District Manager - Zales - Illinois, Merrillville, Indiana, and Saint Louis, Missouri Area

District Manager - Zales - Located in the Illinois, Merrillville, Indiana, and Saint Louis, Missouri Area Title: District Manager Mall Reports To: Vice President of Regional Operations Mall Reporting to this Position: 8-16 Stores Major Responsibilities/Essential Functions: People: Multi-unit Leader responsible for the selection and direct supervision of multiple store managers across a district. Leadership: Support strategic growth objectives through the recruitment, hiring, evaluating, training, developing, and retaining a productive and highly engaged and performing team of talent that supports our business. Collaboration and Teamwork: Serve as an advisor and subject matter expert to assigned district and various areas of our business. Performance: Promote and reinforce corporate expectations for brand, culture, and performance. Strategy and Innovation: Be a strategic influence in the growth and development of our organization through thought leadership, urgency in responsiveness, urgency of appropriate action, demonstrating respect and compassion and conducting oneself with the highest degree of honesty and integrity in every interaction. Performs additional duties and projects as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree required or comparable job experience
• At least 5 years relevant experience
• Multi-site business operations experience
• Recent 2+ years’ experience managing a multi-site team
• Minimum 4 years’ management experience leading department including hiring, developing, motivating, and directing people as they work
• Ability to lead others to implement strategies and processes to accomplish business results
• Demonstrated enthusiasm and commitment to change processes
• Ability to understand operational and financial reports and interpret data to create improvement plans
• Computer literate with advanced proficiency in MS Office and other related business, technology, and communication tools
• Possess advanced presentation skills to train, develop and engage their direct reports in-person as well as a virtually
• Possess strong interpersonal skills to build relationships of trust and respect with their direct reports and business partners
• Strong problem solving and conflict management skills to support internal and external customers
• Ability to present themselves in a professional manner while communicating via email, social media, video conference, telephonic and text
• Familiar with pertinent software applications such as Reflexis and Workday preferred
• A flexible working style and an ability to work independently and with teams
• Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality

Benefits

• Generous Paid Time Off
• 401k Matching
• Retirement Plan