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Overview Are you a dynamic leader with a passion for retail management? Join our team as a Retail District Manager and take charge of managing and developing a group of Retail Coverage Merchandisers and Lead Merchandisers. In this role, you will represent our company, clients, and customers by effectively supervising and managing RCM work, ensuring superior in-store results in assigned territories or stores. Responsibilities Leadership and Management: Provide effective leadership and management to the Retail Coverage Merchandiser/Lead Merchandiser team in your assigned geographic area. This includes interviewing and hiring candidates, onboarding and training new associates, managing performance and career development, handling conflict and personnel issues, and providing coaching and support. Business Understanding: Develop and maintain a strong understanding of the company’s business model, client and customer details and expectations, and the specific details of the work processes. In-Store Work: Spend a minimum of 50% of your time working in-store to ensure a thorough understanding of business and project requirements. Project Management: Manage assigned work to completion, on time, and with high-quality results. Review project details to verify schedules are accurate and achievable, and ensure supporting documentation is current and correct. Team Support: Assign work to the team and ensure that all jobs have the appropriate level of support. Monitor progress, audit work, answer questions, solve problems, resolve personnel issues, and adjust resources as needed. Ensure the delivery of all necessary materials, supplies, and equipment. Selling Effectiveness: Understand and optimize selling effectiveness in assigned territories. Identify training needs, desired system and work process improvements, and maintain an effective balance of store set/surge work and retail store coverage. Partnership and Collaboration: Partner with store personnel and your team to achieve and maintain merchandising excellence. Discuss schedules and changes, meet goals and expectations, and build effective working relationships. Be proactive in alerting management to any unsafe acts or conditions to prevent injuries. Policy Compliance: Ensure company policies are followed by directly managed associates. This includes proper maintenance of all company-owned equipment, accurate and timely expense reporting, and activity reporting within company guidelines. Communication: Communicate retail territory responsibilities to the MEI admin team to ensure accuracy in the reporting systems. Effectively and accurately use technology, including MEI, to communicate retail priorities and coverage analyses, maintaining an effective feedback and measurement system. Physical Requirements: Meet the physical requirements of the role as listed below. Additional Duties: Perform other duties as assigned. Qualifications Minimum Education and Work Experience: High School Diploma or Equivalent Associate degree is preferred. Some college with prior management/supervisory experience with a minimum of 2 years industry experience. Prior sales agent, retail, customer service or reset responsibility. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Requirements: Strong interpersonal, organizational, decision making and leadership skills. Must be able to communicate effectively with others. Self-starter and have a strong attention to detail. Quick learner and be flexible to changing work environments. Valid driver’s license, have valid transportation, and be able to drive a car for extended periods of time. Willing and able to work in cold environments (i.e. refrigerated and freezer sections of retail stores) for limited periods of time. Physical Requirements Meet the physical requirements of the role as listed below. Additional Duties Perform other duties as assigned. Details Job Category: Retail Position Type: Full time Business Unit: Sales Salary Range: $43,888.00 - $43,888.00 Company: Acosta Employee Holdco LLC Req ID: 7321 Seniority level: Mid-Senior level Employment type: Full-time Job function: Sales and Business Development Industries: Retail About Us Acosta is a part of Acosta Group – a collective of the industry’s most trusted retail, marketing and foodservice agencies reimagining the way people connect with brands at every point in their shopping journey. Specializing in retail sales services, digital strategy, and business intelligence, Acosta empowers brands to thrive in the world of omnichannel shopping. Our sales and digital teams build lasting relationships, ensuring our client brands get the space they deserve in stores and outperform the competition online, while our merch reps make brands shine in retail locations across the world. 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