Region Operations Director

Circle K • Jacksonville, FL

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Circle K is seeking a Region Operations Director to ensure market competitiveness, evaluate financial status, determine marketing strategy changes, improve sales and profits, maintain stores, protect assets, achieve financial objectives, allocate program costs, maintain staff, increase employee effectiveness, maintain professional knowledge, contribute to team effort, and plan capital spending. The role involves occasional engagement with governmental agencies. Circle K's mission is to make people's lives easier, and they are committed to helping employees achieve their goals and grow with the company, fostering a culture that values people, service, and achievement.

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.

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: Manager