District Manager, Pennsylvania & NJ (HYBRID)

The Children's Place; Pennsylvania; On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Vision & Dental Insurance

Job summary

The Children's Place seeks a District Manager to drive profitable sales growth across a regional store network. You will own financial results for the district and develop the store management team to deliver results aligned with regional and company strategies.

Responsibilities include building a high-performing team, coaching leaders, and ensuring brand standards and customer experience. Travel within the market is required, with regular weekend commitments.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of multi-unit retail management experience.
• Driver's license required.
• Willingness to travel within assigned market.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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 identify trends that support achieving district and store shrink goals.
• Cultivate an environment of open communication and drive performance management and development of associates within the district.
• Represent the company in a professional and positive manner.
• 2 weekends per month and weekly office day as required by business needs.

Skills

Strategic planning

Leadership

Communication

Talent development

Travel flexibility

Tools

Microsoft 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
• 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
• District Managers are expected to be active, field-based leaders, partnering with Store Managers Tuesday through Friday while maintaining one office day each week. To support business needs and key performance milestones, candidates should be available to work two weekends per month, including the final weekend of each quarter

Details:

• Health, Vision & Dental Insurance for full-time employees