District Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Connecticut.

📋 Description

• Lead and guide stores to achieve district sales and profit targets.

• Create and execute plans, policies, and procedures to enhance profitability.

• Analyze store sales and expenses, offer feedback, and present district sales data to the Regional Manager.

• Regularly visit district stores to ensure adherence to Petco policies, procedures, and merchandising programs.

• Recruit, train, develop, and oversee Store Management while maintaining succession plans.

• Ensure associates are equipped to deliver exceptional customer service and take corrective measures when required.

• Advise Store Managers on personnel matters, store events, problem-solving, and crisis management.

• Establish individual and store objectives and monitor progress.

• Visit competitor locations and report on changes in pricing, operations, and policies.

• Audit store documentation and cash-control processes.

• Ensure compliance with shrink-reduction and Asset Protection initiatives.

• Coordinate new store openings and remodels; facilitate equipment repairs.

• Ensure that store documentation and corporate communications are completed and directed appropriately.

• Monitor merchandise levels, coordinate stock balancing, and audit physical inventory counts.

• Complete performance evaluations for Store Managers and make merit increase recommendations for Regional Manager approval.

• Ensure employee reviews are conducted before their due dates.

• Travel between stores and communicate district conditions to management.

⛳️ Requirements

• Ability to perform all duties and responsibilities with or without reasonable accommodation.

• Capability to exercise individual judgment regarding merchandise placement, staffing decisions, and problem resolution.

• Willingness to travel frequently between all district stores, sometimes covering several hundred miles per week.

• Competence in recruiting, training, developing, and managing Store Management and store personnel.

• Ability to analyze sales and expense data and provide recommendations.

• Skills to conduct store inspections, audits, inventory counts, and competitor visits.

• Ability to communicate situations impacting the district to the appropriate management or departments.

• Commitment to following and promoting established safety procedures.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equal Opportunity Employer.

• Reasonable accommodation for duties.

• Spanish and other language translation support available on the webpage.