Overview

ALDI is seeking motivated and ambitious individuals to join our District Manager Trainee (DMT) program. Over an intensive 44-week training period, you will gain comprehensive knowledge and hands-on experience preparing you to take on responsibility for overseeing multiple ALDI stores. As a district manager, you will work closely with store managers to ensure exceptional customer service, foster a positive employee working environment, drive operational excellence, and accelerate sales growth. With ALDI's rapid expansion across the United States, this is a unique opportunity to grow professionally with a market leader that values simplicity, consistency, and responsibility. Join us and build a rewarding career with a company that provides comprehensive training, career advancement opportunities, competitive compensation, and a supportive team environment. This position will cover areas within the Frederick serving: Southeastern Pennsylvania & Delaware Position Type: Full-Time Starting Salary: $95,000 Signing Bonus: $5,000 Salary Increases: Year 2 $110,000 - Year 3 - $120,000 - Year 4 - $130,000 Duties and Responsibilities: Must be able to perform duties with or without reasonable accommodation. Communicates job responsibilities and performance expectations to store management to ensure desired results; leads and develops store management personnel. Leads, develops, and supervises the assigned store manager team to develop sales, engage our teams, satisfy our customers, and achieve consistent high performance. Supports store management in fostering a positive working environment and sense of teamwork among direct and personnel reports. Develops and implements action plans using company-provided resources to improve operating results. Works with the store manager to recruit, select, promote and determine store assignments for personnel reports to ensure proper and adequate staffing of each location within the district. Confers with direct reports regarding advancement, discipline or termination of personnel. Trains and develops direct reports to ensure personnel reports achieve their maximum professional potential, using company-provided training materials. Observes and evaluates store employees work performance and collaborates with the store manager to provide feedback and coaching as appropriate. Collaborates with store manager to oversee the appropriate resolution of escalated employee and customer concerns. Understands and oversees execution of the overarching company strategy while communicating and modeling the core values of the organization. Communicates, cooperates and interacts effectively with all levels of ALDI employees, customers, third-party vendors and business partners. Reviews, investigates and resolves issues that arise within the district to minimize potential liability for the division and the company. Oversees and ensures store managements compliance with established policies and procedures within the district, as well as applicable federal, state and local regulations. Ensures store managers are appropriately coaching store personnel to comply with company customer service guidelines and demonstrates appropriate interactions with customers and co-workers. Resolves concerns from store personnel and customers, and/or refers such concerns to the director store operations as necessary. Models, communicates and supervises compliance with established policies and procedures. Ensures a safe working environment by supporting the store manager in identifying and supervising the resolution of hazards and equipment and ergonomic issues. Supervises adherence to company expense guidelines, inventory procedures, product handling, and cash handling policies and standard operating procedures to minimize losses and achieve financial targets. Takes action to address issues, as necessary. Ensures store managers effectively oversee personnel to maintain store zone standards and merchandising standards at all times. Supervises