The Assistant Store Manager assists the Store Manager in motivating and inspiring their team to achieve store productivity goals. They help the Store Manager to analyze week to date, period to date, and year to date sales, and develop action plans to drive top line sales.Key Accountabilities:Financials\xc2\xb7 Achieve the sales targets for the store\xc2\xb7 Monitor and control expenses (overtime, local, stock and consumables) through efficient store operations\xc2\xb7 Interpret and act on operational profit and sales reports generated and focus on improving under-performing areas\xc2\xb7 Monitor sales performance against last year, last week and budget on a daily and weekly basis and to give feedback to managers and to communicate to staff.Process\xc2\xb7 Ensure accurate stock merchandise and management (stock ageing, stock loss, space management) within the store as per company norms\xc2\xb7 Oversee and monitor all point of sales activities in the store which includes - sales transactions, tracking customer orders and payments, registering sale and maintaining inventory updates, providing service, handling returns and refunds, gathering consumer data for feedback\xc2\xb7 Oversee cash transaction entry and management (petty cash, pos cash elements, change floats)\xc2\xb7 Regularly audit own store administration and inform the management in case of discrepancy\xc2\xb7 Develop an understanding of commercial environment, local trading patterns, competitor activity and market trends in the retail sector and their impact on store.\xc2\xb7 Ensure highest standards of visual appearance throughout the store including all non-retail areas\xc2\xb7 Prepare and review store reports on sales, commercial profit and stock ageing (slow moving, fast moving and non-moving items)Customer\xc2\xb7 Effective resource planning for customer service\xc2\xb7 Ensure customer needs are met and complaints/queries are resolved in a timely manner\xc2\xb7 Support in providing mystery shopping feedback and prepare action plan for improvementKnowledge, Skills & ExperienceEducationSpecialist Training Graduate/ Post-graduate degree in Business Administration with specialization in MarketingLanguageEnglish - MandatoryArabic - Beginner / intermediateJob ExperienceSpecific / Relevant Experience 3-5 years in retail industry heading one complete section/departmentTechnologyBasic MS office, Excel and PPTOthers
Result orientation
Teamwork & collaboration
Report writing skills and leadership skills.
Customer service orientation
QualificationsThe Assistant Store Manager assists the Store Manager in motivating and inspiring their team to achieve store productivity goals. They help the Store Manager to analyze week to date, period to date, and year to date sales, and develop action plans to drive top line sales.Key Accountabilities:Financials
Achieve the sales targets for the store
Monitor and control expenses (overtime, local, stock and consumables) through efficient store operations
Interpret and act on operational profit and sales reports generated and focus on improving under-performing areas
Monitor sales performance against last year, last week and budget on a daily and weekly basis and to give feedback to managers and to communicate to staff.
Process
Ensure accurate stock merchandise and management (stock ageing, stock loss, space management) within the store as per company norms
Oversee and monitor all point of sales activities in the store which includes - sales transactions, tracking customer orders and payments, registering sale and maintaining inventory updates, providing service, handling returns and refunds, gathering consumer data for feedback
Regularly audit own store administration and inform the management in case of discrepancy
Develop an understanding of commercial environment, local trading patterns, competitor activity and market trends in the retail sector and their impact on store.
Ensure highest standards of visual appearance throughout the store including all non-retail areas
Prepare and review store reports on sales, commercial profit and stock ageing (slow moving, fast moving and non-moving items)
Customer
Effective resource planning for customer service
Ensure customer needs are met and complaints/queries are resolved in a timely manner
Support in providing mystery shopping feedback and prepare action plan for improvement
Knowledge, Skills & ExperienceEducationSpecialist Training Graduate/ Post-graduate degree in Business Administration with specialization in MarketingLanguageEnglish - MandatoryArabic - Beginner / intermediateJob ExperienceSpecific / Relevant Experience 3-5 years in retail industry heading one complete section/departmentTechnologyBasic MS office, Excel and PPTOthers