Store Manager

Store Manager | MAF Retail | Supeco Stores

The Store Manager – Supermarket is responsible for ensuring a seamless delivery of service within the assigned supermarket, as well as driving the supermarket’s operations to ensure maximum sales, maximum profitability, optimum stock management, increase in customer satisfaction and continued business growth. The role holder is also responsible for overseeing and implementing action plans for improvement.

Role Details – Key Responsibilities And Accountabilities

• Ensure implementation of MAF Retail’s supermarket plans in line with the supermarket strategies and procedures in collaboration with the Head Office and Corporate Office
• Apply qualitative and quantitative analysis to measure and evaluate commercial performance, and provide recommendations to increase profitability and sales turnover
• Maximize sales and profitability by controlling costs within the budgetary guidelines
• Identify internal and external opportunities for the supermarket to enhance and optimize commercial performance
• Initiate and ensure application of comparative studies between departments that can contribute to the efficiency of the commercial performance
• Guarantee the application of the commercial policy agreed for the supermarket and ensure a coherent price structure according to the strategy
• Review and analyse stock and sales reports and implement corrective action to be taken if necessary
• Collaborate regularly with the Merchandising teams to ensure attractive and convenient aisle display for customer
  
  

Minimum Qualifications/Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration
• Master’s Degree in in Business Administration is preferred
  
  

Minimum Experience

• 8+ years relevant experience in a similar role, 5+ years in a Retail Business
  
  

Skills

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Strong people and negotiation skills - capable to easily build relationships across all levels
• Leadership skills
• Strong and pragmatic problem solving coupled with analytical capabilities
• Highly organized with strong multitasking skills