Summary

CDS District Manager 

Club Demonstration Services (CDS) is looking for a well-rounded District Manager to oversee Product Demonstrators within Costco locations. As a District Manager, you have a passion for driving sales and providing exceptional customer experiences. The ideal candidate takes pride in developing and successfully leading multi-unit teams inside Costco while flawlessly executing CDS sales strategies.

 

Candidates must reside within the territory of posting location. 

 

Advance your career by joining North America’s leading business solutions provider to retailers, where you will work with amazing people and earn competitive pay rates! APPLY TODAY!

 

What We Offer:

• Full Time Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, Life)
• 401(K) with company match
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Paid training and ongoing career development
• Mileage reimbursement

Responsibilities:

• Program management of all part-time Product Demonstrators in the assigned district, including measuring performance management, metrics and execution goals.
• Recruitment and Retention of retail associates through effective training and development
• Build and maintain professional and value oriented relationships with various levels of field retail management to drive positive relationships
• Drive demonstration events within your district through execution and results management

Qualifications:

• 1-3 years’ experience managing multi-unit locations program/project supervisor or similar leadership experience
• 2-5 years in retail management working with part-time employees
• Flexible retail schedule including weekends
• Home office required, with the ability to travel up to 40%
• Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and other web applications

 

Job Will Remain Open Until Filled

Responsibilities

The Company is one of North America’s leading sales and marketing agencies specializing in outsourced sales, merchandising, category management and marketing services to manufacturers, suppliers and producers of food products and consumer packaged goods. The Company services a variety of trade channels including grocery, mass merchandise, specialty, convenience, drug, dollar, club, hardware, consumer electronics and home centers. We bridge the gap between manufacturers and retailers, providing consumers access to the best products available in the marketplace today.

 

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities

Job Duty

• Assist in the development and maintenance of operational responsibilities for the organization, including project planning, management, execution, managing a budget, profit and loss responsibility, and using activity-based costing. 
• Support the maintenance and ongoing development of corporate governance framework, policies and procedures. 
• Manage financial goals of assigned regions. Use analytics to assess ways to improve financial position. Review operational standing of assigned regions to identify areas of opportunity for increased profit margin.
• Collaborate with the VP of Operations to evaluate various event performance metrics, including execution rates, sales performance, labor hours and operational costs and make adjustments as necessary. 
• Achieve defined revenue and net income objectives through sales activation, strategy and expense management.
• Optimize customer satisfaction/loyalty through improved operations. 

 

Supervisory Responsibilities 

 

Direct Reports- Hires, retains, trains, coaches, guides, directs, and develops direct reports using company-wide processes, tools and resources

Indirect Reports

- May delegate work of others and provide guidance, direction and mentoring to indirect reports

 

Minimum Qualifications

 

The following are the minimum job-related qualifications which an individual needs in order to successfully perform the essential duties and responsibilities of the job

Education Level: (Required): Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience(Preferred): Bachelor's Degree Or equivalent experience

Field of Study/Area of Experience: Degree Program/Major (e.g. Marketing, Business Administration or related field)5+ Years of experience in at a client-side, branded, consumer-packaged goods company; or a combination of supplier-side and client-side experience.

 

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities

• Excellent Written & Verbal Communication Skills
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