Retail District Manager - Military Veterans

Job Description

Take charge of your own schedule and deliver results on your terms with no micromanagement. We're looking for a people-first leader who values work-life balance, inspires collaboration, and empowers high-performing teams! 

The role of District Manager leads teams to maximize the financial output of their assigned districts through the optimization of talent, while ensuring the highest levels of operational execution resulting in a rewarding customer experience.  This position plans and prioritizes to drive optimal performance from their portfolio of stores. The anticipated salary range for this position is $103,000 – $154,400 depending on location, knowledge, skills, education and experience. This position is also eligible for a quarterly bonus.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Maximize Profit

• Drive sales and manage expenses to exceed financial goals
• Collaborate with business partners for solutions
• Define, prioritize, and implement strategy to drive results
• Optimize Talent
• Acquire high quality talent
• Manage performance, develop talent, and plan for succession
• Champion organizational initiatives and align team with vision and purpose
• Operational Execution
• Validate execution of standard operating procedures
• Is a subject matter expert in all operational processes
• and procedures
• Ensure that standards for productivity are met
• Customer Experience
• Ensure an in-stock, priced right, and friendly shopping experience in all locations
• Promote a clear understanding of the expectations for the customer experience
• Maintain neat, clean, and organized stores
• Ensure teams reflect the diversity of their communities

Success Drivers:

• Drive for Results
• Uses data to set priorities and translates goals into action plans
• Consistently pushes self and others for results; eliminates roadblocks
• Manages internal and external communications
• Building High Performance Teams
• Acquires and retains the right talent
• Trains, coaches and provides feedback
• Develops team and positions them for growth
• Customer Focus
• Acts with customers in mind
• Understands and teaches how operational execution directly affects the customer experience
• Managing Vision and Purpose
• Makes the company vision sharable by everyone
• Can inspire and motivate entire units
• Is forward-looking and talks beyond today.
• Interpersonal Savvy
• Relates well to all kinds of people inside and outside of the organization
• Builds constructive and effective relationships
• Builds appropriate rapport
• Planning and Priority Setting
• Quickly zeros in on the critical few and puts the trivial many aside
• Spends time and the time of others on what is important
• Sets objectives and goals and translates into concrete steps for action

Requirements

Qualifications:

• Experience
• Minimum of eight years’ experience in store management and multi-unit hardline retail management
• Education
• Bachelors/Associates Degree preferred or High School graduate/Equivalent.
• Physical requirements
• Ability to communicate with customers and employees. Requires travel over a large geographical area and standing and moving for an entire shift.
• Availability
• Ability to work a flexible schedule, including evenings and weekends as necessary to meet the needs of the business. Regular travel is required.

About Harbor Freight Tools

We’re a 45 year-old, $8 billion national tool retailer with the energy, enthusiasm, and growth potential of a start-up. We have over 1,500 stores in 48 states across the country and are opening several new locations every week. We offer our customers more than 7,000 tools and accessories, from hand tools and generators to air and power tools, from shop equipment to automotive tools. We provide our customers with the right tool for the right job at the right price, always delivering quality and value.

The anticipated salary range for this position is $103,000 – $154,400 depending on location, knowledge, skills, education and experience. This position is also eligible for a quarterly bonus. In addition, we offer comprehensive and competitive benefits to Associates (and their families) such as medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term, long-term disability and car allowance. Eligible Associates are able to enroll in our company’s 401k plan. Associates will accrue paid time off up to 200 hours per year (inclusive of PTO, floating holidays, and paid holidays). Paid sick time up to 80 hours per year unless otherwise required by law.