• Managing and motivating a team to increase sales and ensure efficiency
• Managing stock levels and making key decisions about stock control
• Analysing sales figures and forecasting future sales
• Analysing and interpreting trends to facilitate planning
• Using information technology to record sales figures, for data analysis and forward planning
• Dealing with staffing issues such as interviewing potential staff, conducting appraisals and performance reviews, as well as
• Providing or organising training and development
• Ensuring standards for quality, customer service and health and safety are met
• Initiating changes to improve the business, e.g. revising opening hours to ensure the store can compete effectively in the local market
• Maintaining awareness of market trends in the retail industry, understanding forthcoming customer initiatives and monitoring what local competitors are doing

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, the employee must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EXPERIENCE:

• 1-3 years of experience in Retail.

EDUCATION:

• UG: Any Graduate
• PG: Any Postgraduate – Any Specialization, Post-Graduation Not Required
• Doctorate: Any Doctorate – Any Specialization, Doctorate Not Required

Other Skills and Abilities:

• Effective leadership and the ability to motivate others
• The ability to plan and prioritise workloads and delegate accordingly
• Customer focus
• The capacity to grasp new concepts quickly
• The ability to multi-task and work under pressure
• Shrewd business sense and a well-developed commercial awareness
• A desire to work as part of a team to generate fresh and innovative ideas