District Manager, Miami

The Children's Place; Fort Lauderdale (FL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The Children's Place in Fort Lauderdale, FL seeks a District Manager to drive profitable sales growth across multiple stores. The role holds full accountability for district financial results and leads the store management team to execute regional and company strategies.

Responsibilities include building a high-performing team, coaching staff, achieving sales and payroll budgets, maintaining brand standards, and delivering a superior customer experience.

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of multi-unit retail experience required.
• Driver’s license required.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain a diverse, high-performing store management team through consistent selection, development, and motivation.
• Provide coaching, mentoring, and overall direction to meet district and regional goals.
• Communicate business and financial objectives effectively.
• Develop a district sales strategy to ensure profitable growth.
• Lead store teams to meet sales/payroll budgets through execution.
• Foster a selling culture with a positive customer experience.
• Ensure brand visual standards are consistently executed.
• Work with Loss Prevention to achieve district shrink goals.
• Cultivate open communication and develop associates district-wide.
• Represent the company professionally.

Skills

Strategic planning

Talent development

Public speaking

Financial reporting

Retail leadership

Communication

Team motivation

MS Office

Job description

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.

Responsibilities:

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
• 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:

• 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