Regional Store Leader: Grow Sales & Ops

Circle K; United States; On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Circle K is seeking an experienced Store Manager to lead day-to-day operations, drive sales growth, and ensure an exceptional store image. You will manage staff, scheduling, training, and safety compliance while overseeing budgets and cost controls.

The role requires strong leadership, effective communication, and a proven retail management track record. Travel may be required, and the position is based at one of Circle K’s stores in the United States.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business or related field preferred.
• Three to five years of retail business experience or more preferred; including minimum of two years of management responsibility.
• Must have demonstrated leadership ability, good communication skills, be self-directed, self-motivated and customer service oriented.
• Ability to supervise and train Store Managers in use of store equipment, tools and materials.
• Expertise with MS Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint and Word preferred.
• A current valid driver’s license is required to operate a company vehicle.
• Must have a valid driver’s license.

Responsibilities

• Maximizes store sales through excellent customer service, product availability, merchandising and exceptional store image inside and out.
• Provides information to store management by recapping promotional activity; reporting business opportunities, results, trends and competitive information.
• Manages controllable costs by educating managers on procedures for controlling merchandise variation, managing salaries, overtime, cash, repair and maintenance costs.
• Collaborates with the marketing team to ensure promotions and new product introductions are fully implemented. Provides feedback to category managers regarding stock issues.
• Partners with vendors to ensure product availability. Timely execution of monthly promotions. Ensure vendor’s performance and behavior is professional.
• Ensures store operations are profitable by managing cash and merchandise variation, salaries, and other controllable expense lines on the P&L.
• Ensures compliance with requirements by enforcing adherence to policies and procedures, and government regulations. Enforces and monitors restricted sales policies; advises management of needed actions.
• Protects employees, customers and company assets by maintaining a safe and secure working environment; enforcing safety practices; providing safety communication and training.
• Achieves financial objectives by forecasting requirements, preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions.
• Provides leadership and direction to store managers, including assistance in recruiting, selection, and orientation processes, assists with employee development and training programs; planning, monitoring and appraising job results. Establishes job expectations. Provides coaching to develop action plans for issue resolution. Administers counseling notices; initiates corrective actions. Implements non-discriminatory related management skills while hiring, training, counseling, motivating and separating employees.
• Adheres to the Company Operating Policy of Legal, Ethical, and Moral practices.
• Enhances professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reading professional publications; establishing personal networks; or participating in professional societies.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing Financial and Key Result Area targets pursuant to Company plan guidelines.

Skills

Leadership ability

Communication skills

Self-directed

Self-motivated

Customer service oriented

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business or related field

Tools

MS Outlook

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Job description

Circle K is seeking an experienced Store Manager to lead day-to-day operations, drive sales growth, and ensure an exceptional store image. You will manage staff, scheduling, training, and safety compliance while overseeing budgets and cost controls.

The role requires strong leadership, effective communication, and a proven retail management track record. Travel may be required, and the position is based at one of Circle K’s stores in the United States.