District Manager

Overview

District Manager role at Circle K

Responsibilities and requirements for this role are listed below.

Responsibilities

• Maximizes store sales through excellent customer service, product availability, merchandising, and store image inside and out.
• Provides information to store management by recapping promotional activity; reports business opportunities, results, trends, and competitive information.
• Manages controllable costs by educating managers on procedures for controlling merchandise variation, salaries, overtime, cash, repair and maintenance costs.
• Collaborates with Marketing 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 and timely execution of monthly promotions; ensures vendor 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, 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; enforces safety practices and provides safety communication and training.
• Achieves financial objectives by forecasting requirements, preparing an annual budget, scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances, and initiating corrective actions.
• Provides leadership and direction to store managers, including assistance in recruiting, selection, and orientation; assists with employee development and training programs; plans, monitors, and appraises job results; establishes job expectations; provides coaching to develop action plans for issue resolution; administers counseling notices and corrective actions; implements nondiscriminatory management practices in 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.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business or related field preferred. Other combinations of job-related experience and education that meet requirements may be substituted.
• Three to five years of retail business experience or more preferred; including minimum of two years of management responsibility.
• Demonstrated leadership ability, good communication skills, self-directed, self-motivated, and customer service oriented. Ability to communicate (orally and in writing) in English.
• Ability to supervise and train Store Managers in use of store equipment, tools, and materials; ability to supervise and manage the functions listed in the SM job description.
• Expertise with MS Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint and Word preferred.
• A current valid driver’s license is required to operate a company vehicle.

Physical Requirements

The physical requirements described here are examples of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations will be considered for individuals with disabilities.

While performing duties, the employee is regularly required to sit, talk, and/or hear; frequent use of hands to handle or grasp items. The employee may occasionally stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms. Occasional lifting/carrying up to 60 pounds, and other related lifting notes as needed.

Ability to push/pull with arms, climb a ladder, and work in a store environment with variable temperatures and lighting. This position may require travel up to 50% by car.

Circle K is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Company complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and all state/local disability laws. Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodations. Please inform the Human Resources Representative if you need assistance completing any forms or participating in the application process.

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