District Manager - Minneapolis North, MN

Kohl's; Maple Grove (MN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Work Life Balance

Health & Wellness

Savings & Retirement Benefits

Insurance Programs

Life Events

Job summary

Kohl's is seeking a District Manager to lead 15-20 stores, driving sales, profitability, and customer experience across the district. You will mentor store leaders, optimize merchandising and operations, and partner with HR to address associate relations, while ensuring strong succession planning and strategic execution.

The role demands strong communication, cross-functional collaboration, and a proven track record in multi-unit retail leadership within a high-volume environment.

Qualifications

• 8-10 years of progressive retail experience.
• Minimum 3-5 years store management experience in a high-volume environment.
• 2-5 years of successful multi-unit leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Drive sales, profit and productivity while meeting payroll, expense and shortage goals.
• Support and execute the team vision, set clear objectives, assign and direct work, manage performance.
• Deliver consistent merchandise and visual presentation standards in every store.
• Communicate inventory needs and business opportunities to appropriate partners.
• Achieve operational best practices and OMNI execution, and drive clearance sell-through.
• Engage in market analysis to ensure an exceptional product assortment.
• Enhance the customer experience throughout your district.
• Promote associate engagement and support manager retention.
• Proactively address associate relations concerns in partnership with the HR team.
• Focus on critical strategic priorities and setting clear goals.
• Consistently monitor results and ensure follow-through on commitments.
• Create and support multi-year succession planning to meet long-term needs.
• Articulate the organization's priorities clearly to engage others at all levels.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Talent development

Retail business acumen

Merchandising

Store operations

Analytical skills

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

About The Role

In this role, you will provide leadership for 15-20 stores and own the execution of Kohl’s store priorities, including driving sales, enhancing the customer experience, managing profitability and shortage and developing your team.

What You’ll Do

• Drive sales, profit and productivity while meeting payroll, expense and shortage goals
• Support and execute the team vision, set clear objectives, assign and direct work, manage performance, and maintain open communications to create an effective work environment
• Deliver consistent merchandise and visual presentation standards in every store
• Communicate inventory needs and business opportunities to appropriate partners
• Achieve operational best practices and OMNI execution, and drive clearance sell-through
• Engage in market analysis to ensure an exceptional product assortment
• Enhance the customer experience throughout your district
• Write and deliver reviews for Store Managers and oversee the review process for all other managers and associates to ensure effective feedback is provided
• Promote associate engagement and support manager retention
• Proactively address associate relations concerns in partnership with the HR team
• Focus on critical strategic priorities and setting clear goals
• Consistently monitor results and ensure follow-through on commitments, driving execution and seizing opportunities to raise the bar
• Create and support multi-year succession planning to meet the long-term needs of the overall business
• Articulate the organization's priorities in a clear and compelling way that engages others and ensures that leaders at all levels maintain focus

Required

What Skills You Have

• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work with multiple business partners at various levels within the organization
• Proven success with the growth and development of internal talent
• Demonstrated ability to drive results through partnerships to achieve high-level results
• Significant retail business acumen with specific strengths related to merchandising presentation, merchandising assortments, store operations and competitive analysis
• Adept ability to consider multiple perspectives and incorporate opposing perspectives to drive change and make strategic decisions.
• Ability to foster effective relationships, collaborate seamlessly and navigate diverse communication scenarios at various levels within the organization
• Ability for daytime travel (up to 80%) and overnight travel (approx. 30%)

Preferred

• Bachelor's Degree in a related discipline
• 8-10 years of progressive retail experience
• Minimum 3-5 years store management experience in a high volume, big box environment
• 2-5 years of successful multi-unit leadership experience

Pay Range: $0.00 -

• WORK LIFE BALANCE (PTO, Vacation Buy Program, Parental Leave)
• HEALTH & WELLNESS (Medical, Dental, Vision and other short and long term disability programs, Emergency health and wellness programs such as Accident Protection Plans, Critical Illness Plans and more)
• SAVINGS & RETIREMENT BENEFITS (401k, Flexible Spending Accounts and associate discount programs with Kohl’s partners)
• INSURANCE PROGRAMS (Life Insurance for you, your family or your pet, as well as other protection programs)
• LIFE EVENTS (Legal and adoption assistance benefits)