District Manager, North Carolina

The Children's Place; North Carolina; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The Children's Place seeks a District Manager to drive profitable sales growth across a geographic region of stores. The role has full accountability for the district’s financial results and leads the store management team to align with regional and company strategies.

Responsibilities include building a diverse, high-performing team, coaching leaders, communicating financial objectives, and developing a district sales plan for growth. Willingness to travel within the market is required.

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of multi-unit retail management experience.
• Valid driver’s license.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain a diverse, high-performing store management team.
• Provide coaching and direction to meet district and regional goals.
• Communicate business and financial objectives.
• Develop a district sales strategy for profitable growth.
• Lead store teams to meet sales and payroll budgets.
• Foster brand standards and customer experience.
• Partner with Loss Prevention to manage shrink and trends.
• Travel within the district as needed.

Skills

Talent development

Strategic planning

Presentation skills

Financial analysis

Retail leadership

Communication

Travel availability

Team coaching

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
• Drivers 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