Bakery Specialist

Job Purpose

• Drive and monitor performance to develop sales and profitability
• Drive the Defined Fresh strategic initiatives implemntations
• Ensure the implementation of good practices and compliance with procedures.

Functional Accountabilities

• Perform periodical store visits to spot all areas of improvement and compliance to standards
• Performe continuous coaching and extend support to stores’ associates
• Provide periodical assessement & technical on job training to enhance stores’ staff skills
• Design the required tools and modules that improving the staff knowledge and awerness, raising their capabilities to meet the company turn around projects
• Act as a Key player for fresh department to bridge the gap between operations, Commercial, Supply chain & Quality
• Product innovation (including conversions, new recipes and adding new products)
• Monitor the store’s Fresh performance including sales, sales mix, margin, waste, days cover and audit scores and provide Guidance, action plans & solutions to improve performance
• Responsible for new initiatives/projects implementations
• Provide weekly insights on competitors’ & Market activities & Prices
• Act as a subject matter expert for new item introduction in term of quality, Plano-Guide/Plano-gram as well as the implementation plans to ease and lead the execution effectively
• Provide/report feedback on lack of resources as per agreed plan

Education

• High School and above

Experience, Skills & Competencies

• 5 years of technical experience in relevent Fresh food section with in-depth knowledge, product feature
• Coaching skills, Team player, Cross function team skills visual merchanting management, shrinkage management
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office Application
• Analatical & Reporting skills
• Good Communication and interpersonal skills
• Communication skills (English & Arabic)
• Ability to take and lead initiatives