in multi-store retail (Fortune 500).
• Strong understanding of retail operations and business fundamentals.
• Proven ability to influence retailers and drive execution of retail operations.
• Ability to travel overnight and work flexible hours.

Responsibilities

• Assess retailer needs, market conditions, and competitive landscape to maximize retailer sales and profits.
• Maximize Ace wholesale sales.
• Consult with Retailers to ensure execution of recommended actions and programs.
• Serve as Corporate liaison to Retailers and coordinate initiatives.
• Lead remodels, relocations, expansions, and owner succession planning.

Skills

District Manager

Retail leadership

Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

Negotiation

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Job description

District Manager for Central & Northeast OH

consults with Ace Retailers on how to maximize retail sales and profits as well as maximize Ace wholesale sales. Regularly meets with Retailers to access business needs, develop recommended solutions, create action plans, and ensures voluntary execution. Acts as the liaison between Retailers and Corporate and serves as the Retailer advocate.

What You’ll Do

• Assesses retailer needs, market conditions, the competitive landscape, and identifies strategies to maximize retailer sales and profits. Coaches Retailers on why and how to implement recommended voluntary actions.
• Maximize Ace wholesale sales.
• Consults with Retailers to ensure fundamental business and retail techniques are executed. Examples include gross margin, cash flow, expense management, return on investment, customer service, brand management, advertising, merchandise mix, plan-ograms, labor optimization, inventory management, etc.
• Serves as the Corporate liaison to Retailers to assures successful Retailer loyalty and coordinates the execution of Corporate initiatives and programs.
• Lead and influence Retailers with regards to remodels, relocations, expansions, branch locations, and owner succession planning.

What You Need To Succeed

• Minimum of five years of District Manager experience (with multi-store retail experience) for Fortune 500 retailer.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience in lieu of a degree.
• Deep understanding of retail operations and business fundamentals.
• Proven ability to influence Retailers and drive the execution of optimal retail operations in a consultative role.
• Ability to access the local competitive environment and develop appropriate retail strategies.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills.
• Strong PC skills to include Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook. Technology adaptive to embrace and become skilled at Ace's Retail Technology platform.
• Ability to work independently with little or no supervision.
• Ability to work flexible hours and regularly travel overnight.

Compensation Details

$76300 - $95500 per year

Why should you join our team?

We live our values - W.E.L.I.G.H.T (Winning, Excellence, Love, Integrity, Gratitude, Humility, and Teamwork). Gratitude. Humility. Love. You don't often see values like these in most corporate statements, but Ace is different. These things are important to us. They represent our commitment to the company, our employees, to Ace retailers and to the Ace brand.

Benefits

In addition to providing our employees a great culture, Ace also offers competitive benefits* that address life's necessities and perks, many of which expand and improve year after year, including:

• Incentive opportunities, based on role/grade level (company growth over the past 5 years resulted in incentives being paid out at an average of 122% of your target opportunity!)
• Generous 401(k) retirement savings plan with a fully vested matching contribution the first year in addition to quarterly contributions and annual discretionary contribution (once eligibility requirements have been met). Over the past 5 years, company contributions (matching, quarterly & discretionary) for fully eligible employees have averaged 10% of total eligible compensation
• Comprehensive health coverage (medical, dental, vision and disability - up to 26 weeks short-term disability and long-term disability) & life insurance benefits for you and your dependents
• 21 days of vacation immediately available (prorated in the first year) and up to 6 paid holidays depending on the month of hire
• Company Car, phone and fuel card are provided for field-based positions
• Your career at Ace is more than just a job. It's a chance to be part of something meaningful. We help locally-owned businesses thrive and make an impact in their communities - and we support our employees in doing the same by offering an annual Ace Cares Week, 20 hours off work per year to volunteer at an organization of your choice, opportunities to help Children's Miracle Network Hospitals and the Ace Helpful Fund through the Ace Foundation
• Ace invests in every employee we hire, with a key focus on development and coaching. We offer on-site classes, facilitator-led courses, and a generous tuition assistance program, plus a performance management approach that goes beyond the typical annual review
• We know the work environment matters. That's why Ace holds frequent campus events like Employee Appreciation Week, vendor demos, cookouts, and merchandise sales
• We bring them to you! Services such as mobile spas, auto maintenance, car wash and detailing, dry cleaning, dentists, eye doctors, flu shots, recycling and more!
• Employee discounts on Ace merchandise (including top brands like Weber, Traeger, Yeti, Craftsman, DeWalt and more), travel, fitness, computers and thousands more
• Birth/Adoption bonding paid time off
• Adoption cost reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) - access to free visits to therapists and lawyers, guidance on financial matters, elder and childcare, and assistance with tickets to entertainment events
• Identity theft protection
• Benefits are provided in compliance with applicable policies.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Ace Hardware Corporation is committed to a policy of promoting equal employment opportunities. The company recognizes the importance of diversity and leveraging the skills and talents of all people to the mutual advantage of each individual and the organization. The company is committed to the prevention of employment discrimination related to race, religion, color, sex (including sexual harassment), gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, disability and military or veteran status, sexual orientation or any other action covered by federal or applicable state/local laws.