Role Specific Information

Job Description

About the Role

Kohl’s is currently hiring a District Manager to join our team overseeing our Ohio West market. In this role, you will provide leadership for 15-20 stores and own the execution of Kohl’s store priorities, including driving sales, enhancing the customer experience, managing profitability and shortage and developing your team. 

What You'll Do
Responsibilities include: 

• Driving sales, profit and productivity while meeting payroll, expense and shortage goals

• Teaching, training and developing your team

• Delivering consistent merchandise and visual presentation standards in every store

• Communicating inventory needs and business opportunities to appropriate partners

• Achieving operational best practices, OMNI execution and driving clearance sell through

• Engaging in market analysis to ensure an exceptional product assortment

• Enhancing the customer experience throughout your district 

• Writing and delivering reviews for Store Managers, and overseeing the review process for all other managers and associates to ensure effective feedback is provided

• Promoting associate engagement and supporting manager retention

• Proactively addressing associate relations concerns in partnership with HR team

Who You Are
You have 8-10 years progressive retail experience, a minimum of 3-5 years store management experience (preferably in a high volume, big box environment) and 2-5 years successful multi-unit leadership experience. A Bachelor's Degree in a related discipline is preferred. 

Additionally, some capabilities that will contribute to your success in this role:

Results Driven

• You are focused on critical strategic priorities and setting clear goals. You consistently monitor results and ensure follow-through on commitments, driving execution and seizing opportunities to raise the bar.

Developing Talent & Effective Teams

• You have a demonstrated commitment and passion for developing talent and drive a culture of high-performance and continuous development. You create and support multi-year succession planning to meet the long-term needs of the overall business. 

Leading the Business with Vision & Strategy

• You have a strategic vision and can articulate the priorities of the organization in a clear and compelling way that engages others and ensures that leaders at all levels maintain focus.

Influencing & Building Networks

• Through strong interpersonal written and verbal communication skills, you are able to foster effective relationships, collaborate seamlessly, and navigate diverse communication scenarios at various levels within the organization.

Business Acumen

• You have an expert knowledge of business operations and financial management and can effectively lead initiatives that drive business growth and success.

Adaptability & Agile Thinking

• You have an adept ability to hold multiple perspectives in mind and incorporate opposing perspectives to drive change and make strategic decisions

Ability for daytime travel (up to 80%) and overnight travel (approx. 30%) is required for this role.

Essential Functions

The requirements listed below are representative of functions you will be required to perform, however you may be required to perform additional functions. Kohl’s may revise this job description at any time. To perform this job successfully, you must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions, absent undue hardship.

• Ability to perform the accountabilities listed in the “What You’ll Do” Section.

• Ability to satisfactorily complete company training programs.

• Ability to comply with dress code requirements.

• Basic math and reading skills, legible handwriting, and basic computer operation.

• Ability to operate and communicate on multiple frequency devices, handheld scanners, and other technology equipment as directed.

• Ability to maintain prompt and regular attendance and meet scheduling requirements as set by the company.

• Perform work in accordance with the Physical Requirements section.

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs. frequently and occasionally over 50 lbs. with a two person lift.

• Ability to climb, squat, stoop, kneel, crouch, bend, twist, reach, lift, grasp, push and pull on a frequent basis.

• Ability to stand/walk for the duration of a scheduled shift.

• Ability to visually verify information and locate and inspect merchandise.

• Ability to comply with health and safety standards.