Sporting Fashion & Goods
Regional Training Specialist – West Coast
Mid Level
Los Angeles, United States
in office
Full time
Job description
About the Role
The Regional Training Specialist plays a key role in shaping the retail training landscape across the West Coast, based in the LA Century City store. The role reports to the Retail Training Senior Lead – Americas and works closely with Store Leaders, In-Store Trainers, the West Coast Area Lead and other Training Specialists. Operating with a high level of autonomy, the postholder independently manages priorities, executes training programmes and directly supports the growth and performance of store teams across a broad territory.
Key Responsibilities
- Oversee the end-to-end execution of the area training strategy across West Coast stores, ensuring consistency, alignment and impact.
- Assess store performance, identify capability gaps and prioritise training needs in collaboration with Area and Store Leaders.
- Develop and manage a strategic training calendar aligned with business goals, product launches, seasonality and customer service excellence initiatives.
- Lead the New Store Opening (NSO) onboarding process, ensuring seamless organisation, facilitator coordination and powerful delivery, adjusting as needed to maximise impact.
- Facilitate high-impact training sessions across in-store, classroom, virtual and digital formats, including via the Digital Training App.
- Design and tailor learning content to local needs, ensuring relevance and scalability.
- Monitor training effectiveness through data analysis, store performance metrics and learner feedback, adapting programmes as needed.
- Drive and monitor adoption of the digital training platform, ensuring its integration into daily retail operations.
- Champion and oversee the onboarding journey for new hires across all store leadership levels, ensuring consistent delivery across stores.
- Provide ongoing in-store coaching to individuals and teams, developing key behaviours that elevate customer experience and retail excellence.
- Lead and mentor In-Store Trainers, providing development opportunities, feedback and clear objectives to enhance their impact.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to embed new tools, systems and programmes into daily retail training practices.
- Act as a cultural ambassador and change agent for learning and development across the region.
Required Experience & Qualifications
- 3–5 years of experience in a retail training manager or area-level L&D role, with increasing levels of responsibility.
- Proven track record of leading successful training initiatives across an area with multiple store locations.
- Comfortable working autonomously, managing time, priorities and travel schedules independently.
- Skilled in facilitating learning for diverse retail audiences through in-person, digital and hybrid formats.
- Strong data literacy, with the ability to interpret performance metrics and learning feedback to inform training actions.
- A hands-on, collaborative and coaching-focused approach, with a passion for talent development.
- Creative and adaptable, able to develop impactful content with available tools such as Google Suite and digital apps.
- Highly organised and proactive, capable of managing multiple projects across locations simultaneously.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Fluent in English.
- Willing and able to travel extensively within the West Coast (up to 60%) and occasionally outside the US.
Preferred Skills
- Spanish language skills are a plus.
Workplace
- Based in the LA Century City store.
- Extensive travel across West Coast stores (up to 60%), with occasional travel outside the US.
Salary
- Typical cash compensation range for this position, inclusive of base and bonus: $95,000 – $105,000.
- Individual compensation packages are based on factors unique to each candidate, including experience, industry knowledge, qualifications, skill set and location.
Benefits & Perks
- Competitive benefits package including medical, dental and vision benefits.
- Industry-leading PTO package.
- Competitive 401k programme.
- 11 paid US holidays.
- Corporate office closure between Christmas and New Year.
- A plethora of product perks.
- Certain roles may be eligible for equity compensation in addition to cash compensation.
The Application Process
Candidates are invited, but not required, to provide sensitive demographic information such as gender identity and race/ethnicity to help ensure equitable and fair experiences for all potential future team members.
- Voluntary provision of demographic information; this is not required and will not impact eligibility for hire.
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