District Leader (The Dakotas) - maurices

Brand Overview:

As a hometown specialty retailer, maurices is deeply committed to bringing affordable, versatile, and flattering fashion in sizes 2-24 to real women, living real lives in small towns across North America. We inspire women of all ages to look and feel their best - just as they are. With 1,000 stores across North America, we've earned our reputation as a leader in hometown fashion. The true secret to our success is deeply rooted in our commitment to our values.Whether you're in the hallways of our home office or in our stores, you'll find that our associates are friendly and genuine. At Justice, we collaborate. We communicate honestly. We set trends. We work hard, speak up, and have fun. We celebrate our accomplishments and recognize our peers. We give back. And we eat dinner with our families. Every day, we make a positive difference in the lives of our tween girl and our coworkers. We're the difference between liking your job and loving it.Ready to ? We currently have an opportunity for a District Leader (The Dakotas) - maurices to join our team located at our Field Mgmt-District 422-maurices.

Position Overview:

The District Leader is responsible for the overall success of their district. The District Leader (DL) is responsible for cultivating an environment of genuine customer connection, building strong teams and directing all activities required to drive sales and maximize results in the district.

Key Accountabilities: Sales Performance, Profit Performance, Talent (quality and succession plans), Brand Leadership

 Owns profitability and business results for district:

o Directs all activities required to achieve sales, inventory, payroll and operational goals within a geographic market.

o Challenges and develops Store Leaders to accomplish objectives. o Sets clear expectations, manages priorities, and monitors progress in achieving company goals.

o Forecasts and analyzes business trends to impact results.  Serves as a brand ambassador and ensures a customer and associate centric culture across all channels.

o Ensures maurices customer service standards and programs are learned and modeled. o Builds multi-channel business and maximizes tools to better serve the customer.

o Attends external events / creates external networks as a way to spread the word about maurices and “live” one of the company’s core values of community support.

 Ensures the continued vibrancy/success of his/her region, maurices and ascena through talent acquisition and management.

o Assesses, develops, educates and mentors store leaders in all areas of responsibility.

o Fosters a positive, motivating and challenging working environment by inspiring field leaders and capitalizing on individual strengths and talents, retains top talent to build bench.

o Prepares and conducts performance assessments, recognizes performance gaps and coaches associates to take appropriate action. Holds district leaders accountable for business results. o Selects recruits and hires strong leaders; has solid succession plans in place at all times and ensures store leaders receive a thorough onboarding.
Brand/Department: maurices Work Location: Field Job Title: District Leader

 Maintains operationally strong stores and execute company directives. o Coaches store leaders on standards for effective execution of workload planning, scheduling and all operational standards.

o Ensures stores meet visual presentation expectations and are clean and shoppable for our customers.

o Organizes, delegates, prioritizes and ensures leaders meet deadlines.

o Trains and follows up on operational and asset protection strategies in order to improve productivity and reduce shrink.

Qualifications o Bachelor’s degree or equivalent preferred.

o Retail Management experience required with multi-store supervisory experience preferred. o Must have a strong interest in fashion and product knowledge.

o Strong verbal and written communication skills.

o Business and financial acumen including strong analytical skills. o Demonstrated ability to motivate and challenge teams to achieve results.

o Strong problem solving/conflict resolution skills and the ability to make sound decisions.

o Diligence and the ability to persevere in the face of resistance or setbacks.

o Basic skills in Microsoft Office.

Unique Working Conditions:

 Extensive travel required (70%). Physical Requirements
 Able to reach, push, pull, stand, squat and bend for up to 4 hours or longer as necessary.

 Able to operate and use all equipment necessary to run the store.

 Able to operate computerized register system.

 Able to move or handle merchandise throughout the store weighing up to 50 pounds.

 Work varied hours/days as business dictates.

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Location:

Field Mgmt-District 422-maurices

Position Type:

Regular/Full time

Equal Employment Opportunity

The Company is committed to hiring and developing the most qualified people at all levels. It is our policy in all employment decisions to ensure that all associates and potential associates are evaluated on the basis of qualifications and ability without regard to sex (including pregnancy), race, color, national origin, religion, age, disability that can reasonably be accommodated without undue hardship, genetic information, military status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected classification under applicable law. We do not discriminate in any of our employment policies and practices. All associates are expected to follow these principles in all relationships with other associates, applicants, or others with whom we do business.

The Company welcomes applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the application process.

Note to Applicants: Smoking is prohibited in all indoor areas of the Company unless designated smoking areas have been established by a particular location in accordance with applicable law.

Note to Rhode Island Applicants: The Company is subject to Chapters 29 - 38 of Title 28 of the General Laws of Rhode Island, and is therefore covered by the state’s workers’ compensation law.