Senior District Market Leader - Retail Field Ops

Winston Retail; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

401k

Employee Discount program

Wellness program

Pet Insurance

Job summary

Winston Retail is seeking a Sr. District Market Manager in Houston, TX to lead a District Market Manager team and ensure successful retail mass merchandising initiatives across locations.

You will coach direct reports, manage travel, and foster strong client relationships while partnering with regional management to drive in-store excellence. The role requires 7+ years regional management experience, leadership skills, and strong negotiation/communication abilities.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of regional management experience within a department, specialty, big box, or retail chain.
• Experience managing a team of 40+ people.
• Experience working cross-functionally in a team.
• Experience in Retail Mass Merchandising and/or grocery preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversee, coach, and develop a team of District Market Managers to ensure they are well equipped to direct their assigned field teams and foster strong store relationships.
• Manage travel for District Market Managers in the field, ensuring their assigned regions are appropriately supported, and travel is balanced.
• Lead the way in building successful and lasting store and client relationships, setting an example for District Market Managers to follow.
• Schedule and lead regular team meetings to discuss successes, opportunities, and solutions to drive results in the field.
• Host ongoing team training to ensure partnership, negotiating, and management skills are fortified and deployed successfully to support Field Merchandisers as well as store and client representatives.
• Aggregate data from a team of District Market Manager direct reports to identify trends across the organization and develop solutions and improvements that drive results.
• Lead and manage a regular schedule of store teams and visits to inspire, coach, advocate, and develop the team members to deliver consistent execution in meeting client's project objectives.
• Lead and manage a team of Field Merchandisers in collaboration with the Regional Management, Account Training Management, and Account Management teams to ensure the highest possible completion rate for each serviced location.
• Train Field Merchandisers on their role and responsibilities with respect to execution, negotiating skills, and building successful relationships with store personnel at all levels to accomplish project objectives.
• Direct contact with regional, store, and department managers to foster strong relationships and troubleshoot any issues that may arise.
• Promote a high-performing culture and set the pace of excellent visit execution to drive the consumer experience.
• Employ negotiating skills on behalf of the client to ensure designated and focal product placement.
• Travel to retailers within the assigned region on a regular basis (up to 75% travel required)

Skills

Leadership

Coaching

Communication

Negotiation

Relationship-building

Analytical

Multi-tasking

Problem-solving

Excel/PowerPoint

Tools

Wi-Fi

Job description

Winston Retail is seeking a Sr. District Market Manager in Houston, TX to lead a District Market Manager team and ensure successful retail mass merchandising initiatives across locations.

You will coach direct reports, manage travel, and foster strong client relationships while partnering with regional management to drive in-store excellence. The role requires 7+ years regional management experience, leadership skills, and strong negotiation/communication abilities.