Traveling Retail Ops Manager — Lead 100+ Merchandisers

Driveline-Retail-Merchandisin; Central City (NE); On-site; USD 44,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Vision Insurance

401K program with Company match

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Driveline CENTRAl CITY, NE seeks a highly motivated Retail Operations Manager to lead a team of 100+ hourly merchandisers across 200+ locations. Travel to stores, engage with staff, and drive execution of category resets, new item cut-ins, stocking, audits, and data/photo collection.

The role includes recruiting/training staff, meeting client expectations, and achieving on-time project execution and financial metrics while coordinating with a regional team to optimize costs and results.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, management, or related field preferred or equivalent supervisory/management experience.
• 1–2 years of retail or field operations experience.
• Firm understanding of Retail and/or Retail Merchandising practices.

Responsibilities

• Train, coach, manage and mentor hourly employees within a given market area
• Maintain 95%+ on-time execution rate for all assigned projects
• Foster interactive working relationships with retailers and client personnel
• Verbally communicate with assigned employees on a consistent basis
• Deliver timely responses to company team members providing actionable follow-ups
• Plan and organize staffing to meet client project requirements
• Manage district costs such as drivetime, mileage, and overtime
• Control merchandising expenses including overtime, drivetime, mileage, and related travel costs
• Enthusiastically travel to job worksites to engage with clients and employees, for execution excellence
• Handle employee relations matters in collaboration with HR and Leave Departments
• Assist other Districts with staffing and execution as dictated by business

Skills

Strong verbal and written comms

Strong organizational skills

Attention to detail

MS Outlook, Excel and Word

Education

Bachelor’s degree in marketing, management, or related field

Job description

Driveline CENTRAl CITY, NE seeks a highly motivated Retail Operations Manager to lead a team of 100+ hourly merchandisers across 200+ locations. Travel to stores, engage with staff, and drive execution of category resets, new item cut-ins, stocking, audits, and data/photo collection.

The role includes recruiting/training staff, meeting client expectations, and achieving on-time project execution and financial metrics while coordinating with a regional team to optimize costs and results.