District Manager

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Our District Managers contribute to Starbucks success by creating and delivering an amazing Starbucks experience for our customers and partners. You’ll be a passionate ambassador for Starbucks and will live and champion our mission and values whilst leading your team to create inspiring customer moments and embrace our unique coffee culture.

Our Ideal Partner

As a District Manager at Starbucks you’ll build strong relationships with your area team and will seek to understand their challenges, needs and objectives. You’ll champion behavioural, operational and service standards and will role model personal and professional growth by coaching and supporting your partners to help them succeed. With a background in fast‑paced retail or hospitality Area Management you’ll understand your market, analyse customer, partner and financial data and will identify opportunities to inspire customer experience whilst driving growth and profitability. You’ll have a high level of spoken English and will be happy to work flexible hours including early mornings, evenings and weekends.

Our Culture

By bringing people together over coffee, Starbucks has become one of the world’s best‑known and best‑loved companies. Working at Starbucks is a lot like working with your friends. When you work here, you’re not an “employee” – we call ourselves “partners” because we believe in shared common goals and mutual success. We’re dedicated to serving ethically sourced coffee, caring for the environment and giving back to the communities where we do business.

Our Partner Benefits Include

  • Flexible working hours
  • Up to 28 days holiday
  • Partner beverage while on shift
  • 50% off food during working hours
  • 30% off anything after work
  • Free bag of coffee or box of tea every week for you to enjoy at home
  • Starbucks shares
  • Bonus Scheme
  • Pension scheme
  • Life assurance
  • Enhanced sickness, maternity and paternity leave
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • A range of discounted benefits on high street vouchers, travel insurance, reductions on theatre tickets and entertainments, child care vouchers and much more
  • Opportunity to be involved in local community projects
  • Continuous development and professional training

Key Qualifications

  • Proven experience of leading, coaching and developing managers in a customer focused, multi‑site business
  • Strong at building relationships and excellent people management skills
  • Able to communicate clearly and concisely to operational and cross‑functional teams
  • Strong people focused, organisational and decision making skills
  • Results oriented with experience of managing the profit and loss results across a number of stores
  • Experienced at implementing company programs and leading change to drive continual improvement

Seniority level

Not Applicable

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Management and Customer Service; Industries: Manufacturing, Food and Beverage Services, and Retail

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