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Director of Stores drives the profitable and sustainable market share growth for all Canada Retail stores through alignment to the overall Brand strategic business plan. Fosters genuine connections with stores teams, fleet leadership and consumers through inspirational relationship building to cultivate engagement and loyalty. Consults and makes recommendations to the Head of Retail in the development of local policies and objectives that cover Retail employees, financial performance, and market growth. Through people first leadership, the Director of Stores inspires and motivates others resulting in a high-performance culture.
Job Responsibility:
Create strategy for sustainable market growth to achieve profitability, margin, sales & service, and operational objectives
Maintain a proactive approach to strategy execution and ensure alignment of internal priorities
Prepare and monitor annual/monthly sales forecasts, budgets, quotas, and other projections
Analyze sales records and trends in relation to objectives and competitive activities
Assess data and feedback to localize experiences within retail strategy guidelines
Participate in the retail strategic planning and annual business and budget planning
Create and drive a high-performance culture by setting clear expectations and targets
Influence the tone for best-in-class consumer and associate experience
Manage store level execution through District Managers to ensure maximization of sales and profit
Lead, motivate and inspire the District Management team to achieve their business goals
Enable and support a best-in-class environment on diversity, equity and inclusion
Work effectively with the Head of Retail to ensure continuous innovation
Build and foster relationships with key partners within global retail teams
Requirements:
Bachelor's degree from a college or university
10+ years related experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience
Minimum of 5 years people leadership experience
Experience working for a sporting goods and fashion retailer with a primary emphasis/responsibility of a full price business
Advanced proficiency in software applications such as MS Office
Excellent verbal presentation and written communication skills with strong command of English language
Excellent relationship-building skills at all levels of the organization
Exceptional and engaging leadership and management skills
Strong knowledge of the Canadian retail landscape
Strategic, self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced and structured environment
Knowledge and understanding of profit and loss statement and store Key Performance Indicators
Excellent time management and problem-solving skills
Ability to travel up to 40% of the time (nationally, regionally)