ALDI is seeking motivated and ambitious individuals to join our District Manager
Trainee (DMT) program. Over an intensive 44-week training period, you will gain
comprehensive knowledge and hands-on experience preparing you to take on
responsibility for overseeing multiple ALDI stores. As a district manager, you
will work closely with store managers to ensure exceptional customer service,
foster a positive employee working environment, drive operational excellence,
and accelerate sales growth. With ALDI's rapid expansion across the United
States, this is a unique opportunity to grow professionally with a market leader
that values simplicity, consistency, and responsibility. Join us and build a
rewarding career with a company that provides comprehensive training, career
advancement opportunities, competitive compensation, and a supportive team
environment.
This position will cover areas within the Frederick serving: Washington, D.C.
Click here [https://careers.aldi.us/divisions-map] to and search Frederick
division to see a map of the division
Position Type: Full-Time
Starting Salary: $95,000
Signing Bonus: $5,000
Salary Increases: Year 2 $110,000 | Year 3 - $120,000 | Year 4 - $130,000
Duties and Responsibilities:
Must be able to perform duties with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Communicates job responsibilities and performance expectations to store
management to ensure desired results; leads and develops store management
personnel.
• Leads, develops, and supervises the assigned store manager team to develop
sales, engage our teams, satisfy our customers, and achieve consistent high
performance.
• Supports store management in fostering a positive working environment and
sense of teamwork among direct and personnel reports.
• Develops and implements action plans using company-provided resources to
improve operating results.
• Works with the store manager to recruit, select, promote and determine store
assignments for personnel reports to ensure proper and adequate staffing of each
location within the district.
• Confers with direct reports regarding advancement, discipline or termination
of personnel.
• Trains and develops direct reports to ensure personnel reports achieve their
maximum professional potential, using company-provided training materials.
• Observes and evaluates store employees’ work performance and collaborates with
the store manager to provide feedback and coaching as appropriate.
• Collaborates with store manager to oversee the appropriate resolution of
escalated employee and customer concerns.
• Understands and oversees execution of the overarching company strategy while
communicating and modeling the core values of the organization.
• Communicates, cooperates and interacts effectively with all levels of ALDI
employees, customers, third-party vendors and business partners.
• Reviews, investigates and resolves issues that arise within the district to
minimize potential liability for the division and the company.
• Oversees and ensures store managements’ compliance with established policies
and procedures within the district, as well as applicable federal, state and
local regulations.
• Ensures store managers are appropriately coaching store personnel to comply
with company customer service guidelines and demonstrates appropriate
interactions with customers and co-workers. Resolves concerns from store
personnel and customers, and/or refers such concerns to the director store
operations as necessary.
• Models, communicates and supervises compliance with established policies and
procedures.
• Ensures a safe working environment by supporting the store manager in
identifying and supervising the resolution of hazards and equipment and
ergonomic issues.
• Supervises adherence to company expense guidelines, inventory procedures,
product handling, and cash handling policies and standard operating procedures
to minimize losses and achieve financial targets. Takes action to address
issues, as necessary.
• Ensures store managers effectively oversee personnel to maintain store zone
standards and merchandising standards at all times.
• Supervises the achievement of store KPI results and takes action to develop
and implement personnel and operational plans to achieve district goals and
budgets.
• Plans and conducts meetings such as district weekly operations calls and
monthly one-to-ones, training sessions and other company-related events as
communicated using company-provided materials at the prescribed frequency.
Education and Experience:
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business or related field.
Job Qualifications:
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
• Ability to develop rapport, trust, and open communication that enhances the
performance of direct reports.
• Ability to facilitate group involvement when conducting meetings.
• Develops and maintains positive relationships with internal and external
parties.
• Ability to interpret and apply ALDI operating policies and procedures.
• Problem solving skills.
• Conflict management skills.
• Skill of negotiation to arrive at a satisfactory conclusion using compromise,
persuasion, rationale and diplomacy.
• Knowledge of the organizational authority, interdependence of job duties,
products, systems and services of the company.
• Ability to evaluate financial performance and apply such data to decision
making.
• Skill of verbal and written communication including the ability to prepare
written materials to meet purpose and audience.
• Ability to organize, prioritize and complete activities consistent with one’s
personal and organizational needs to maximize the total time available.
• Ability to pay attention to detail.
• Ability to establish and execute plans and goals.
• Knowledge of human resource management and the ability to manage store
personnel relating to recruitment, selection, training, development, motivation,
retention and separation.
Travel:
• Domestic travel is required daily.
• District managers are provided with a company car. All travel expenses related
to company car use will be covered by the company.