Regional Sales Manager - Retail


United States [USA] [USA]
New York, New York

Regional Manager - Northeast/Midwest USA

Help lead an exciting 100-store retail concept in its American launch!  Showcase, often called "Brookstone for moms" is known as the "Home of the Hottest Trends", specializing in emerging trends in health, beauty, home and toys, all joyfully retailed in a environment where you can "try it before you buy it". 

Building on its success with 107 stores across Canada, Showcase is now planning its first 100 stores in USA, with the first ones openings in major malls in 2018.  To lead this effort, we seek a seasoned Regional Manager as follows:

Responsibilities:

  • Establish a 30-store region in the Northeast and Midwest USA (NY, NJ, MI, IL)
  • Achieve aggressive sales targets by hiring, coaching, and motivating store managers and sales associates, as well as recruiting and developing 2 District Managers as the region grows
  • Maintain brand standards and build Showcase's reputation in the US marketplace
  • Adapt Showcase's proven operational systems for the US market
  • 75-100% travel (working from home), visiting stores and our Toronto global headquarters
  • Report to the Director of Sales & Marketing

Qualifications:

  • 10+ years of proven regional management experience, preferably small-format specialty retail mall concepts
  • Strong sales management experience, including encouraging active selling, and training on the principles of probing, selling and closing
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Strong attention to detail in a fast-paced execution-oriented operational environment
  • Hands-on in all aspects, including recruiting, store setup, coaching, and execution

About Showcase

Showcase is a national retailer with 100+ stores across Canada, and now planning its first 100 stores in the Northeastern United States. As the Home of the Hottest Trends -- from Hatchimals to Hoverboards -- Showcase specializes in emerging trends in health, beauty, home, and toys, and according to the National Post, we're the world's largest retailer of our kind. With 100+ permanent stores in Canada's best shopping centers plus a growing ecommerce business at ShopAtShowcase.com, Showcase offers the most fun, interactive, new, and unique products ever - all in a retail environment where you can "try it before you buy it." We call it retail-tainment!

A North American success story, Showcase has expanded over the past 23 years and is now coast-to-coast in every major market across Canada. Our culture is "fun and interactive", and we recently moved into our brand new Head Office and National Distribution Center near Toronto to house our growing team of professionals.

See our full corporate overview here.

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