Don Quester Consulting Limited - Our client, seeks the services of result oriented and suitably qualified candidate to fill the position below:
Job Title: Retail Manager
Job Code: DQC/KGVL/RM/07/16- Retail Manager for a Fashion Retail Organization
Location: Lagos
Job Description
- Our client seeks the services of a retail manager who would ensure the effective day to day running of their stores and also make the merchandise available to customers thereby increasing profit on.
Responsibilities
- Create a unique retail experience in line with organization’s brand.
- Develop organization’s retail strategy in line with colleagues, ensuring regular reviews and updates as required.
- Set annual trading budgets and targets.
- Full responsibility for managing the Retail trading budget and profit and loss account, monitoring performance against agreed Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s)
- Develop and maintain suitable measures and systems for controlling stock control, to ensure sufficient levels of stock at minimum stock holding and to keep write-off stock to a minimum.
- Analyze sales figures, interpret trends and forecast future sales volumes in order to maximize profits
- Maximize retail turnover and profit working to grow the business in order to support the organization’s financial viability.
- Ensure effective systems for cash handling and retail banking are in place, reviewing and updating business processes as necessary.
- Managing the product mix to ensure an imaginative, innovative and exciting range of products which reflect the organization’s brand linked to the exhibition and public programme, seasonality, audience type.
Competencies Required:
- Effective leadership and the ability to motivate others;
- The ability to plan and prioritize workloads and delegate accordingly.
- 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.
Qualifications
- Candidate must possess a degree in business administration or any related course with at least 7 years experience in the retail environment.
Application Closing Date
25th August 2016.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV’s to:
[email protected] stating the job code and job title as the subject of the mail.
Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Thank you.