What are the responsibilities and job description for the District Manager position at Athleta?
About Athleta
For the past 25 years, we’ve committed ourselves and our brand to a single aim: to empower all women and girls. Inspiration. Collaboration. Connection. Inclusivity. It’s what we do best, and we’re on the hunt for people who share our passion for leading an active lifestyle, growing personally as well as professionally, and creating game-changing products and experiences.
We use business as a force for good by putting people and the planet right up there with profit, which is why Athleta is a certified B Corp. Ready to make a move? Join us. Because we know that alone we’re strong, but together we’re unstoppable.
About the Role
As a District Manager, you lead a portfolio of stores and coach a team of General Managers to deliver an optimal customer and employee experience, operational excellence, merchandising execution, maximum productivity and profitable sales and earnings growth. You are accountable to drive consistent, high performance across all initiatives, and for ensuring consistency between your stores as measured by the P&L and other reports.
What You'll Do
- Attract, hire, develop and retain the best team to meet both short and long-term business goals.
- Monitor performance and consistently followup to ensure results are delivered.
- Develop individual and team performance & capabilities via clear expectations, intentional conversations, meaningful recognition and accountability.
- Foster and maintain an inclusive and collaborative work environment.
- Identify themes in product performance across your portfolio and create a district merchandising plan to excel performance utilizing data points, strategy and seasonality
- Lead effective store visits focused on driving behaviors which enable the team to consistently deliver results in all areas of the business.
- Identify and use multiple ways to achieve goals when confronted with obstacles; plan for contingencies.
- Identify and solve problems with sustainable solutions
- Maintain a keen awareness of the external market and competition
- Ensure stores are operating in compliance with all Gap Inc. policies and procedures
Who You Are
- Demonstrated ability to drive results; execute based upon direction and manage multiple, competing priorities
- Demonstrated ability to build merchandising capability and coach to sustain merchant strength in stores
- Demonstrated ability to build diverse, high performing teams with an inclusive environment
- Demonstrated ability to deliver an exceptional customer experience via all channels
- Demonstrated ability to continually embrace challenges, take risks, learn fast and enable change.
- Demonstrated ability to achieve beyond what is expected, and take actions or use improvements or learnings to exceed existing goals.
- College degree preferred.
- 3 year’s multi-unit, high volume, complex business leadership preferred.
- Flexible to work days, nights, weekends and holidays to meet the needs of the business.
- Ability to travel overnight and/or between stores as required.
- Ability to lift and carry 30lbs.
Benefits at Athleta
- Merchandise discount for our brands: 50% off regular-priced merchandise at Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic and Athleta, and 30% off at Outlet for all employees.
- One of the most competitive Paid Time Off plans in the industry.*
- Employees can take up to five “on the clock” hours each month to volunteer at a charity of their choice.*
- Extensive 401(k) plan with company matching for contributions up to four percent of an employee’s base pay.*
- Employee stock purchase plan.*
- Medical, dental, vision and life insurance.*
- See more of the benefits we offer.
- For eligible employees
Gap Inc. is an equal-opportunity employer and is committed to providing a workplace free from harassment and discrimination. We are committed to recruiting, hiring, training and promoting qualified people of all backgrounds, and make all employment decisions without regard to any protected status. We have received numerous awards for our long-held commitment to equality and will continue to foster a diverse and inclusive environment of belonging. In 2022, we were recognized by Forbes as one of the World's Best Employers and one of the Best Employers for Diversity.
