District Sales Manager

Clarks

9d • Onsite

About The Position

The District Sales Manager (DSM) Texas is responsible for achieving strategic goals across a group of areas & stores by maximizing sales and profits, staffing and training, ensuring financial integrity, inventory control, customer service and marketing initiatives. The DSM is responsible for the career and professional development of their Area Sales Managers and Store Managers as well as their store personnel.

Requirements

• Ability to build relationships with store staff and home office to deliver a superior customer experience to drive sales and profitability.
• The ability to have a hands-on approach with their teams.
• Genuinely engage with others and form positive connections.
• Exceed customer expectations
• Ability to deliver desired results.
• Desire to work cooperatively with others
• Ability to consider, respond and interact appropriately in all situations presented.
• Demonstrate the capability to change course when desired results are not being met
• Identifying what needs to be done and doing it before being asked or before the situation requires
• Proficient in MS Office, able to interpret and act based on reports
• Strong ability to identify, recruit, and retain talent
• High school degree, College degree preferred
• Retail experience required preferably in footwear and/or fashion apparel
• Prior Experience as a District/Area Manager or 5+ years’ experience working as a retail Store Manager.
• Interface with internal business partners: Head of Retail, DD, DSM Colleagues, ASM, Store Manager, Home office (Merchandising, Operations, Construction, Real Estate, (HR) and customers.

Responsibilities

• Conducts regular store visits to ensure effective execution of retail strategic plans, high standards of store operation, employee relations, compliance with company policies and directives and maximization of sales and profits.
• This position is responsible for the direct supervision of all Area Managers and Store Managers within the district and are responsible for staffing the stores by recruiting and hiring high performing teams.
• Proactively communicates expectations and then monitors Area & Store performance weekly through multiple reporting systems. Communicates, takes actions, and sets travel plans based on the needs of business situations.
• Leverages sales trends, traffic, Employee Productivity reporting and budgets/forecasts to ensure stores schedules are effectively written with a focus on delivering to Sales Per Hour targets.
• Ensures store openings and closures are executed effectively and are completed on time by managing staffing and executing on all other operational items.
• Develop and recruit a high performing store management team, setting objectives and performance managing to deliver excellence.
• Awareness of current operational, market conditions and consumer needs.

What This Job Offers

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