The Director of Operations oversees all operational aspects of the entire portfolio of stores.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Drive Sales and Profits :
- Challenging Store Teams to drive top line sales, margin, and deliver operational metrics.
- Partner with Store Managers to develop solutions for business related issues and opportunities.
- Verify the execution of merchandising initiatives.
- Ensure effective expense control, labor spend, and Profit / Loss management.
- Protect company assets and help stores reduce shrink by adhering to loss prevention standards.
- Build the team :
- Recruit and hire Store Managers.
- Support store level hiring / staffing decisions and retention.
- Verify and participate in training, development, and coaching.
- Build and maintain an effective succession plan for the organization.
- Write and deliver Store Manager performance reviews and counseling.
- Maintain a safe and productive work environment.
- Lead execution of company standards :
- Ensure compliance to inventory management.
- Validate pricing accuracy and promotional activities.
- Verify Loss Prevention and procedural audit compliance.
- Support continuous improvement activities throughout the organization.
- Goal setting and promoting customer loyalty :
- Handle and resolve customer complaints / issue, assure customer leaves store having had a positive shopping experience.
- Analyze reporting to identify and overcome customer satisfaction opportunities.
- Observe and coach customer engagement.
Required Qualifications
Experience : Minimum of 5 years retail leadership experience required. Multi-unit retail store management experience preferred.
Preferred knowledge, skills or abilities
Farming, pet / equine, lawn / garden is strongly preferred.Profit / Loss, scheduling, shrink control, and payroll management, staffing, hiring, supervision and counseling experience preferred.Proficiency in Microsoft Windows and Office products.Work varied hours, days, night and weekends as business dictates.Must have a valid driver's license.Working Conditions
Normal office working conditionsOccasional travel requiredPhysical Requirements
SittingStanding (not walking)WalkingKneeling / Stooping / BendingDriving a vehicleReaching overheadLifting 50+ poundsDisclaimer
This job description represents an overview of the responsibilities for the above referenced position. It is not intended to represent a comprehensive list of responsibilities.
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