Region Operations Director

Circle K•Remote Workers Ohio OH, OH

22h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Region Operations Director is responsible for ensuring market competitiveness by monitoring competitor pricing, analyzing market surveys, and making adjustments. This role involves evaluating the financial status of stores by reviewing various financial reports, inventory levels, and expenses. The Director will determine marketing strategy changes, improve sales and profits through promotional program optimization, and maintain store standards through inspections. A key aspect of this role is protecting assets by enforcing safety practices and maintaining a secure work environment. The Director will also achieve financial objectives by preparing annual budgets, managing expenditures, and analyzing variances. Additionally, this position involves staff management, including recruitment, training, and development, as well as maintaining professional knowledge through continuous learning and networking. The role also includes planning capital spending, evaluating acquisition opportunities, and occasionally engaging with governmental agencies.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in business or related field preferred. Other combinations of experience and education that meet the minimum requirements may be substituted.
Ten years of experience working in the convenience store/gasoline industry or more preferred; including minimum of 5 years of management responsibility.
Experience with MS Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint and Word preferred.
May require up to 50% travel annually.
Comfortable public speaker and presenter
Valid driver’s license required.

Responsibilities

Ensures market competitiveness by monitoring and evaluating competitor pricing activities; analyzing market surveys, preparing forecasts; making adjustments.
Evaluates financial status by reviewing cash/over reports, inventory shortages, repair and maintenance expenses, supply expenses, gasoline and grocery sales, profit margins.
Determine marketing strategy changes by reviewing operating and financial statements; sales activity.
Improves sales and profits by consulting with gasoline and marketing departments to develop strategies to optimize implementation of promotional programs.
Maintains stores by conducting inspections to ensure the facility is clean and in good repair; evaluate inventory levels, merchandising; audits paperwork and reports.
Protects employees, customers and company assets by maintaining a safe and secure work environment; enforcing safety practices; providing safety communications and training.
Achieves financial objectives by preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions.
Allocates program costs by preparing operational and risk reports for analyses.
Maintains staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting and training employees.
Increases employee’s effectiveness by communicating job expectations; coaching, counseling and disciplining; communicating values, strategies and objectives; planning, monitoring and appraising job results; fostering a climate conducive for offering information and opinions; developing personal growth opportunities.
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 related results as needed.
Plans sustaining and investment capital spending by working with Real Estate to evaluate future store acquisition opportunities.
Occasionally engages Governmental agencies on various matters.