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District Manager Job Description

 Drive your district's profitability by:

• Meeting or exceeding district sales and profit targets
• Coaching Store Leaders to drive commercial success and excel in customer service
• Ensuring proper execution of established policies, procedures, initiatives, and directives

Key Accountabilities:

YOU LEAD, COACH AND DEVELOP

 Lead the recruitment, on-boarding, training, and development efforts in the district through

partnership with HR, Talent Acquisition and Retail Training

 Coach, motivate and inspire Store Leaders to accomplish store goals and maximize their individual

performance, both face-to-face and remotely

 Create a high-performance culture by setting clear expectations, analyzing performance, and giving

appropriate and prompt feedback, including actively managing poor performance

 Own succession planning for the district

 Complete all District Leader training programs and effectively apply the learning on the job

 Seek coaching and learning opportunities to continually improve your performance

 Deliver best practice implementation to drive overall Market and Global retail performance

 Ensure compliance to established HR policies and procedures

YOU LEAD A SERVICE CULTURE

 Drive a service and selling culture in the district through leadership of adidas Group service model

 Spend focused time on the sales floor during store visits to determine service improvement

opportunities and to coach the Store Leaders

 Analyzes Net Promotor Score results and communicates them to his/her district team to drive

continuous service improvement

 Optimize the consumer experience through leading digital initiatives including ship-from-store, click

and collect and all programs through our store associate mobile device.

YOU LEAD STORE OPERATIONS

 Plan and prioritize structured store visits to maximize the district's performance

 Dedicate a minimum of 3 days per week to completing store visits and ensure all stores in the

district are visited at least once per month (exceptions must be approved by the Market Retail

Director)

 Ensure adidas Retail Management Standards compliance with established policies, procedures,

initiatives, and directives

Title: District Manager

Position:

Line of Business: Retail

Department: Store Operations

Location (City): Various

Grade: M3

Working Relationship:

 Direct Reporting Line (ad): Regional Director

 Indirect / 2nd Direct Reporting Line:

 Personnel Managed (Y/N): Y

 Key Interfaces (Relationships with other dept/groups): Customers,

 Peers, Supervisor, Vendors and Supports Functions

Purpose:

Drive your district's profitability by:

 Meeting or exceeding district sales and profit targets

 Coaching Store Leaders to drive commercial success and excel in customer service

 Ensuring proper execution of established policies, procedures, initiatives, and directives

District Manager 9.2021

 Lead change management process with initiatives as relevant

 Assess and make recommendations to improve the commercial viability and availability of products for

the district's stores

 Manage loss prevention as well as health and safety risks

YOU LEAD BRAND AND PRODUCT EXPERTISE

 Be a Brand Ambassador, consistently exhibiting the Brand Attitude and Values

 Demonstrate a passion for sport, culture, and community, encouraging Store Leaders to lead this

through their people at all times

 Maintain established in-store Retail Experience and Visual Excellence standards in partnership with

Visual Excellence Regional and Area Leaders, according to directives in all stores within the district

 Partner with Retail Training in leadership of the effective and timely delivery of Foundational, Seasonal

Brand product training materials and all learning programs in the store

YOU LEAD DISTRICT PROFITABILITY

 Take full ownership of the district and its commercial success

 Analyze relevant data to probe and challenge the status quo with both Retail Back Office partners and

Store Leaders

 Coach Store Leaders to increase their stores' sales, productivity, and profitability

 Ensure the legal and financial integrity of the district's store portfolio

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

 Customers

 Peers and Line Leader

 Vendors and Support Functions (i.e. Store Operations, Retail Training, Retail Marketing, Visual

Excellence, HR, Talent Acquisition etc.)

 Local Administration (i.e., mall management)

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

 Must possess and consistently exhibit the competencies relative to the position

 Excellent Skills in operating personal computers, POS systems, and various software

packages including MS office

 Knowledge and understanding of profit and loss statement and store Key Performance Indicators to

make commercial decisions based on sound financial judgment

 Strong interpersonal and communication skills including the ability to lead discussions in diverse

groups of varying size

 Excellent time management and problem-solving skills as well as the ability to use good judgment and

make strong independent decisions

 Demonstrate an inspirational attitude that contributes to a positive team environment

 Ability to travel 50% of the time to all stores within designated district and in some cases with

limited notice

Qualifications:

 Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university or a minimum of three years in Sporting

Apparel & Footwear Retail industry in a sales or operations management position; or equivalent

combination of education and experience

 4 years of increasing experience in retail management that includes a minimum of 2 years as a Store

Manager

 3 years multi-store management experience

adidas celebrates diversity, supports inclusiveness and encourages individual expression in our workplace. We do not tolerate the harassment or discrimination toward any of our applicants or employees. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

adidas offers robust and progressive medical, including HSA (Health Savings Account) with employer funding or FSA (Flexible Spending Account) options, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage, fertility support, short and long-term disability, and basic life and AD&D insurance, which can be supplemented with employee-paid coverage. After meeting eligibility criteria, employees are able to enroll in adidas' 401k plan and Stock Purchase Plan with employer match. Employees accrue prorated flexible time off in the amount .3512 hours per day that increases with years of service and 7 paid holidays a year.    

Though our teammates hail from all corners of the world, our working language is English.