District Manager – Northern KY/Southern OH

Petco

District Manager leading Petco, a pet supplies and services retailer, across Northern Kentucky and Southern Ohio. Driving store profitability, staffing, customer service, inventory, and operational compliance.

Posted 8/5/2026full-timeRemote • Kentucky, Ohio • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $110,000 - $190,500 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates strong leadership in managing district store operations, focusing on sales growth, compliance with policies, and effective training of store management. Proficient in analyzing financial performance and implementing strategies for profit maximization and customer service excellence.

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Leadership and GuidanceSales and Expense AnalysisStore Management DevelopmentInventory ManagementCompliance with Safety and Asset Protection

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Hard Skills

Sales AnalysisExpense ManagementStore InspectionsInventory AuditsPerformance EvaluationsCash-Control ProceduresMerchandising ProceduresStaffing DecisionsProblem SolvingCustomer Service Training

Soft Skills

Crisis InterventionCommunicationCoachingTeam DevelopmentJudgment

Industry Keywords

Asset ProtectionShrink-ReductionStore OpeningsRemodelsCustomer ServiceComplianceMerchandising ProgramsPerformance ManagementProgressive DisciplineSafety Procedures

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provide leadership and guidance to stores to achieve district sales and profit goals
Develop and implement plans, policies, and procedures to maximize profits
Analyze store sales and expenses, provide feedback and recommendations, and present district sales figures to the Regional Manager
Visit district stores regularly and inspect compliance with Petco policies, procedures, and merchandising programs
Recruit, train, develop, and manage Store Management; maintain succession plans
Ensure associates are trained to provide outstanding customer service and take corrective action when necessary
Counsel Store Managers on personnel issues, store events, problem solving, and crisis intervention
Plan and track individual and store goals
Visit competitor locations and report changes in prices, operations, and policies
Audit store paperwork and cash-control procedures
Ensure compliance with shrink-reduction and Asset Protection programs
Coordinate new store openings, remodels, and store equipment repairs
Ensure accurate and timely completion of store paperwork and routing of corporate correspondence
Promote established safety procedures
Monitor merchandise levels, balance stock between stores, and audit physical inventory counts
Complete Store Manager performance evaluations and annual merit increase recommendations
Approve store employee performance evaluations and provide progressive-discipline guidance
Communicate district situations and conditions to appropriate management or departments
Travel between stores, sometimes several hundred miles per week

Requirements

What you’ll need

Able to perform all essential duties and responsibilities with or without reasonable accommodation
Ability to provide leadership and guidance to district stores
Ability to analyze sales and expense figures and make operational recommendations
Ability to recruit, train, develop, and manage Store Management and store personnel
Ability to make staffing decisions, resolve problems, and exercise individual judgment
Ability to conduct store inspections, audits, and inventory reviews
Ability to manage customer service training and corrective action
Ability to coordinate store openings, remodels, repairs, and inventory balancing
Ability to administer and approve employee performance evaluations and progressive discipline
Ability to travel regularly between stores, sometimes several hundred miles per week
Ability to follow and promote company safety, Asset Protection, cash-control, and merchandising procedures

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health and financial benefits
401K
Incentives
PTO
Equal Opportunity Employer