[Hiring] District Manager @bp

Role Description

As a key member of the UK Retail Operations Leadership Team, you’ll play an important role in shaping and delivering our business and local strategies, balancing strong day-to-day performance with change and growth. You’ll lead the safe and effective operation of around 100 company-owned stores, working through approximately five Area Leaders and supporting around 2,500 store colleagues.

You’ll be responsible for delivering strong people, customer, financial and operational performance, while maintaining high operational standards and improving profitability. With a clear understanding of customer needs, you’ll help influence product and service development and work collaboratively across the wider M&C UK business to support the continued growth of our company-owned network.

Your leadership will help drive our four core priorities:

• Safe operational excellence
• Being first choice for our customers
• People leadership, development and engagement
• Financial delivery and growth

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading high-performing, customer-focused teams, ideally including field-based leadership.
• Strong retail experience, ideally within fast-paced convenience, roadside retail or a similar FMCG environment.
• Proven track record to mentor, empower and develop others, including managing performance effectively.
• Strong commercial awareness with the ability to interpret financial information, KPIs and performance trends and translate them into clear actions.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to work effectively across different levels of an organisation.
• Experience shaping and delivering business strategy.
• Self-motivated and performance-driven, with a strong passion for retail.

Requirements

• Experience within roadside retail, store and field-based leadership, or a large and complex organisation would be beneficial.
• Exposure to senior leadership environments and working collaboratively across multiple functions would also be valuable.

Benefits

• Flexible working options
• Collaboration spaces in a modern office environment
• Many other benefits to enable your work to fit with your life

Travel Requirement

Up to 50% travel should be expected with this role.

Relocation Assistance

This role is not eligible for relocation.

Remote Type

This position is fully remote.

Legal Disclaimer

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, socioeconomic status, neurodiversity/neurocognitive functioning, veteran status or disability status. Individuals with an accessibility need may request an adjustment/accommodation related to bp’s recruiting process.