Region Operations Director

Essential Job Functions Ensures market competitiveness by monitoring and evaluating competitor pricing activities; analyzing market surveys, preparing forecasts, and making adjustments.
Evaluates financial status by reviewing cash/over reports, inventory shortages, repair and maintenance expenses, supply expenses, gasoline and grocery sales, and profit margins.
Determines marketing strategy changes by reviewing operating and financial statements and sales activity.
Improves sales and profits by consulting with gasoline and marketing departments to develop strategies to optimize the implementation of promotional programs.
Maintains stores by conducting inspections to ensure the facility is clean and in good repair; evaluates inventory levels, merchandising; audits paperwork and reports.
Protects employees, customers and company assets by maintaining a safe and secure work environment; enforcing safety practices and providing safety communications and training.
Achieves financial objectives by preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; and initiating corrective actions.
Allocates program costs by preparing operational and risk reports for analysis.
Maintains staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees.
Increases employee 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, and developing personal growth opportunities.
Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reading professional publications, establishing personal networks, or participating in professional societies.
Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
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 a related field preferred. Other combinations of experience and education that meet the minimum requirements may be substituted.
Ten years of experience working in the convenience store/gasoline industry or more preferred, including a minimum of five years in 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.
Physical Requirements The employee is regularly required to sit, talk and/or hear. Frequently required to use his/her hands to handle or grasp items of varying weight. Occasionally required to stand, walk, and reach with both hands and arms. Ability to safely drive a car for necessary business travel is also an essential function.
Job duties may change with or without advance notice.
Circle K is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Company complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (the ADA) and all state and local disability laws. Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to a reasonable accommodation under the terms of the ADA and certain state or local laws as long as it does not impose an undue hardship on the Company. Please inform the Company’s Human Resources Representative if you need assistance completing any forms or otherwise participating in the application process.

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