Region Operations Director

Role Overview

• Ensures market competitiveness by monitoring and evaluating competitor pricing activities; analyzing market surveys, preparing forecasts; making adjustments.
• Evaluates financial status by reviewing cash/over reports, inventory shortages, repair and maintenance expenses, supply expenses, gasoline and grocery sales, profit margins.
• Determine marketing strategy changes by reviewing operating and financial statements; sales activity.
• Improves sales and profits by consulting with gasoline and marketing departments to develop strategies to optimize implementation of promotional programs.
• Maintains stores by conducting inspections to ensure the facility is clean and in good repair; evaluate inventory levels, merchandising; audits paperwork and reports.
• Protects employees, customers and company assets by maintaining a safe and secure work environment; enforcing safety practices; providing safety communications and training.
• Achieves financial objectives by preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions.
• Allocates program costs by preparing operational and risk reports for analyses.
• Maintains staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting and training employees.
• Increases employee’s effectiveness by communicating job expectations; coaching, counseling and disciplining; communicating values, strategies and objectives; planning, monitoring and appraising job results; fostering a climate conducive for offering information and opinions; developing personal growth opportunities.
• Plans sustaining and investment capital spending by working with Real Estate to evaluate future store acquisition opportunities.
• Occasionally engages Governmental agencies on various matters

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business or related field preferred
• Ten years of experience working in the convenience store/gasoline industry or more preferred; including minimum of 5 years of management responsibility
• Experience with MS Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint and Word preferred
• May require up to 50% travel annually
• Comfortable public speaker and presenter
• Valid driver’s license required

Benefits

• Opportunity for professional growth
• Equal Opportunity Employer