District Manager In Training

Circle K•Shreveport, LA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This role is responsible for overseeing store operations to ensure profitability and compliance with company policies and regulations. The District Manager In Training will manage controllable costs, collaborate with marketing and category managers, partner with vendors, and ensure the timely execution of promotions. This position also involves providing leadership and direction to store managers, including assistance with recruitment, training, and performance management. The role requires enhancing professional knowledge, contributing to team efforts, and achieving financial objectives through budgeting, expenditure scheduling, and variance analysis. Additionally, the District Manager In Training will be responsible for staff management, including recruiting, training, coaching, and appraising job results, while adhering to legal, ethical, and moral practices.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in business or related field preferred. Other combinations of job related experience and education that meet the requirements may be substituted.
3-5 years of retail business experience or more preferred; including minimum of 2 years of management responsibility.
Experience with MS Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint and Word preferred.
Demonstrated leadership ability.
Good communication skills.
Self-directed.
Self-motivated.
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.
A current valid driver's license is required to operate a company vehicle.

Responsibilities

Provides information to store management by recapping promotional activity and 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.
Ensures 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, 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, and 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.
Allocates program costs by preparing operational and risk reports for analyses.
Maintains staff by recruiting, selecting, and orienting employees.
Maintains staff job results by training, coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results.
Maintains 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 determined Financial and Key Result Area targets pursuant to Company Plan guidelines.