Retail District Manager Jobs in New York

Job Title: District Manager Company: Zale Corporation Location: Syracuse, NY Description: As North America's largest specialty retailer of fine jewelry, Zale now operates approximately 2,230 retail locations throughout the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico as well as online. Zale Corporation's business units include: Zales Jewelers, Zales Outlet, Zale Direct at www.zales.com, Gordon's Jewelers, Peoples Jewellers, Mappins Jewellers and Piercing Pagoda. As a strong, growing company, Zale Corporation offers exciting career opportunities in each of the Zale businesses. We look for bright, energetic and performance-driven people to join our team and become an important part of our future. This job contributes to the Company's success by leading a district store operations team. The District Manager leads a team to create and maintain the Company's high standards with an emphasis on merchandising & sales. The District Manager is responsible for leading all activities required to achieve the Region's goals including: ·         Unit sales performance ·         Personnel management ·         Customer service ·         Merchandise presentation ·         Loss prevention ·         Expense control ·         Overall district administration ·         P & L ·         Acting as a role model and holding employees accountable for meeting company customer service standards ·         Recruiting, interviewing, selecting and training employees based on manpower planning is essential.   Job Requirements : At least five years experience in a retail sales and service environment, and at least three to five years of experience in a District or Regional management role. Accomplishment with reaching sales goals, staff development and proven communication skills are essential for this position. Travel required. Jewelry experience is a plus ! At Zale, selling fine jewelry is our business, so it stands to reason that our store operations employees are the backbone of our business. These important positions are vital to the continuing success of our company. So if you're enthusiastic about a dynamic working environment that focuses on people and their achievements, you'll want to check out the employment opportunities at Zale -- where you'll have the chance to pursue a career, not just hold down a job! Zale Corporation is an equal opportunity employer and employs individuals without regard to race, age, religion, disability, gender or national origin.

Job Title: Northeast District Manager - LEGO Brand Retail Company: LEGO Systems, Inc. Location: New York, NY Description: Northeast District Manager - LEGO Brand Retail Position Mission:The prime responsibility of this role is to ensure that the operational, financial and customer service performance of Brand Retail stores located in the Northeast District meet LEGO quality standards. The role is essential in supporting the development of the store management teams and executing training, feedback and follow up in accordance with company guidelines. The District Manager will utilize business understanding to complete regular comprehensive business reviews with their Store Managers to develop plans and strategies to grow the sales in their stores through continuous improvement of the consumer experience and business results. The District Manager must represent the values of The LEGO Group in all professional interactions with colleagues and in the community.   Key Accountabilities:60% Drive district sales and overall store health with frequent visits to stores – •   Extensive travel from store-to-store (up to 80%) within district. •   Meet  growth targets for sales metrics such as UPT (units per transaction), ADS (average dollar sale) and customer conversion. •   Work with the Store teams to consistently produce excellent customer experiences through customer service and interaction, cleanliness, merchandising and atmosphere.•   Communicate with Store Managers through weekly conference calls, individual follow-up calls, written communication, and store visits.  •   Communicate consistently with store personnel to ensure understanding of and compliance with store policy and procedures. •   Act as the liaison between head office and the stores. •   Respond to store level issues and customer complaints. •   Perform essential functions of all store positions when needed. •   Support and enforce company policies, procedures, and guidelines. •   Maintain communication with employees at all levels of the company. •   Supervise Store Managers through planning, assigning, and directing their overall responsibilities. •   Communicate, execute and follow-up on all operational directives, marketing, visual and merchandising initiatives. 20% Manage store expenses and meet return on sales targets.·   Control store level expenses through effective management of payroll and store shrink. •   Monitor ROS performance and implement changes to improve profitability.  20% Team Development (coaching, feedback and motivation)•   Coach staff on positive performance or challenges and administer formal reviews, corrective action plans and terminations as needed. Partner with HR manager for personnel issues. •   Recruit, hire, develop, and train store personnel on store operations and procedures.-Identify high performance individuals and support continued development as well as identifying low performance individuals and coach for improvement.-Gain overall understanding of morale and performance of all store teams and make recommendations accordingly.   Minimum Qualifications:·         Bachelor's degree in business, retail management or related and equivalent experience.  ·         3-5 years experience in retail environment. 1-2 years managing multiple locations. ·         Leadership ability and proven record of developing staff. ·         Strong communication and interpersonal skills. Project management experience. ·         Excellent time management and organizational skills. Computer skills including a working knowledge   of Microsoft office: Windows, outlook, excel, word and Powerpoint. ·         Knowledge of and experience with retail POS systems and operations. ·         Experience with training  ·         Proven track record of succesful sales growth and leadership skills in training, coaching and developing a team.·         Availability for frequent travel.* The preferred candidate will be centrally located in the New York area to enable car travel to stores in NY, NJ and car or air travel to MA.

Job Title: Sears District Manager Syracuse NY Company: Sears Holdings Location: Syracuse, NY Description: CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS: • Provides disciplined leadership including setting clear expectations and holding the team and self accountable for results.• Visit each store once a week; compliance measured by store visit scheduling tool (weekly exceptions approved by VP/GM).• Execute customer focused strategies, policies and programs as measured by Customer Satisfaction, Survey data and verbatim comments. • Selects, develops and manages performance of individuals and teams, measured by appropriate performance reports/scorecards/dashboards. • Executes the client’s (brand/business) plan consistently across all stores in assigned district and provide ongoing fact-based feedback.• Consistently deliver acceptable results as measured by the Location Balanced Scorecard in all stores in assigned District with an intense focus on customer service and sales growth.• Focuses and invests time in stores on customer facing activities and processes.• Ensures every store is location certified and every associate is role certified to do his/her job; has primary accountability for Store Manager and Assistant Store Manager role certification. • Monitors and proactively addresses outliers, e.g.; customer satisfaction, sales, controllable costs, profit, margin, operational processes, and compliance as measured by appropriate outlier report scorecard/dashboard. • Embeds the Company return policy and Pledge of Fairness.• Creates and maintains a culture of winning that resonates with associates.LEADERSHIP BEHAVIORS Customer:• Expects and inspects retail core processes and “Clean and Bright” standards during every store visit.• Expects and inspects execution of client’s merchandising and operating plans.• Provides first person coaching on the development of action plans based on Customer Satisfaction Survey learnings, customer verbatims, and customer interactions.• Is the customer advocate and surfaces opportunities to improve the end-to-end customer experience.• Teaches, models and leads ways to satisfy customers at store level, find ways to say yes, e.g.; helpful associates, complaint resolution, Store to Web.Leadership and People: • Personally support, coach and develop leader’s two levels down, creating an environment where associates can be successful.• Focuses the entrepreneurial energy of teams on delivering over the top customer service and associate pride.• Communicates the client’s goals and strategies to District/Store management in order to continuously enhance the customer’s shopping experiences.• Builds a strong bench of talent and strive to develop people for internal promotion.• Leads and embeds all Retail Services plans/projects using common tools, processes and language. (No district/store programs.)Process:• Understands, leads, and embeds a standardized operating model that will earn preferred provider status in every store.• Rigorously inspects our standardized operating model for consistency across all stores within the district. • Executes and supports of the client’s plan utilizing outlier reporting, scorecards and standardized reporting. • Ensures that all initiatives and processes are in full compliance with applicable laws, regulations and company policies. Effectiveness:• Creates a selling culture that will meet/exceed clients’ sales plans.• Drives and monitors store level margin drivers, e.g.; solution selling, accessory attachment rate, inactive inventory, price change execution and POS reductions.• Achieves all miscellaneous income plans, e.g.; merchandise replacement plans, protection agreements, new account generation, gift cards, email acquisition, etc…• Achieves controllable cost plans and identify and communicate continuous improvement opportunities. • Communicates opportunities and solutions that will allow clients to meet/exceed profit plans. Disciplined Decision Making: • Act as the eyes and ears of the client - provides clients with fact-based, real time feedback on the product life cycle including assortment, pricing, inventory flow, marketing support, transition/exit strategies, etc. • Utilizes standard reporting provided by Region Retail Services Analyst to measure and achieve desired outcomes and address outlier opportunities.• Consistently provide a sense of urgency to maintain standards while obtaining associate buy-in.CountryUnited StatesResponsibilities/Skills/Experience Requirements1. Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.2. Minimum of five (5) years experience managing a multi-unit retailer or equivalent industry experience; previous experience managing remote teams is preferred.3. Multi-line store management (Apparel, Marketing, Hardlines and Operations) is required.4. Strong leadership and organizational skills.5. Knowledge of financial operations and processes; analytical skills to diagnose root cause of deficiencies.6. Ability to analyze information, identify root causes and develop/implement approved solutions.7. Effective oral and written communication skills necessary to communicate with all levels of internal and external team members and customers.8. Ability to travel within the District 4 to 5 days per week.9. Experience selecting, assessing, coaching and developing managers, preferably in retail environment.10. Ability to form strong partnerships across reporting relationships.11. Microsoft Office computer skills including Word, Excel and Outlook.Requisition ID77152BRPreferred Minimum EducationBachelors Level DegreeYears Experience5 - 10 Years ExperienceTravel RequirementsExtensive (50-75%)

Job Title: District Retail Manager for Fashion Co Company: Location: New York City, NY Description: We are looking for an experienced Retail District Manager to lead our East Coast expansion and add to our existing 10 stores. Goorin Brothers Inc. (www.goorin.com), is a fashion forward, authentic hat brand with a history and integrity that has been passed down for four generations. Established in 1895, Goorin is opening our first East Coast location and is seeking a candidate to manage this and future stores in the Northeast territory. Please include a cover letter, resume, and three references with your response. Check out our website: www.goorin.com for more information about our product, history, and other shops. Job Title: Retail District Manager position for Goorin Bros. Retail Stores, Northeast. Experience: -5 + years as a district or regional manager with multiple store responsibilities -Bachelor?s Degree in related field -Experience leading and motivating a sales team -A track record of successful retail financial growth performance - Inventory tracking and maintenance -Shipping and receiving product -Retail staff scheduling -Implementing merchandizing and event directives -Sales team training -Familiar with POS systems and retail reports Qualifications: -Candidate should be extremely self-motivated, patient, and responsible -Leadership -Excellent communication skills -Attention to detail and excellent organizational skills -Able to take direction -A great personality and enthusiasm to provide excellent customer service -An eye for merchandizing -Flexible schedule and weekend availability -PC literate, familiar with Excel Responsibilities: -Maintain the store?s appearance (merchandized, clean, excellent customer service, etc) -Manage, recruit, train and coach store management and associate teams in accordance with the values and culture of the company -Train and employ the best selling techniques through all of the store selling teams -Available to plan and execute in-store events (oftentimes after hours) -Participate in the annual budget planning process -Review sales and stock information in order to contribute to the merchandise mix -Drive sales revenue through strong sales promotion programs -Manage actual expenses including but not limited to payroll, supplies, events, etc. -Apply retail policies and procedures to inventory receiving and reconciliation

Job Title: District Manager Company: Zale Corporation Location: Garden City, NY Description: As North America's largest specialty retailer of fine jewelry, Zale now operates approximately 2,230 retail locations throughout the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico as well as online. Zale Corporation's business units include: Zales Jewelers, Zales Outlet, Zale Direct at www.zales.com, Gordon's Jewelers, Peoples Jewellers, Mappins Jewellers and Piercing Pagoda. As a strong, growing company, Zale Corporation offers exciting career opportunities in each of the Zale businesses. We look for bright, energetic and performance-driven people to join our team and become an important part of our future. This job contributes to the Company's success by leading a district store operations team. The District Manager leads a team to create and maintain the Company's high standards with an emphasis on merchandising & sales. The District Manager is responsible for leading all activities required to achieve the Region's goals including: ·         Unit sales performance ·         Personnel management ·         Customer service ·         Merchandise presentation ·         Loss prevention ·         Expense control ·         Overall district administration ·         P & L ·         Acting as a role model and holding employees accountable for meeting company customer service standards ·         Recruiting, interviewing, selecting and training employees based on manpower planning is essential.   Job Requirements : At least five years experience in a retail sales and service environment, and at least three to five years of experience in a District or Regional management role. Accomplishment with reaching sales goals, staff development and proven communication skills are essential for this position. Travel required. Jewelry experience is a plus ! At Zale, selling fine jewelry is our business, so it stands to reason that our store operations employees are the backbone of our business. These important positions are vital to the continuing success of our company. So if you're enthusiastic about a dynamic working environment that focuses on people and their achievements, you'll want to check out the employment opportunities at Zale -- where you'll have the chance to pursue a career, not just hold down a job! Zale Corporation is an equal opportunity employer and employs individuals without regard to race, age, religion, disability, gender or national origin.

Job Title: District Manager - New York, NY Company: RadioShack Corporation Location: New York, NY Description: Job Title District Manager Location New York, NY Duties and Responsibilities We have an opportunity for a District Manager who will be responsible for managing multiple retail stores. The district manager is responsible for driving district business results through effective coaching of the store team in the key areas of revenue growth, expense management, execution of processes and programs, and providing exceptional customer service. The District Manager is required to interface with all levels of our organization, effectively act as liaisons between stores and corporate groups, and must have the ability to build relationships with representatives from RadioShack's partners such as Sprint PCS and AT&T. Skills and Education - High school diploma or equivalent; Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience preferred - Minimum of 3 years experience in multi-unit retail management - Demonstrated ability to successfully lead a sales team - Experience mentoring and conducting one-on-one coaching - Demonstrated experience leading and facilitating training - Experience in recruitment and staffing - Demonstrated skills in analyzing and interpreting business data - Excellent interpersonal and communication skills - Proficient with MS Outlook, MS Word, and MS Excel - Up to 50 percent travel in the market areaNo relocation assistance available. No agencies please. APPLICATION PROCESS: . Or cut and paste this into your web browser:http://www.peopleanswers.com/pa/access.do?job=476213:1-41290&src=685528&Rscode=0844RSeoe

Job Title: Juicy Couture District Manager- Northeast Outlet Company: Juicy Couture Location: New York, NY Description: Job Title:Juicy Couture District Manager- Northeast Outlet Location:US-NY-Category:Retail Field - OtherJob ID:11551 Overview: DISTRICT MANAGER OPPORTUNITY Juicy Couture. Luxurious, sexy and fun. Juicy is all about feeling happy, and comfy and gorgeous. Designed with a strong sense of whimsy, this fashion-forward collection of clothing, accessories, jewelry and fragrances is created for women, men, children and dogs who want to look and feel fabulous. Juicy Couture, founded in 1994 by Gela Nash-Taylor and Pamela Skaist-Levy, has evolved into a multimillion-dollar lifestyle brand. Originally known for the tracksuit, Juicy Couture has expanded into women's and girls' ready-to-wear apparel, shoes, swimwear, timepieces, handbags, sunglasses, jewelry, optic eyewear, small leather goods and women's fragrances. Juicy also offers baby gear and a wide array of doggie accessories for the savvy puppy. Juicy Couture for Men (soon to be Dirty English), was debuted in 2003 and includes denim, ready-to-wear, accessories, fragrance and sunglasses. Its luxury collection, Couture Couture, launched in 2007 and is manufactured with premier Italian fabrics designed exclusively for the brand. Juicy Couture currently has 36 retail locations across the U.S. and is set to expand to 60 stand-alone retail stores in the U.S. by year-end 2008. Internationally, Juicy Couture retail locations can be found in Italy, Japan, Hong Kong, China, Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates (Dubai) and will expand in Asia with 18-21 stores by the end of 2008, totaling 83 retail locations worldwide. Juicy Couture has an outstanding opportunity available in the Retail Outlet Division. Juicy Couture is opening stores, and looking for an exemplary and experienced District Manager for the rapidly expanding West Coast territory. Responsibilities: In this role the District Manager will: -Ensure store team development: Recruit, select, train, develop, evaluate, motivate and manage the performance of your Managers. -Be based in the NJ/NY area, travel 60-70%. -Facilitate sales achievement, productivity, and profitability in all district locations. -Lead your store teams to cultivate Client relationships that represent a gracious, interactive and fun Customer experience in every store. -Work closely with business partners in merchandising, marketing, operations, and visual presentation to support consistency, compliance and operational standards in all stores. -Be an integral part of building the Juicy Couture brand in our Specialty Retail Division. - Oversee and direct multiple stores within an assigned geographic proximity. - Provide strong leadership and motivation to the management team, in order to execute sales generation, operational, visual, and human resources functions in the store to ensure customer satisfaction, maximum productivity and profitability, and compliance with store and company procedures. - Through their managers and individual coaching, the District Manager is also accountable for the quality of training and development for each of their staff members, in their assigned locations. Sales Generation -Supervise Store Managers and their employees to ensure that all store sales goals are met or exceeded. -Identify ways to drive sales generation and ensure action is taken to achieve those goals. -Hold Store Managers accountable for achieving productivity standards in accordance with plan. Customer Service -Support, model, and enhance the seamless customer service focus by creating an environment that is engaging, sales focused and friendly for customers and co-workers. -Model and reinforce Clienteling standards within the store supervisors. Merchandising -Ensure high visual merchandising standards are reinforced. Meet or exceed expectations to support brand consistency across the format(s) supervised, and ensure store presentation standards are achieved and maintained. -Communicate merchandise sell-through and market trend information to Regional Manager. Operations/ HR Administration -Conduct management and sales associate recruiting, interviewing, and selection processes. -Create and maintain store, team, district, and regional relationships. -Train, develop, and supervise management staff. Ensure high quality supervision, training, and development of sales associates. -Review and assess the performance of store management staff. -Ensure high quality reviews are administered. -Ensure compliance to payroll and business planning process. Create or oversee creation of schedules for all stores assigned according to the needs of the business. -Model, monitor, maintain, and follow company policies; support district/regional expectations and systems. -Handle store level Human Resources or Loss Prevention issues with Regional Manager, Corporate HR, and Loss Prevention support when necessary. Qualifications: The ideal candidate: -Will have a minimum of 5 years experience in fashion retail management; multi-store accountability, in better or luxury environments. -Have a proven track record of leading successful Management & Sales Teams that make business happen and achieve desired results. -Have a knowledge, understanding and are comfortable working in a Clientele service environment. -Extensive background in the opening of stores in new markets. -Ability to travel (auto, airplane), visit stores, and attend corporate meetings as appropriate - Proactive ability to multi task and prioritize - Strong time management skills - Follow-up skills and self-starter attitude - Strong leader, hands-on, and exhibit excellent communication and interpersonal skills. -Proficient in MS Word, Excel, and retail analysis skills. -Are successful in identifying talent; recruiting, training and developing Managers and Sales Associates to meet and exceed their career objectives. - High school graduate or equivalent experience required - College degree preferred - Able to lift 30 (lbs). 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Job Title: District Manager Company: Sur La Table Location: New York, NY Description: District Manager Location: New York, NY Company Order Number: 1952 # of openings: 1 Description Position: District Manager Status: Full time, Exempt Reports to: District Manager We are looking to hire GREAT people who have a: * Passion for selling * Passion for cooking and entertaining * Insatiable curiosity driven by the desire to be the “Trusted Authority” * Willingness to share their passion & curiosity with customers, community and co-workers * Unique voice and a willingness to use it to tell our story Position Overview Responsible for the overall activities of 6-12 stores. Maximizes sales while controlling store and District expenses at agreed upon budgetary levels. Establishes and maintains high quality standards in all operational merchandising and employee activities. Job Responsibilities(including, but not limited to) Sales Generation * Establishes and maintains high quality standards in all stores to maximize sales. * Develops sales-oriented managers and salespeople. Ensures that managers know their merchandise, their needs and competitive situation. * Directs the Store Managers activities to achieve sales. * Assist with the development and execution of annual sales and expense budgets for the stores within the district that have cooking programs. * Ensures that the stores are merchandised to sell. Works closely with the corporate Visual Coordinator to achieve this. * Responsible for ensuring stores provide consistent service that meets or exceeds the customer’s expectations and Sur La Table’s standards. * Sets realistic goals that will entice and motivate a high level of participation in company-wide contests; ensures that the Store Managers conduct periodic sales contests. * Responsible for achieving sales goals and driving sales by actively finding ways to increase conversion rate, average sales transactions and total number of transactions * Communicates advertising opportunities to the corporate office for implementation. When possible, participates in community activities which are beneficial to sales efforts. * Reviews sales results frequently and takes aggressive action to correct deficiencies and maximize positive sales patterns.Maintains market awareness for the establishment of a competitive advantage. Knows who the competition is and what they are doing. Human Resources – staffing & training * Prepares and submits manpower staffing plans, as requested. * Assist in the recruitment and retention of high quality, experienced store management who will be effective in maintaining a store environment consistent with our Mission Statement and Core Values. * Supervise store management and work with Human Resources to support stores in the hiring, evaluation, motivation and recognition of store employees, as well as adherence to HR policies and procedures * Assist managers in identification and recruitment of outside talent and development of employees for future positions and work with the VP of Store Operations and HR to develop appropriate training material * Supervises the administration of company HR programs including but not limited to performance reviews, compensation action, discipline, retention of employment records and benefit programs. * Ensures awareness of and compliance to State and Federal employment regulations. * Maintains awareness of competitive compensation and benefits practices. * Assist with the development and implementation of adequate training for all employees in customer service, merchandising, loss prevention, product knowledge, and other operational areas as necessary to perform the job. * Maintains an ongoing District succession plan. * Ensure scheduling of staff is consistent with staffing models, to maximize customer service while maintaining the proper percent to sales ratio Merchandising * Maintains and communicates to business partners an awareness of industry trends, directions and their relevance to consumers within each given market. * Assesses and communicates to the buyers the appropriateness of current and future merchand

Job Title: Retail Store Operations Manager Company: Location: New York City, NY Description: Growing Footwear/Apparel retail chain looking for an experienced Store Operations Manager Must have 3+ year experience in Sales, Hiring, Training, Merchandising and Store Operation. -Elevating/Improving sales techniques, unit per hour and sales per hour -Training/developing service oriented sales team -Hiring/Recruiting for all positions in all locations -Training/ Developing management candidates -Daily store operation -Merchandising and store presentation Please send resume in body of email, no attachments will be opened. Please forward with subject "Ops"

Job Title: district manager - Eastern Long Island/The Hamptons Company: Starbucks Coffee Company Location: East Hampton, NY Description:   .ugDivBody_hj .ugFrame_hj .ugHeader_hj .ugVideo_hj .ugNoBord_hj .ugMainWrap_hj .ugMainLeft_hj .ugLeftWrap_hj .ugLeftCol_hj .ugLeftTitle_hj .ugLeftText_hj .ugRightWrap_hj .ugRightCol_hj .ugJobTitle_hj .ugJobText_hj .ugAboutUs_hj .ugMap_hj Company Name: Starbucks Coffee Company Job ID: 0000KSX Job Title: district manager - Eastern Long Island/The Hamptons Job Category: Restaurant/Food Service Job Location 1: Not Available Job Location 2: Not Available Experience: 10-15 Years Experience Salary Type: Unspecified district manager - Eastern Long Island/The Hamptons Being a District Manager at Starbucks is an incredible opportunity for someone looking to grow along with one of the world's most admired and successful companies. To be a District Manager, you'll need to be a motivator and mentor, someone who can guide the store managers in your district and develop their talent. You should have experience leading multiple stores, because you'll also be responsible for ensuring district-wide customer satisfaction and measuring the financial performance of all the locations in your area. But most of all, you'll be inspiring a team of great people committed to creating a welcoming environment. Starbucks is consistently rated as a great place to work and the people here love what they do. Summary of Key Responsibilities Responsibilities and essential job functions include but are not limited to the following: Leadership - Setting goals for the work group, developing organizational capability, and modeling how we work together: Develops the store management team within the district to deliver legendary customer experiences in all stores. Drives the implementation of company programs by motivating and supporting the store management team within the district to develop and implement action plans that meet operational and organizational objectives. Manages through unusual events to keep district operating to standard. Manages with integrity, honesty and knowledge that promote the culture, values and mission of Starbucks. Plans, identifies, communicates and delegates key responsibilities and practices to the store management team to ensure smooth flow of operations within the district. Reviews store environments and key business indicators within the district to identify problems, concerns, and opportunities for improvement in order to provide coaching to the store management team to take action and achieve operational goals. Planning and Execution - Developing strategic and operational plans for the work group, managing execution, and measuring results: Creates district implementation plans to support execution of regional and company initiatives to achieve both operational excellence and business results. Follows up consistently to ensure accountability to plans. Monitors and manages district-wide management staffing levels. Ensures management-level partner development and talent acquisition in order to achieve and maintain district operational requirements. Utilizes existing tools to identify and prioritize communications and filters communications to the store management team within the district. Communicates clearly, concisely and accurately in order to ensure effective operations at the store and district level. Business Requirements - Providing functional expertise and executing functional responsibilities: Accesses external resources to support district-wide operations and to execute district and regional initiatives such as Partner Resources, Marketing, Partner & Asset Protection, Finance, Real Estate, and Store Development. Ensures adherence to applicable wage and hour laws for nonexempt partners and minors. Solicits customer feedback to understand customer needs and the needs of the local community. Utilizes management information tools and analyzes financial reports to identify and address trends and issues in district performance. Partner Development & Team Building - Providing partners with coaching, feedback, and developmental opportunities and building effective teams. Summary of Experience Progressively responsible retail experience (5 years) District Manager or equivalent level position (3 years) Experience analyzing financial reports Experience in a complex, fast-paced environment Experience in a multi-unit environment Retail management experience Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Ability to manage the overall operations of multiple stores independently Knowledge of retail or restaurant industry operations Organization and planning skills Strong operational skills in a customer-service environment Supervisory skills Team-building skills Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing Ability to build relationships Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information Working knowledge of business processes and system development Education College degree in business or a closely related field may substitute for a portion of the required experience High school or GED The first thing people love about working at Starbucks is the feeling of a warm sense of welcome created by others who genuinely enjoy what they do. This great atmosphere is only one of the benefits of a career at Starbucks. There's also the opportunity for career growth that comes with a quickly expanding company. A job at Starbucks can also come with a 401(k) savings plan, stock options, and health insurance for working as little as 20 hours a week. We're also passionate about our coffee. These are a few of the reasons we're consistently rated by FORTUNE magazine as one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For. Sound intriguing? Then apply today. PLEASE APPLY USING THIS BUTTON ONLY