Overview
The District Manager is a field leadership role with oversight of all aspects of sales, operations and merchandising with a geographic span of stores.
This position will have approximately 15 - 22 Store Manager direct reports and a number of indirect reports at the store level.
Responsible for fostering a high performance culture of diverse and quality associates with a focus on customer experience and operational excellence
**Responsibilities**:
Drive Core Business
Deliver sales, wage hours and shrink plan for their assigned brands.
Grow Strategic Imperatives
Implement the operational strategy focused on the evolution of the in store experience that is channel-less and seamless to the customer.
Drive change management, synergy, productivity and harmonization of processes across assigned district.
Lead C.A.M. initiative to elevate customer experience.
Build Capability
Build a powerful and diverse district team that delivers exceptional revenue and profit results.
Drives Customer Experience
Create an environment driving and industry leading customer experience
Elevates selling behaviors to influence top line growth and repeat business
Uses all product channels to meet customer needs
Coaches Through Others
Influences others to execute organizational initiatives with accuracy and speed.
Impacts continuous output, reaching full potential of people, tools and technology
Beats plan by empowering Store Managers to impact controllables.
Cultivates Talent
Makes the right talent calls, using a broad reach to ensure teams are staffed to drive customer experience.
Assess store managements’ abilities to inspire and create a best in class store team
Provides teaching and guidance, holding Store Managers accountable for outcomes.
Employs Multi-Box Management
Flexes labor to fill gaps and leverage skills, maximizing the region’s productivity.
Ensures effective communication between customer-facing associates and office support teams




Balances shifting priorities and makes sound business tradeoffs to minimize selling disruptions
Leverages relationships and resources to problems and grow the business.
Analyzes Opportunities
Identifies opportunities to elevate store effectiveness based on KPI trends
Enlists Store Managers’ insights to determine causes and opportunities in KPIs
Seeks actionable solutions and quickly takes action to fulfill district’s growth potential
Leverages Market Expertise
Puts action against local insights to advance competitive edge in the marketplace
Creates a presence, gaining critical marketplace insights that impact business.
Acts as the eyes and ears on the ground, increasing effectiveness of others through insights.
Cultivates strong and transparent working relationships across Europe
**Qualifications**:
Proficient in Dutch and English
A proven track record of building and leading a high performing team within multisite retail or a customer service environment
Experience within the fashion or sportswear industry would be beneficial
Excellent commercial and financial acumen
Results driven with the ability to translate long term strategy into actionable plans
A strong manager, leader and team motivator, able to build collaborative and cohesive teams
Commitment to training and development as the platform for future growth
A change manager, not satisfied with status quo
Excellent communication skills, able to effectively lead, manage and communicate with store teams and corporate functions, as appropriate.
Demonstrates a sense of ownership - a results-oriented self-starter.
Passion, energy and enthusiasm.
Highest levels of ethics and integrity.
**Benefits**:
Recognition, inclusion and belonging in a diverse environment
25 holidays and adaptable working (hybrid position, in office ~2 days p/w)
Employee Discount on in-store and online products
Casual Sneaker Culture
Learning & Health/Wellbeing programs
Career development and growth in an ambitious international team
Travel reimbursement
Pension Plan
Discounted Collective Health plans
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