General Store Manager

General Store Manager at Expand My Business · Bengaluru (Bangalore), Mumbai · 10 - 15 years · ₹15L - ₹25L / yr · Profitable · Posted 21 Jun 2023

General Store Manager

at Expand My Business

Agency job

via Career One Stop

10 - 15 yrs

₹15L - ₹25L / yr

Bengaluru (Bangalore), Mumbai

Skills

Sales management

Sales

Sales strategy

Negotiation

Team Management

Communication Skills

Effective communication

Roles & Responsibilities
Job Purpose:
To manage the store operations of the respective store efficiently and run it as a successful unit through effective stock management, visual merchandising and achieve the desired sales targets while ensuring the customer service of highest standards.
Job Context & Major Challenges:
A store manager has to manage the storel operations, and at the same time achieve the sales target within a stipulated budget allocated for the store. The store manager has to manage the relationship with the visual merchandising team, projects ,HR ,buying team to ensure that the upkeep training, recruitment, the maintenance of the store are proper, and has to report to the regional manager .
The major challenges of the jobholder are:
Lack of responsibility shown by the CCAs after few months of recruitment, low discipline levels • Screening of right candidate for accurate hiring
Consistency of the sales inspite of daily challenges
Consistency in delivery TC Experience daily
Inventory management
Rostering / people management / grievance
Accountabilities
Establish rapport with potential and actual customers on a daily basis • Ensure clean and safe environment for the customer
Ensures Daily capture of customer information & Bill linking – identify gaps and suggest improvement
Looks into pattern of information and draw inference on customer types /likings/trends /quality of information captured
Thank you cards / Calls – process adhered to ( Tracking and ensuring business results and quality call outs
Ensure every customer gets TC delight 100% adherence of experience delivered
Ensure that customers become repeat customers once they enter the store.Personally develop relations with top 50 customers of the store • Track customer sales closely across segments /types on a weekly basis • Supervise customer needs and looks at new ideas to delight.
Performance chats on a monthly basis with individuals
24 hours resolution for crew grievance /if escalation to close within 7 days
Take the initiative at the store level to improve the employee engagement
Ensure Development plan for Coache’s and their teams is managed well on a quarterly basis..
Appraisals – Quarterly chats on performance as per KRA
Ensure there is development plan prepared for all store

People Management

Motivate the staff during the morning briefing about daily sales targets • Rostering , Schedule shifts and ensure punctuality of staff

HR Overview

Screening for New hires as per Evaluation matrix
Closure of timely recruitments
Monthly StoreTraining Calendar adhered to , and gaps are filled on a monthly basis
Weekly Audits and check on understanding on new joinee training • Ensure 100% adherence that every customer get TC Delight - manages evaluations and trainings for the team - issues with customers sorted within 24 hours - Observes coaches and ASM and take inputs for their Teams - Training needs identified and discussed with L&D for resolution

Visual Merchandising

Implementation of the plan along with the VM champ
VM changes at the suitable times in the store
Replenishment of stocks on the floor
Ensure VM Guidelines are met before store opening and during the day • Ensures daily actions are taken on VM opening checklist
Window Maintenance – Ensures standards are met – does a walk thru twice a day
Gives feedback on sections before pictures are taken and sent to HO • Display change – ensures activity done and time lines adhered to • Fixture maintainace –ensures problems are timely fixed.
New GTM Window installations – timely done
Track sales from merchandise going to stylists

Standard Operating Procedures

Ensures that store opening/closing standards are followed properly,if gaps helps improve system
Drives Store PnL
Responsible for personnel planning, work hours, store / team holiday plan
Inventory management and planning for each product category • Drives Store CRM Managements
Ensure Timely closure on MIS / Reports Etc Ensure that the housekeeping staff follows the checklist properly
Control mechanical maintenance of lights, air-system, electrical equipment

Accountabilities

Reports property damage, request needed repairs within company time frames
Conducts monthly meetings with different stakeholders
Ensure proper installation of signage display façade properly cleaned • Daily Counts – Supervision of accuracy and timely reports sent. • Inward /Outward – Resigters maintained ,weekly supervision on dispatch / signs off on compliance
Manages External Relations –Landlords / Mall team/ vendors

Cost Management

Schedule the expenditures for the month(petty cash management)
Follow the preventive maintenance schedule to reduce the costs
Maintain the safety, energy consumption, and expenses reports
Control costs incurred on the services provided by the vendors
Control cash deposits and submission of credit slips on a daily basis
Maintain records pertaining to customer discounts, schemes
DMS – Supervision of DMS entry weekly and sufficient funds for store to run

Achievement of sales targets

Explain & drive the sales targets to Managers on a daily basis • Coordinates with RM on Monthly Targets
Contribute to the team efforts for accomplishing desired results by setting objectives and directions for KPI’s ,category revenue, competiton analysis,market trends
Analyze sales very 3 hours to better daily performance
SMS to be sent to the RM as required
Motivate store team to achieve daily targets
Understand Business on a MTD/WTD/FTDbasis and briefs coaches .

Shrinkage control

Ensure the global count is done accurately on a daily basis and reports sent to HO
Ensure that nobody from the staff indulges in pilferage and other activities
Co-ordinate with security guard & staff to keep a watchful eye on customers
Anticipate problems & preempt them by coming up with creative solutions
Constantly identifies areas of improvement, takes initiative to drive them

People Management- Demonstrates ability to holistically monitor various HR analytics like workforce planning, staffing levels, engagement scores, salary costs, attrition levels

Competencies- Works with individuals to identify areas of development, works to improve them

Work Standards- Sets standards for excellence to achieve a high level of quality • Accepts responsibility of outcomes of one’s work; admits mistakes and refocuses efforts

Provides encouragement and support to others in accepting responsibility; does not accept others’ denial responsibility without questioning

Raises the bar and repeatedly encourages the team to continually improve. Allocates appropriate resources to get the work done • Provides clear, thorough & timely feedback on work performance to individuals.

Gets Results- Raises the bar and repeatedly encourages the team to continually improve. Allocates appropriate resources to get the work done • Provides clear, thorough & timely feedback on work performance to individuals

Customer Relations- Works to educate the customers so that they are fully aware of products Establishes good interpersonal relationships by helping people feel valued

Handles upset customers by hearing the customer, empathizing, apologizing, and taking personal responsibility for resolving customer problems/issues

Team Work- Builds strong teams that capitalize on differences in expertise, competencies

Champions collaborative team working across departments/ functions • Proactively works with colleagues to develop solutions to their issues

Roles & Responsibilities
Job Purpose:
To manage the store operations of the respective store efficiently and run it as a successful unit through effective stock management, visual merchandising and achieve the desired sales targets while ensuring the customer service of highest standards.
Job Context & Major Challenges:
A store manager has to manage the storel operations, and at the same time achieve the sales target within a stipulated budget allocated for the store. The store manager has to manage the relationship with the visual merchandising team, projects ,HR ,buying team to ensure that the upkeep training, recruitment, the maintenance of the store are proper, and has to report to the regional manager .
The major challenges of the jobholder are:
Lack of responsibility shown by the CCAs after few months of recruitment, low discipline levels • Screening of right candidate for accurate hiring
Consistency of the sales inspite of daily challenges
Consistency in delivery TC Experience daily
Inventory management
Rostering / people management / grievance
Accountabilities
Establish rapport with potential and actual customers on a daily basis • Ensure clean and safe environment for the customer
Ensures Daily capture of customer information & Bill linking – identify gaps and suggest improvement
Looks into pattern of information and draw inference on customer types /likings/trends /quality of information captured
Thank you cards / Calls – process adhered to ( Tracking and ensuring business results and quality call outs
Ensure every customer gets TC delight 100% adherence of experience delivered
Ensure that customers become repeat customers once they enter the store.Personally develop relations with top 50 customers of the store • Track customer sales closely across segments /types on a weekly basis • Supervise customer needs and looks at new ideas to delight.
Performance chats on a monthly basis with individuals
24 hours resolution for crew grievance /if escalation to close within 7 days
Take the initiative at the store level to improve the employee engagement
Ensure Development plan for Coache’s and their teams is managed well on a quarterly basis..
Appraisals – Quarterly chats on performance as per KRA
Ensure there is development plan prepared for all store