District Manager Trainee

Circle K • Lisle, IL

2d • $65,000 - $80,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Circle K is seeking a District Manager Trainee to join their team. This role involves overseeing store operations, managing controllable costs, collaborating with marketing and vendors, ensuring profitability, and providing leadership to store managers. The trainee will be responsible for achieving financial objectives, maintaining a safe and secure work environment, and enhancing professional knowledge. This position offers opportunities for growth within the company, aligning with Circle K's mission to make people's lives easier.

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.
• Must have demonstrated leadership ability, good communication skills, be 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.
• A current valid driver's license is required to operate a company vehicle.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in business or related field
• 3-5 years of retail business experience or more
• Experience with MS Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint and Word

Responsibilities

• Provides information to store management by recapping promotional activity; 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 Marketing team to ensure promotions and new product introductions are fully implemented.
• Provide feedback to category managers regarding stock issues.
• Partners with vendors to ensure product is available.
• Timely execution of monthly promotions.
• Ensure vendor's 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, 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; 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.
• Maintain 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.

Benefits

• The Company complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (the ADA) and all state and local disability laws. Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to a reasonable accommodation under the terms of the ADA and certain state or local laws as long as it does not impose an undue hardship on the Company.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level