District Manager - Retail Execution

Advantage Sales & Marketing dba Advantage Solutions • Minneapolis, MN

10d • Onsite

About The Position

The Retail Execution District Manager leads frontline execution within a defined territory, overseeing a team of retail associates responsible for in-store merchandising, sales support, and program delivery. This role ensures consistent execution of client standards through hands-on coaching, store-level engagement, and day-to-day operational management. The role is focused on execution excellence, including staffing, scheduling, training, and performance management of hourly or field-based teams, while maintaining strong relationships with store leadership and ensuring retail objectives are achieved.

Requirements

• High school education
• 2-4 years experience in relevant field
• Retail execution and merchandising fundamentals
• Understanding of in-store retail standards, including planograms, shelving, pricing/signage, and product placement
• Familiarity with retail operations across channels, including grocery, mass, and specialty
• Field operations management
• Knowledge of territory-based staffing, scheduling, and store coverage models
• Understanding of how retail programs, including resets, promotions, and demos, are executed in-store
• Performance and reporting basics
• Working knowledge of retail reporting, including store audits, execution reports, and coverage metrics
• Ability to interpret performance data to identify execution gaps and trends
• People management fundamentals
• Understanding of performance management basics, including coaching, feedback, and evaluations
• Knowledge of hiring, onboarding, and training practices for hourly and field teams
• Frontline leadership and coaching
• Ability to coach in real time in store environments
• Effectively delivers feedback to improve performance and accountability
• Builds engagement and accountability across dispersed teams
• Execution and operational discipline
• Strong ability to organize and execute multiple store-based projects and priorities simultaneously
• Manages schedules, routes, and coverage effectively to meet client expectations
• Maintains high attention to detail in fast-paced environments
• Relationship management (store-level)
• Builds trust and credibility with store managers and local client stakeholders
• Represents the company professionally in field settings
• Resolves day-to-day issues quickly and effectively
• Communication and coordination
• Communicates clearly with associates, peers, and support teams
• Provides timely reporting and updates on execution and performance
• Adapts communication style for frontline versus management audiences
• Basic data and technology skills
• Uses reporting tools, Excel, and internal systems to track performance and activity
• Applies insights from reports to make immediate adjustments to execution
• Execution-focused mindset
• Demonstrates a bias for action and follow-through
• Maintains focus on completing tasks accurately and on time
• Adaptability and problem solving
• Adjusts quickly to changing priorities, store conditions, and staffing gaps
• Solves operational issues independently while escalating appropriately
• Time and priority management
• Effectively manages competing demands across multiple stores and associates
• Prioritizes work to align with client and business needs
• Accountability and ownership
• Takes ownership of territory results and team performance
• Holds self and others accountable to expectations
• People-first leadership
• Motivates and develops associates through consistent presence and engagement
• Demonstrates empathy while driving performance expectations
• Incumbent must be able to perform the essential functions of the job.
• Work is performed in a retail in-store environment, which may include working in variable temperatures such as refrigerated areas, freezer sections and deli/bakery areas.
• The position typically requires the ability to spend 66%+ hours each workday performing the following activities: Engage in considerable physical activity, ability to lift, push and pull up to 50 pounds, stand on feet for long periods of time, use consumer goods products, prepare, and serve food and beverages safely as appropriate for the product demonstration.

Responsibilities

• Oversees in-store program execution, merchandising, and audit activities to meet client standards
• Ensures product placement, shelf standards, and merchandising compliance
• Directly manages, coaches, and develops retail associates through field engagement and structured feedback
• Supports hiring, scheduling, training, and performance management of frontline teams
• Monitors execution through reporting and store visits; addresses performance gaps through coaching and training
• Ensures timely completion of retail projects and coverage expectations
• Builds relationships with store leadership and client partners to support execution objectives
• Manages schedules, reporting, and expenses aligned to territory expectations

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED