District Manager

Iconic. Approachable. Connected. These are some of the ideas that guide our every day at Janie and Jack. We set ourselves apart with outstanding quality and great care for every detail, from our clothing to our customer service to the people we work with. Are you ready to be a part of the Janie and Jack story?

About the job:

As a District Manager, you lead a portfolio of stores and coach a team of General Managers to deliver an optimal customer and employee experience, operational excellence, merchandising execution, maximum productivity and profitable sales and earnings growth. You are accountable to drive consistent, high performance across all initiatives, and for ensuring consistency between your stores as measured by the P&L and other reports.

Organizational Leadership:

• You are part of the Upper Field and lead your own team of General Managers.
• Responsible for all aspects of performance for your portfolio of stores.
• Drive profitable sales through effective business analysis; identifying financial opportunities in your portfolio of stores and action plan to deliver desired results.
• Build a high performing team and strong talent pipeline.
• Collaborate with peers and cross functional partners in Human Resources, Loss Prevention, Operations, Visual Merchandising and other HQ partners to make the best business decisions.
• Model and inspire your team to embody your brand’s mission and the Janie and Jack culture: Be fast. Be fearless. Be better. Be bold.

What you'll do:

• Attract, hire, develop and retain the best team to meet both short and long-term business goals.
• Monitor performance and consistently follow- up to ensure results are delivered.
• Develop individual and team performance & capabilities via clear expectations, intentional conversations, meaningful recognition and accountability.
• Foster and maintain an inclusive and collaborative work environment.
• Identify themes in product performance across your portfolio and create a district merchandising plan to excel performance utilizing data points, strategy and seasonality.
• Lead effective store visits focused on driving behaviors which enable the team to consistently deliver results in all areas of the business.
• Identify and use multiple ways to achieve goals when confronted with obstacles, plan for contingencies.
• Identify and solve problems with sustainable solutions.
• Maintain a keen awareness of the external market and competition.
• Ensure stores are operating in compliance with all Janie and Jack policies and procedures.

What you'll bring:

• Demonstrated ability to drive results; execute based upon direction and manage multiple, competing priorities.
• Demonstrated ability to build merchandising capability and coach to sustain merchant strength in stores.
• Demonstrated ability to build diverse, high performing teams with an inclusive environment.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver an exceptional customer experience via all channels.
• Demonstrated ability to continually embrace challenges, take risks, learn fast and enable change.
• Demonstrated ability to achieve beyond what is expected, and take actions or use improvements or learnings to exceed existing goals.
• College degree preferred.
• 3+ year’s multi-unit, high volume, complex business leadership preferred.
• Flexible to work days, nights, weekends and holidays to meet the needs of the business.
• Ability to travel overnight and/or between stores as required.
• Ability to lift and carry 30lbs.

Why You’ll Love Working with Us:

• The Product—so good, you’ll be using your employee discount more than you probably should.
• The People—ask anyone that works here…we have incredible people on our team.
• The Experience—you’ll enjoy a rewarding career at a respected children’s brand.

Let’s Talk Perks!

• Employee discount at Janie and Jack.
• Paid holidays and flexible time off.
• Generous Health Savings Account (HSA) employer contributions for individuals and families.
• Flexible Spending Accounts and commuter benefits.
• Life insurance.
• Extensive 401(k) plan with company matching.
• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance*
• Employee Assistance Program with resources like financial and legal assistance, childcare and elderly care, emotional work/life counseling, health, and wellness resources, travel assistance.

Actual starting pay for this role is determined by a wide array of factors including but not limited to qualifications, experience, relevant skills, education, and geographic location. Employees are offered a variety of benefits to empower them with the resources and flexibility they need to enjoy success on the job and to live a healthy life. Full-time employees are eligible for medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, health and dependent care FSA, life/ad&d insurance, short term and long term disability, commuter benefits, pet benefits, tuition reimbursement, paid time off and 401(k) including matching. All employees are eligible for employee discounts and EAP Resources. All regular, full-time Brand Support Center employees are eligible for the annual discretionary bonus plan.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.