Multi-Unit Territory Sales Manager (Retail)

• Accomplishes territory sales, financial, and organizational mission and objectives by successfully demonstrating a high level of financial and business acumen, including, but not limited to: management forecasting; preparing annual budgets; efficient labor management; completing operational audits; analyzing performance variances and trends; and developing promising solutions, and implementing necessary corrective actions.
• Provides effective one-on-one, written, and group (i.e. conference calls) communications to support organizational initiatives and strategic plans; conducts effective store visits; communicates job expectations; identifies performance gaps and partnering with direct reports to build impactful action plans; holds direct reports accountable for productivity and customer service standards; provides effective problem resolution; implements and manages necessary change; and recruiting, selecting, developing, coaching, counseling, and disciplining direct reports in assigned stores.
• Consults and partners with Local Councils, Council Distributors, and Distributors to understand business needs and provide solutions; provides value-added services such as ordering of product, merchandising expertise, assortment recommendations, B2B utilization, and problem-solving in a multitude of environments (e.g.. scout shops, trading posts, camps, events, small independent business locations); and manages multiple priorities.

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited university or college preferred
• Ability to travel within assigned territory based on Manager's direction and business needs (<50%)
• Proficient in MS Office, Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint
• Ability to manage multiple priorities
• 3+ years' experience managing multi-site retail locations, with hands-on experience in store operations, inventory management, and cost controls
• Experience supervising retail staff
• Located in the Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN area
• Knowledge of Scouting program preferred
• Valid state driver's license 

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