District Leader (Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota)-maurices

Brand Overview:

At maurices, we’re all about feel-good fashion for real life. We’re committed to our service with style promise and to offering affordable fashion that takes women from workday to weekend—and all of life’s adventures in between. With inclusive sizing from 0–24, maurices is known for versatile styles across key categories like denim, dresses, tops, and more. We’ve been doing this since 1931, and today you’ll find us in over 800 communities across North America and online at maurices.com. At maurices, it’s more than clothes - it’s where fun, friendship and fashion come together! We believe in putting People First — and that starts with you. We’re a collaborative team that leads with kindness, values authenticity, stays curious, and moves with agility. We work smart, have fun, and support one another in a generously flexible environment that empowers you to thrive both personally and professionally. We’re headquartered in the heart of Duluth, Minnesota overlooking the beautiful shores of Lake Superior. Our original hometown offers the perfect blend of natural beauty, four-season adventure, and a vibrant college town atmosphere.

Ready to apply? We currently have an opportunity for a District Leader (Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota)-maurices to join our team located at our Field Mgmt-District 415-maurices.

Position Overview:

The District Leader is responsible for the overall success of their district (which includes stores in: Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming and South Dakota).  The District Leader (DL) is responsible for cultivating an environment of genuine customer connection, building strong teams and directing all activities required to drive sales and maximize results in the district.    

Key Accountabilities:  Sales Performance, Profit Performance, Talent (quality and succession plans), Brand Leadership

Performance requirements

• Owns profitability and business results for district:

  • Directs all activities required to achieve sales, inventory, payroll and operational goals within a geographic market.

  • Challenges and develops Store Leaders to accomplish objectives.

  • Sets clear expectations, manages priorities, and monitors progress in achieving company goals.

  • Forecasts and analyzes business trends to impact results.

• Serves as a brand ambassador and ensures a customer and associate centric culture across all channels. 

  • Ensures maurices customer service standards and programs are learned and modeled.

  • Builds multi-channel business and maximizes tools to better serve the customer.

  • Attends external events / creates external networks as a way to spread the word about maurices and “live” one of the company’s core values of community support.

• Ensures the continued vibrancy/success of his/her region, maurices through talent acquisition and management.

  • Assesses, develops, educates and mentors store leaders in all areas of responsibility.

  • Fosters a positive, motivating and challenging working environment by inspiring field leaders and capitalizing on individual strengths and talents, retains top talent to build bench.

  • Prepares and conducts performance assessments, recognizes performance gaps and coaches associates to take appropriate action.  Holds store leaders accountable for business results.

  • Selects recruits and hires strong leaders; has solid succession plans in place at all times and ensures store leaders receive a thorough onboarding.

• Maintains operationally strong stores and execute company directives.

  • Coaches store leaders on standards for effective execution of workload planning, scheduling and all operational standards.

  • Ensures stores meet visual presentation expectations and are clean and shoppable for our customers.

  • Organizes, delegates, prioritizes and ensures leaders meet deadlines. 

  • Trains and follows up on operational and asset protection strategies in order to improve productivity and reduce shrink.

Work Experience and education requirements

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent preferred.

• Retail Management experience required with multi-store supervisory experience preferred.

• Must have a strong interest in fashion and product knowledge.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

• Business and financial acumen including strong analytical skills.

• Demonstrated ability to motivate and challenge teams to achieve results.

• Strong problem solving/conflict resolution skills and the ability to