District Manager

Job Location: Chicago, IL

Company description

Ferrero is a family-owned company with a truly progressive and global outlook and iconic brands such as Nutella®, Tic Tac®, Ferrero Rocher®, Raffaello®, Kinder Bueno® and Kinder Surprise®. As the love for our brands continues to grow, so too does our global reach. Represented in more than 50 countries, with products sold in more than 170, the Ferrero Group is loved by generations around the world. The secret to our global success? 40,000 dedicated employees who celebrate care and quality to craft a business, careers and brands we are proud of. Join us, and you could be one of them.

About the Role:

The District Manager will lead and direct Fannie May store operations while enhancing the consumer experience at multi-store locations. Responsibilities will include delivering a best-in-class consumer experience, hiring, behavioral training, talent assessment, visual merchandising, delivering financial growth performance, inventory control and advancing profitability.

Main Responsibilities:

• Drive performanceof stores through consumer experience, increase KPI growth, including tracking, reporting and analysis
• Ability to deliver on corporate initiatives while focusing on consumer experience and demands
• Effectively communicate results and action plans to store managers, teams and collaborate between stores, retail management and business partners
• Training and execution of store visual directives & merchandising initiatives
• Hire, attract and retail talent; Lead a team of store managers through ongoing training and development. Motivate, coach and strengthen store managers through retail training guidelines
• Assist in executing and delivering compliance to SOP’s: store operation manuals, policies and forms, ordering methods and inventory controls
• Responsible to uphold and maintain food safety, compliance with product line rotation and quality assurance requirements
• Assist in all new store start up activities as assigned.
• Grow a portfolio of profitable stores through continual analysis, follow up and asset protection

Who we are looking for:

• Three years of progressive management experience in retail leadership and operations, preferably multi-unit and with food experience
• Bachelor’s degree preferred, not required

• Ability to travel 75% of the time with overnights, flexible to meet needs of the business
• Ability to work with data and develop effective presentations
• Excel and Power point skills

Compensation Data

The base salary range for this position is $85,000 - $115,000 annually. Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, qualifications, and other job-related factors permitted by law. This range represents the anticipated salary for this position at this time.

In addition to base salary, we offer a comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, and other benefits. Learn more about our benefits at

Diversity Statement

Ferrero is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture in which all employees feel welcomed and appreciated and have the same opportunities. We believe all of our people are equally talented in their own way. In nurturing the curiosity and natural abilities of our employees, we provide them, generation after generation, the means to succeed personally and professionally, enabling them to craft their journey at Ferrero. The diversity of our talents is what makes our work environment multicultural, innovative and highly rewarding.

How to be successful in the role and at Ferrero:

Consumers, quality and care are at the heart of everything we do. So, to be successful at Ferrero, you’ll need to be just as consumer and product centric as we are - dedicated to crafting brilliant results for consumers around the world.