Gap Inc.

District Manager

Gap Inc.
Posted 10/20/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesSeniorLeadWebsite
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Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates strong leadership in managing multi-unit operations, driving sales growth, and fostering an inclusive team environment. Capable of leveraging data and strategic insights to enhance merchandising effectiveness and deliver exceptional customer experiences.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Multi-Unit Business LeadershipMerchandising Capability DevelopmentTeam Building and InclusionCustomer Experience ManagementOperational Excellence

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Lead a portfolio of stores and coach General Managers to deliver optimal customer and employee experiences
  • Drive operational excellence, merchandising execution, productivity, and profitable sales and earnings growth
  • Attract, hire, develop, and retain teams to meet short- and long-term business goals
  • Monitor performance and follow up to ensure results are delivered
  • Develop individual and team performance and capabilities through expectations, conversations, recognition, and accountability
  • Foster and maintain an inclusive, collaborative work environment
  • Identify product-performance themes and create district merchandising plans using data, strategy, and seasonality
  • Lead effective store visits focused on behaviors that deliver results
  • Plan contingencies and use multiple approaches to achieve goals
  • Identify and solve problems with sustainable solutions
  • Monitor the external market and competition
  • Ensure stores comply with Gap Inc. policies and procedures

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Demonstrated ability to drive results, execute based upon direction, and manage multiple, competing priorities
  • Demonstrated ability to build merchandising capability and coach to sustain merchant strength in stores
  • Demonstrated ability to build diverse, high-performing teams with an inclusive environment
  • Demonstrated ability to deliver an exceptional customer experience via all channels
  • Demonstrated ability to embrace challenges, take risks, learn quickly, and enable change
  • Demonstrated ability to exceed expectations and use improvements or learnings to surpass existing goals
  • Flexible to work days, nights, weekends, and holidays
  • Ability to travel overnight and/or between stores as required
  • Ability to lift and carry 30 lbs
  • 3+ years of multi-unit, high-volume, complex business leadership preferred

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Hard Skills
Sales GrowthMerchandising ExecutionPerformance MonitoringData AnalysisStrategic PlanningProblem SolvingContingency PlanningProductivity ImprovementCompliance ManagementMarket Analysis
Soft Skills
CoachingCollaborationFlexibilityAccountabilityCommunication
Industry Keywords
Customer ExperienceOperational ExcellenceInclusive EnvironmentHigh-Volume RetailGap Inc. Policies