District Manager - Tennessee/Georgia

The Childrens Place, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The Children’s Place Inc. seeks a District Manager to drive profitable sales growth across a multi-store district in the United States. You will be accountable for district financial results and lead the store management team to align with regional and company strategies.

You will recruit, coach, and develop leaders, communicate financial objectives, analyze performance, and ensure execution of brand standards while traveling across the district.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• 5-7 years of multi-unit experience in retail 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 of accountabilities to meet district and regional goals.
• Effectively communicate business and financial objectives.
• Analyze district performance in order to deliver appropriate feedback to regional director.
• 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.

Skills

Strategic planning

Talent development

Communication

Financial analysis

Store operations

Travel readiness

Leadership

People management

Education

Bachelor’s degree preferred

Job description

Location: Secaucus, New Jersey

Job Summary

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.

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


• Analyze district performance in order to deliver appropriate feedback to regional director


• 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

Bachelor’s degree preferred

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

The Children’s Place is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment.

Being a part of our team takes collaboration and hard work.

We are seeking top talent who are eager to contribute to a high-performing team! We are proud to be the largest pure-play children’s specialty apparel retailer in North America and continue to celebrate the success of our collection of brands, including The Children’s PLACE, Gymboree, Sugar & Jade and PJ PLACE.