Position: Retail Manager
Location: Nairobi
Industry: Furniture
Our client seeks to
recruit a seasoned Retail Manager to efficiently run a furniture branch
and meet company’s targets and policies through maximizing profit while
minimizing cost.
The ideal candidate should have a strong background in retail sales coupled with outstanding management skills.
Key responsibilities
- 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 volumes to maximise profits
- 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
- Resolving health and safety, legal and security issues
- Responding to customer complaints and comments
- Updating colleagues on business performance, new initiatives and other pertinent issues
- Maintaining awareness of market trends in the retail industry, understanding forthcoming customer initiatives and monitoring what local competitors are doing
- Initiating changes to improve the business, e.g. revising opening hours to ensure the store can compete effectively in the local market
- Dealing with sales, as and when required
Qualifications/Experience
- At least a Diploma in Business Management or related field
- A minimum of 5 years experience in a branch management role preferably in a supermarket or furniture store
- Experience in retail sales
- Must be customer oriented with good people management skills
- Excellent communication skills
If you meet the mentioned
job criteria kindly send your CV and application to
recruit@humantalentrecruit.com before 21st June, 2013.
Indicate the position applied for, your current and expected salary on the subject line.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.