District Sales Manager - Oklahoma at Skechers

Job Purpose-

The Skechers Retail Team obsessively drives outstanding sales gains, fueling growth and expansion for the Skechers

brand worldwide! The District Sales Manager is a stores’ expert who passionately leads and develops a talented team of

store managers to deliver exceptional store results. This energetic leader is talent, product and sales focused and has the

positivity, resilience and grit to solve anything, even on the tough days. The District Sales Manager loves the broad scope

of their role and thrives on all the ways they impact our business, our stores and our people!

Salary Range

100,000.00-125,000.00

Car allowance

Health benefits after 31 days of employment

Paid vacation

Sick pay

Pet insurance

Great employee discount!

Essential Job Results

• Entrepreneur: Drives their district to meet and exceed sales and metrics goals and guides their team in addressing
  
  

and correcting store performance challenges. Ensures their team is proactively building their sales and conversion

by localizing and tailoring their assortment and merchandising to their customers’ wants and needs, with the

partnership and oversight of their regional sales manager, retail store operations, senior retail leadership, and the

buying and P&A team. Maximizes profitability and a healthy balance sheet by keeping costs and losses in line with

goals.

• Expert: Leverages their deep wealth of retail knowledge and their internal partners to solve problems and remove
  
  

obstacles for their team, regardless of operational challenges or circumstances beyond their control. Brilliantly

shifts gears to respond to sudden changes or demands from corporate HQ and teaches their team how to pivot

effectively, staying flexible to the ever-evolving retail landscape. Drives compliance with policy and procedure and

ensures their team applies those policies consistently. Proactively informs their Regional Sales Manager, retail

operations, and senior retail leadership of realities in stores, including wins, opportunities, and obstacles.

• People Champion: Always insists on recruiting and hiring top talent and consistently engages their network for
  
  

referrals. Develops, coaches, and mentors their Store Managers and Store Teams to meet their full potential and

run successful stores. Focuses on succession planning and ensures constructive and clear performance coaching

to help our team meet challenges and improve as needed. Enthusiastically builds morale, champions their teams.

ideas and displays transparent, open communication to ensure an excellent employee experience and

engagement. Leverages and collaborates with their talent partners to elevate succession, morale, acquisition of

external talent, internal career growth, and performance coaching.

• Merchant: Translates and trains their team on the company’s strategic objectives within product, in-store marketing,
  
  

community events, shopping experience, etc. Ensures their stores are a delight to shop and that conversion and

customer experience are top-notch. Partners with their Regional Sales Manager to assess and develop community

events that drive sales. Assesses their local market and competitors, sharing and escalating feedback with their

Regional Sales Manager.

Supervisory Responsibilities-

• Leads a team of Store Managers and a network of up to 25 stores.
  
  

Job Requirements

Retail Leadership is in your blood! You’ve led a multi-store retail territory and have a proven track record of exceeding sales

and metrics targets. Equally adept at sales, people, product, and operations, you’ve trained and developed countless retail

staff and store managers to their own accolades and career growth. You insist on solid plans and long-term strategies, yet

still understand the fast-moving world of retail, executing flawlessly while staying adaptable and flexible to the unexpected

and unforeseen. You leverage and value your business partners across all functions and will do whatever it takes to build,

maintain, or grow exceptional relationships to drive your business forward and support your teams. You’re known for

transparent, open communication and enthusiastic leadership that your team appreciates, and you have the retention

numbers to prove it. You’re a retail systems veteran with strong technological savvy and can learn new retail systems and

applications rapidly. Finally, your grit and resilience are well-honed, and you’re happy to be a road warrior, traveling up to

100% by car, air, or rail as needed.

This market includes Oklahoma and Arkansas

Education And Experience

• Bachelor's Degree preferred, though not required.
• 5+ years of experience in multi-unit retail leadership; prior District Level experience strongly preferred. Deep
  
  

expertise in retail sales, product merchandising, store operations, and talent development.

• Strong, demonstrable expertise in retail systems, technology, and applications.
  
  

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The skills, abilities,

and physical demands described are representative of those duties that must be met by an employee to successfully

perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities,

who are otherwise qualified for the job position, to perform the essential functions.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and

talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to walk, sit, reach with hands and arms, and stoop, kneel. The employee

is occasionally required to sit for long periods of time.

100,000.00-125,000.00

About Skechers

Skechers, a global Fortune 500 company, develops and markets a diverse range of lifestyle and performance footwear, apparel, and accessories. Serving over 180 countries and territories, Skechers connects customers to products through department and specialty stores, e-commerce and digital stores, and through our more than 5,300 Skechers retail locations.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Skechers is committed to providing a safe, inclusive, and respectful work environment. Skechers provides equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment without regard race, color, religion, gender, gender identification and expression, national origin, marital status, age, disability, genetic information, military status, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic established by local, state or federal law.

Reasonable Accommodation

Applicants for employment who require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job should request appropriate accommodation by emailing [email protected].

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each job responsibility satisfactorily. The skills, abilities and physical demands described are representative of those duties that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities, who are otherwise qualified for the job position, to perform the essential functions.