District Human Resources Manager

Position Overview

The District Human Resources Manager (DHRM) plays a vital role as a strategic partner responsible for fostering talent readiness, driving associate engagement, ensuring compliance, and enhancing organizational effectiveness across a district that includes 6 to 13 stores. This role harmonizes people-oriented strategies with business objectives and company values, spearheading activities involving talent management, leadership development, associate relations, and workforce planning to cultivate strong teams and uphold a positive, inclusive, and high-achieving culture.

Key Duties

• Lead recruitment, selection, and onboarding by supporting Associate Support Department Supervisors' (ASDS) hiring and training to prepare future leaders. Collaborate with store and district leaders to maintain consistency and quality in bringing in both internal and external talent, including participating in local job fairs and internal development events.
• Oversee associate relations and develop workplace culture by facilitating HR Town Halls and implementing actions based on both townhall feedback and Voice of Associate surveys. Act as a trusted advisor for associate relations issues, workplace incidents, and investigations by collaborating with Associate Relations and Legal teams. Manage the accommodation process ensuring documentation, communication, and compliant return-to-work plans.
• Champion change leadership and maintain strong business partnerships by exemplifying company values and leadership behaviors, supporting district operations through store visits and real-time HR coaching, and aligning people strategies with business goals. Support change-related activities such as new store openings, closures, restructurings, and strategic adjustments.
• Advance learning, training, and performance enablement by utilizing HR tools like Salesforce and Workday to identify skill gaps and encourage accountability for development. Monitor the effectiveness of training plans, foster continuous learning cultures, and guide timely performance management processes with store leaders.
• Ensure operational excellence and collaboration by maintaining readiness for labor relations and emergency response, participating in district meetings, coordinating with HR Service Center for accurate staffing and records, and applying AI-enabled HR analytics to inform decision-making and improve associate experience and performance.
• Drive talent strategy and leadership development by promoting an inclusive and respectful work environment, leveraging local partnerships to foster a top retail culture, and leading salaried succession planning alongside individualized development and career growth initiatives.

Additional Information

• Reporting Structure: Reports to a Regional HR Director; 6-13 ASDSs report with a dotted-line relationship to the DHRM.
• Travel Requirements: Typically requires overnight travel 20% to 50% of the time.
• Physical Demands: Includes periods of continuous physical activity such as walking, standing, stooping, climbing, lifting potentially heavy or awkward materials.
• Working Conditions: Mostly indoors with possible exposure to mild physical discomfort like dust, odors, temperature changes, noise, drafts, or bright lights.
• Minimum Age and Work Authorization: Must be 18 or older and legally authorized to work in the United States.
• Education: Minimum requirement is a high school diploma or GED; preferred education is a bachelor's degree or equivalent in a related field.
• Experience: Requires a minimum of 5 years of work experience and at least 5 years of leadership experience.
• Certifications: None required.
• Core Competencies: Effective communication, quality decision-making, strategic planning and alignment, talent development, conflict management, engagement driving, results orientation, collaboration, and managing ambiguity.