Regional Director, Ontario Jobs

Description
Regional Director
Role Description
Reporting directly to the Senior Vice President, Stores, the Regional Director is responsible for the performance and operations of the stores within their region. The Regional Director is accountable for maximizing business growth and performance of the region by providing leadership to the store management teams to achieve annual performance and financial goals; implement and adopt strategic initiatives; and promote a culture of safety. This role works in a team with the other Regional Directors at Kal Tire and is integral to the full scope of store operations and instrumental in strengthening the business model for future growth and agility.
Core Responsibilities

• Develops plans that drive operational efficiencies and process improvements.
• Works with the SVP, Stores to establish overall growth and translates corporate strategies into operational plans for the region.
• Leads and executes regional store operations in alignment with business plans to achieve or exceed revenue targets, profit, cash flow and business goals.
• Actively sponsors charity and fundraising activities to support local community involvement within the region.
• Executes and oversees company directed promotions and marketing initiatives; collaborates with internal stakeholders to develop tactics to optimize implementation of promotional programs.
• Regularly examines operational measures and KPIs to look for opportunities to improve safety, quality, customer satisfaction, team development and cost management.
• Develops and prepares leadership talent to position for expansion and ensure succession planning.
• Provides strategic direction, vision and leadership to direct reports including coaching, mentoring, and developing.
• Builds, maintains, and oversees execution of various programs including retail, commercial, e-commerce, mobile commercial service, light duty fleet, outside and inside sales. This includes operational plans for the team, measurement and delivering results.
• Participates in design of new stores or re-design of existing stores.
• Embraces and champions a culture of change; encourages two-way communication and proactively communicates the “why” and benefits of the change to drive adoption.
• Ensures the region is adaptable and responsive to customer needs, problems, opportunities and a changing marketplace.
• Navigates between strategy and operational execution by visiting stores regularly to support business plans including marketing and sales, audits adherence to operational standards and identifies opportunities to improve performance.
• Fosters a respectful, inclusive regional culture that prioritizes safety, inspires collaboration, and demonstrates appreciation for support provided by the Vernon office, supply chain and retreading.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in business or a combination of education and relevant experience

Work Experience

• A minimum of 15 years business/operations experience which includes a minimum of 7 years of managing multiple, geographically dispersed locations with profit and loss statements.
• Experience in developing a strategic plan for operational functions and an ability to clearly articulate the vision.
• Experience in managing, mentoring, coaching and developing employees and promoting business growth within the organization.

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Able to work with a variety of stakeholders at multiple levels, internally and externally.
• Proven experience using data in a measurable way to achieve a specific strategic result that is relevant to the overall strategy.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills reflecting the ability to ensure accountability, inspire teamwork, confidence, and cooperation.
• Abe to present ideas clearly, facilitate discussions and reach agreement and consensus on difficult issues.
• Track record of successful cross-functional leadership
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically while balancing the need to move between strategic and tactical responsibilities.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Experience as a change sponsor building high-performing teams in complex and rapidly changing environments.
• Proven track record of driving best practices, improving productivity and profitability throughout operations Strong business acumen

Special Requirements

• Ability to travel within Canada and Internationally, as required (50% of the time)

About Kal Tire
Kal Tire is the largest independently owned tire dealer in Canada with over 250 locations. Our business philosophy centers on exceeding our customers’ expectations and relies on our entrepreneurial team members to provide exceptional customer service.