District Manager – Northern Germany, Poland

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Vans

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1966

👗 Fashion

🛒 Retail

⚽ Sports

Fashion • Retail • Sports

Vans is a company known for its high-quality shoes, clothing, and accessories, with a strong emphasis on action sports such as skateboarding, snowboarding, BMX, and surfing. They offer a wide range of products including classics like the Old Skool, Sk8-Hi, and Slip-On shoes, as well as customize options for personalizing footwear. Vans caters to men, women, and kids and provides seasonal and trend-focused collections. Additionally, Vans focuses on lifestyle and culture, integrating a diverse array of styles and trends. The company also features specialized products like MTE (Made for the Elements) for enhanced durability and weather resistance.

📋 Description

• Lead Store Managers to deliver sales, profitability, productivity, and KPI objectives across the District by analyzing performance trends, identifying risks and opportunities, and implement action plans to drive results. • Translate performance data into clear, practical insights for Store Managers, linking commercial results to in-store behaviours and actions, ensuring high standards of customer experience. • Conduct structured store visits focused on coaching, performance assessment, and execution quality. • Lead focused performance recovery plans in underperforming stores, providing hands-on support and coaching until sustainable improvement is achieved. • Champion brand DNA across stores ensuring strong visual identity, product storytelling, and elevated customer experience. • Manage and lead the opening of new store and hiring store talents • Promote an inclusive, people‑first culture focused on teamwork, accountability, and engagement. • Ensure stores execute brand initiatives and marketing campaigns consistently and on time. • Monitor customer metrics and drive improvement plans across district. • Act as the voice of stores with Brand’s HQ functions, collaborate with central retail operations to drive business and execute brand strategy • Communicate priorities, process changes and performance expectations clearly to Store Managers. • Work closely with the Local HR, Health and Safety and Asset protection teams.

🎯 Requirements

• Solid and consistent management experience in a comparable position • Proven record of achieving commercial and operational results. • Ideally already have experience in managing several stores • Strong people leader with demonstrated coaching and development skills • Data‑driven decision maker with strong business acumen and planning capability • Able to manage complexity, ambiguity, and pace across multiple locations, while maintaining focus on execution excellence • High level of responsibility management, communication skills and flexibility • Frequent travel (approximately 80 % or more including air and overnight travel) • Fluent in English and German • Residence within the assigned area

🏖️ Benefits

• Career ownership, enabling you to build your knowledge and experience across different brands and different countries • An inclusive environment where people of diverse backgrounds, lifestyles and nationalities love working together • Company car • 30 days of holiday and B-Day off • A supportive feedback-based culture where respect and integrity guide us • Tailored training. From an induction to ongoing online and face-to-face training, we are committed to helping you grow • The opportunity to travel and network with other Retail Managers throughout Europe