DICK'S Sporting Goods · 1 month ago
Executive Director - House of Sport
Store1661 Cedar Rapids IA
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
7+ years expDICK’S Sporting Goods is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workforce, reflecting the communities they serve. The Executive Director - House of Sport will lead a high-performing team, focusing on community involvement and driving engagement while ensuring a positive athlete experience.
Consumer GoodsE-CommerceSporting GoodsSports
Responsibilities
Builds a strong, high performing team by surrounding oneself with top talent; constantly developing others and building robust succession plans to maintain healthy store leadership talent pools within store
Focuses on creating inclusive and diverse leadership teams that meet the needs and complexity of communities their store serves
Leads through day-to-day leading and provides hands-on coaching, development, and two-way feedback, taking action when possible
Connects with teammates at all levels; motivates, inspires, and builds trust through actively listening and genuine interactions; ensures the team never questions their support or advocacy
Drives engagement by creating a culture where teammates feel empowered to bring their best self to work to help the organization achieve its objectives and goals
Uses any possible moment to lead through development; creating space for leaders to identify opportunities within the store and think through actionable solutions; creates exposure and stretch assignments for growth
Collaborates and develops strong relationships with business partners, both in the field, within the community and at the CSC, regularly levering connections to drive results and reduce pain points for their stores. Drives the vision and sets direction through transparent and honest communication with all teammates at every level within the store; closing any potential communication gaps and ensuring all teammates feel prioritized when hearing key messaging
Partners with the Common Purpose and Service and Selling Directors to ensure they are scheduling the workforce effectively, where the right people are in the right place at the right time; removing roadblocks in order to set the team up for success
Conducts a weekly review of store metrics associated with athlete satisfaction, teammate experience and store performance, understanding strengths and identifying opportunities
Reviews all data inputs and business trends, past, present, and future to then decide where opportunities exist within building and how to effectively coach their team
Cultivates innovation by creating visibility for the test and learn initiatives/findings and share best practices to evolve within the organization
Conducts executive walks with business partners to include vendor tours to sell the HoS concept with sharing vision and bringing our common purpose to life by creating a destination within the community
Supports and empowers leaders to identify obstacles/challenges seen in the data, make process connections to understand the root causes, and then come to a solution / conclusion on how to address / mitigate
Invests time to gain a deep understanding of local community inclusive of consumer, industry, and competitor market trends
Creates a culture where teammates feel included and are respected and appreciated for their differences
Develops a team to builds new and strengthens existing community relationships through innovative thinking and offerings
Effectively builds programs and events that establish DICK’S House of Sport as an integral community partner
Empowers the team to introduce localization into the store through product offerings, visual presentation, events, and programming
Ensures measures of success are clearly defined and stores is prepared for in store events and offerings
Conducts athlete insights and teammate learnings to improve future activations to support the community
Brings the visual concept to life by showcasing new trends, overseeing and maintaining daily standards of visual presentation, forms, displays and strike points in partnership with VMM
Understanding of brand strategies, gameplan integrity and thoughtful merchandising to ensure the store is creating inspiring presentations
Connects with leadership team to ensure planning, organizing, and controlling is happening 30,60,90 days out (personally and professionally) by probing and asking the right questions; pressure testing to ensure the store develops contingency plans for the unexpected
Validates the athlete experience is being met during peak times and that the workforce is properly deployed
Validates and coaches towards consistent execution of merchandising and visual presentation standards
Drives vision and purpose by painting a compelling picture of the HoS vision and strategy that motives others to bring the brand strategy to life
Holds leadership meetings to communicate the company vision, new directions or changes, and any other pertinent information that are crucial for the leadership team to complete their jobs
Demands high standards and holds self and others accountable by having integrity, being consistent, providing clear expectations and setting a clear direction
Unafraid of giving difficult feedback and aggressively addressing poor performers; shows respect for the store team and individual by having the tough conversation in a timely manner
Takes time to be intentional about recognizing great performance to teammates at all levels, celebrating individual wins and team accomplishments
Communicates effectively by providing timely and helpful information to others across the organization
Ensures through validation and hands-on coaching that every teammate they interact with has an adequate level of technical proficiency in produces and processes
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Business, Management, Communications, Marketing, or related
7-10 years experience in Store Operations, Community Marketing or Project Management
Microsoft Office
Builds partnerships with the local community
Self-motivating, ability to inspire
Passionate about bringing confidence and excitement to our Athletes
Project Management Knowledge
Agility & willingness to test and learn through various in store experiments
Strong Detail Orientation
Problem Solving & Troubleshooting Capabilities
Superior Organizational Abilities
Company
DICK'S Sporting Goods
Dick's Sporting Goods is an authentic full-line sporting goods retailer offering a broad assortment of brand name sporting goods equipment
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$3.5B2025-06-06Post Ipo Debt· $2B
2022-01-14Post Ipo Debt· $1.5B
2002-10-16IPO
Leadership Team
Edward W. Stack
Chief Executive Officer & Founder
Lauren Hobart
President and CEO; Member of Board of Directors
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