Senior Regional Manager, Retail Stores

YETI; United States; Remote; USD 103,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

YETI is seeking a Senior Regional Manager, Retail Stores who will drive selling culture, coach Store Experience Leaders, and build high-performing teams across North America. This role spends significant time in stores, developing leaders, and ensuring exceptional customer experiences while aligning with district goals.

You will forecast performance, lead local initiatives, and partner with cross-functional teams to maximize district sales and brand impact. Travel across North America required.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive retail experience in consumer brands.
• 5+ years leading multiple stores and developing store leaders.
• Proven track record in driving conversion, AOV, and transactions.

Responsibilities

• Coach store teams to improve conversion, ADS, and UPT.
• Lead from the sales floor with in-store coaching and storytelling.
• Develop bench strength by building Store Experience Leaders and assistants.
• Forecast district performance and translate insights into actions.
• Collaborate with Home Office for labor planning, scheduling, and visual merchandising.

Skills

Retail leadership

Coaching

Forecasting

Labor management

Customer engagement

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree preferred

Job description

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About the Role

The Senior Regional Manager, Retail Stores is the multiplier of YETI’s selling culture. This leader drives business performance through coaching, leadership, and accountability. They build capable Store Experience Leaders who create high-performing teams and deliver exceptional customer experiences. By staying connected to the business, asking the right questions, and developing leader capability, the District Manager helps teams focus on the behaviors that drive results while creating an environment where people and performance can thrive.

What You’ll Do

Driving Sales

• Coach the behaviors that drive results: Identify opportunities within each store, coach the behaviors and actions that improve conversion, ADS, and UPT, and hold teams accountable for both execution and outcomes.
• Lead from the sales floor: Spend time selling alongside teams during store visits, demonstrating discovery, storytelling, and customization techniques that create stronger customer engagement and larger transactions.
• Build selling capability: Develop Store Experience Leaders and their teams into product experts who confidently connect products, solutions, and experiences to customer needs.
• Own district performance: Build district forecasts, establish clear priorities, and translate business insights into focused actions that drive consistent performance.
• Activate local opportunities: Leverage product launches, seasonal moments, community engagement, and customer insights to maximize district sales and brand awareness.

Building and Developing Teams

• Lead through coaching: Develop Store Experience Leaders through coaching, questions, guidance, and accountability, creating leaders who can independently solve problems and lead their teams effectively.
• Maintain a strong field presence: Spend the majority of time in stores, ensuring every visit is purposeful, developmental, and focused on follow-through.
• Attract and retain top talent: Build leadership teams that combine strong selling capability, operational excellence, and an authentic connection to the customers and communities YETI serves.
• Build bench strength for growth: Develop Assistant Store Experience Leaders and Store Experience Leaders who are ready to take on expanded responsibilities and support future store growth.
• Establish accountability: Set clear expectations, recognize strong performance, and address performance concerns quickly, consistently, and fairly.

Operations

• Drive operational excellence: Partner with Home Office teams to ensure consistent execution of labor planning, scheduling, visual merchandising, compliance, inventory management, shrink control, and new store openings.
• Influence across the business: Build strong partnerships with field peers and cross-functional partners, bringing the voice of the store forward while securing the support needed to drive results.
• Provide field insight: Share customer, product, and market feedback with Merchandising, Planning, Marketing, and Operations to strengthen business decisions and improve execution.
• Remove barriers to performance: Identify opportunities to simplify processes, improve efficiency, and create more time for leaders and teams to focus on selling and serving customers.

What You Bring

• 10+ years of progressive retail experience, ideally within a CPG or consumer brand environment
• 5+ years leading multiple retail stores, including developing store leaders across a geographic district
• Demonstrated success building high-performing selling cultures and driving conversion, average sale, and units per transaction
• A coaching-oriented leadership style that develops others through guidance, accountability, and continuous feedback
• Experience hiring, developing, and making difficult talent decisions
• Strong business acumen, including the ability to interpret performance data, forecast results, and effectively manage labor and expenses
• Ability to influence partners across functions and build strong working relationships without direct authority
• Passion for the outdoors and the YETI brand
• Ability to travel frequently throughout North America (including Canada)
• Bachelor’s degree preferred

How Success Is Measured

• A visible and sustainable selling culture built around discovery, storytelling, and customization
• Growth in conversion, average sale, units per transaction, sales, and profitability against plan
• Forecast accuracy and consistent execution against business commitments
• Strength of the leadership bench and readiness to support future store growth
• Retention, engagement, and development of store leaders and teams
• Consistent operational execution across the district
• Strong partnership with cross-functional teams and effective communication of field insights

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Pay Range:

$102,728.00 - $150,000.00 Annual USD

Employee pay will vary based on factors such as qualifications, experience, skill level, competencies and work location. We will meet minimum wage or minimum of the pay range (whichever is higher) based on city, county and state requirements.

YETI is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Our commitment to creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture is at the center of everything we do for our employees. We embrace all applicants looking to bring their authentic selves to YETI and contribute to our mission of keeping the wild WILD. Find out more about our commitment to DE&I at yeti.com/esg.html.

All applicants for employment will be considered without regard to an individual’s race, color, sex, gender identity, gender expression, religion, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care status, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local laws.

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