Summary
Landmark Group is seeking a Deputy Store Manager for its retail operations in the United Arab Emirates. The role oversees customer service, sales performance, store expenses, cash handling, stock availability, inventory, and visual merchandising. It also leads staff performance, training, engagement, and compliance with labor and health and safety requirements. Applicants should have a graduate degree in Business Administration with a specialization in Retail Management or Sales, and 6–8 years of experience, including 3–4 years in retail sales or operations; spoken Arabic is an advantage.
The posting
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Responsibilities
Customer Focus
- Implement a high standard of customer focus through effective resource planning, regular assessment of customer service standards and timely resolution of complaints / queries within the store, in line with Company policy
- Monthly monitoring of mystery shopper feedback, addressing all key areas of concern
- To have a clear understanding of your store customer profile, including but not limited to key demographics such as, age, nationality and gender
- To monitor and continuously seek to understand customer buying patterns and trends from both a local and Gulf perspective
- To support CSD in all escalations
- To engage with customers on the floor to create healthy relationships
- To empower CRM if the role is applicable
- To endorse the Shukran loyalty program and improve member volume and buying behavior
- To obtain open and honest consumer feedback through conducting periodic customer home visits
- Manage replenishment & ensure that the store is stocked up with required levels to ensure availability of our offer. This is supported through the analysis of top selling items, movement of stock, ensuring there is sufficient cover available for fast moving items.
Commercial Performance
- Achieve the revenue and target productivity metric (sales per person per day, ATV, basket size and conversion) for the store
- Monitor and control expenses (overtime, local, stock and consumables) through efficient store operations
- Actively improve underperforming areas within store based on store sales and finance reports
- Monitor and communicate yearly, weekly and daily sales performance and budgets with management and staff with clearly defined actions for improvement
- Monitor and continually seek to understand the commercial environment, local trading patterns, competitor activity and market trends in the retail sector and their impact on store
- Oversee cash transaction entry and management (petty cash, POS cash elements, change floats)
- Maintain a high level of store health and security for company assets, cash, stock and customer property
- Educate and mentor the team on identifying upsell and cross-sell opportunities
- Ensure BoE standards are met
Offer
- Oversee and monitor sales in store which includes but is not limited to: sales transactions, customer orders and payments, and handling returns and refunds.
- Responsible for the inventory management within store, which includes but is not limited to: stock availability, order management, back store operations, stock movement within store, cycle count, min max planning and stock coverage and density
- Review and analyze stock and sales reports to monitor KDCN products and implement corrective action
- Maintain high standards of visual appearance in the store including all non-retail areas and window themes with adherence to planogram guidance
- Ensure store is well prepared for the sale / promotions
- Ensure store layout is consistently based as per Retail Principles of Visual Merchandising
- Ensure effective Inventory management for the store (order management (Min/Max), stock consolidation, movement and transfer, optimum stock return and shrinkage)
- Provision of monthly feedback on sales, stock positions, and products.
People
- Ensure that the store is in compliance with the local labor laws and company policy for all employment and state laws, including wage and hour, human rights and equal employment opportunities
- Ensure consistent and transparent communication with store staff on business expectations, priorities and store results
- Responsible for Performance Management of store staff through timely KPI setting, mid-year and annual performance reviews
- Ensure L&D offerings are provided to all staff at the appropriate level in line with personal development plans including on the job coaching, classroom training, in-store training and feedback sessions aligned to Home Centre processes
- Ensure seamless induction and on boarding of new recruits / hires
- Drive engagement and motivation through effective management of staff welfare including accommodation, transport and facility concerns
- Ensure participation of team members in the regular health and safety programs conducted for the store
- Monitor and appraise the performance of retail staffs and develop individual career plans and succession planning
- Conduct weekly EMTs
- Lead and inspire the goods flow and supply support teams and provide support with the necessary tools, methods and functional competence development needs, and secure succession planning for store logistics teams
- Ensure compliance towards the HSE requirements at the store
Qualifications
Graduate degree in Business Administration with specialization in Retail Management/Sales
6-8 years of work experience of which at least 3-4 years should have been in retail sales/operations for a section in a large retail format store
Fluency in spoken Arabic is an advantage