District Manager - Retail

Retail District Manager

As a Retail District Manager, you will lead operational excellence across multiple business units, driving sales performance, profitability, and customer satisfaction. You'll oversee district-level pricing strategies, promotional activities, and market evaluations while ensuring compliance with corporate standards. You'll be responsible for recruiting, developing, and retaining top talent, fostering a culture of openness, feedback, and continuous improvement. Acting as a key liaison between stores and corporate functions, you'll ensure alignment and execution of strategic initiatives across Human Resources, Marketing, Operations, and more.

What You'll Do

Operational Leadership Drive results through the guidance and leadership of the district to achieve or exceed AOP. Monitor and measure execution of key processes identified by the Akron Leadership team. Provide direction to ensure that liability, safety, customer satisfaction, audits, housekeeping, and inventory are improved upon and managed within guidelines. Meet district sales objectives. Evaluate market conditions and monitor competitor pricing. Set district pricing within allowed parameters, giving stores the necessary latitude, and monitor store-level pricing. Monitor promotional and advertising activities and events, as well as the neighborhood solicitation program in each store of responsibility.

Associate Management and Development Responsible for identifying talent, hiring, and developing talent including succession planning. Manage staffing in accordance with AOP and trends. Constantly recruit to build a network for bench strength. Train associates as needed. Lead recruitment and retention efforts, establish feedback systems, and serve as a role model for openness and accessibility.

Communication Translate, communicate, and drive organizational, regional, and district messages to ensure execution at the store level. Act as a liaison between stores and Retail Management on areas such as Human Resources, Advertising, Marketing, Operations, Real Estate, Finance, and market activities.

What We're Looking For

Bachelor's Degree strongly preferred. In place of a degree, two years of related experience and training is interchangeable for one year of education. Minimum 5 years of progressive responsibility in a management role, being in charge of a district, region, territory, or zone; managing and coaching associates to success and responsible for attaining sales and profit goals. 1 year sales experience in the tire industry. Past experience of managing other people. Past experience using team-based managing & Total Quality Culture (TQC) skills. Recruiting, hiring & training experience. Managed 2 or more business units with P&L or budget responsibility (e.g., retail store, CTSC, manufacturing business center, or wholesale tire center).

What Will Set You Apart

Ability to organize / prioritize multi-functions / tasks within time management; leadership & motivational skills that are result driven. Skilled / proficient in the areas of listening, verbal & written communication. Must have knowledge of coaching, counseling & discipline skills & recognize when to use each.

$70,871.00 - $228,918.00 yr or hr; however, base pay offered may vary depending on factors such-as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and market location. You will also be eligible for a number of benefits, including medical, prescription, dental, vision, 401(k), life insurance, disability, tuition assistance, sick and vacation time, as well as tire discounts. You will receive more information on our Total Rewards if selected to interview.

Goodyear is one of the world's largest tire companies. It employs about 68,000 people and manufactures its products in 51 facilities in 19 countries around the world. Its two Innovation Centers in Akron, Ohio, and Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg, strive to develop state-of-the-art products and services that set the technology and performance standard for the industry.

For more information about Goodyear and its products, go to Goodyear.com.