Area Manager (Retail) - Gauteng

Job Description

We are seeking an Area Manager who will be responsible for leading, building, and managing the required area by driving a sales culture to deliver on the business objectives.

Responsibilities will include: Sales Operations through effective leadership

• To ensure that Store Managers and Sales Team Leaders are empowered to ensure relevant sales targets at stores are met and exceeded.

• Together with the Regional Manager, develop and implement new sales strategies to ensure stores exceed sales targets.

• Ensuring that Store Managers and Sales Team Leaders conduct administrative duties to drive sales, including; the implementation of markdowns, promotions and effective

Merchandising

• To keep Store Managers and Sales Team Leaders motivated to ensure staff morale within every store is at its optimum level.

• Together with the Regional Manager, implement new and innovative strategies to reward performers and motivate non performers.

• Focus on trends, opportunities and patterns relating to sales within the industry.

• Keeping up to date with competitor service offerings and industry developments.

People Leadership

• To ensure that Store Managers and Sales Team Leaders are equipped to drive sales within the region.

• Ensure that Store Managers and Sales Team Leaders are constantly motivated to ensure optimum levels of performance.

• To provide business leadership by upskilling Store Managers and Sales Team Leaders in all aspects ranging from increasing sales to ensuring administrative functions are diligently carried out.

• Ensure that relevant H.R. functions, including Disciplinary Hearings, CCMA, Recruitment (including interviewing potential new staff), Training and Development of new staff (including Operations Tests) is efficiently carried out.

Training

• Train and develop the Trainee Area Manager

Administrative Management

• Empower Store Managers and Sales Team Leaders to ensure administrative functions are efficiently carried out.

• Constant monitoring of Store Managers and Sales Team Leaders relating to Key Controls, Rosters, Marketing, Merchandising, Reporting, Stock Counts and Discipline Measures.

• Together with the Regional Manager, creating and implementing new and innovative methods to reduce shrinkage within the region.

• Conducting and submission of Supervised stock counts.

• Constantly monitoring Store Managers and Sales Team Leaders to ensure that submit weekly hanger counts are conducted and submitted.

Posted By

Dhiya Sookdeo