Branch Manager
Posted on 11 Oct, 2023
Department: Operations – Stores activities | Employment Type: Full Time Contract |
REF ID: #207 |
Description
- Responsible for maintaining an acceptable gross profit, proper inventory management and operations reporting of store activities.
- Responsible for achieving a greater sales increase over the previous year in sales.
- Plans and prepares work schedules and assigns employees to specific duties.
- Contains the losses of their unit by keeping inventory shrink at no greater than 1% of inside sales.
- Ensure all reports, such as purchase, inventory and sales, are accurate and timely available.
- Monitor and maintain proper store cleanliness, appearance and maintenance as per company policy.
- Supervise employees engaged in sales work, taking of inventories, reconciling cash with sales receipts, keeping operating records and preparing daily record of transactions or performs work or subordinates, as needed.
- Ensures compliance of employees with security, sales, record keeping procedures and practices.
- Orders goods or prepares requisitions to replenish goods on hand.
- Monitor and verify vendor activity in store.
- Ensure all store employees are trained properly.
- Coordinates sales promotion activities and prepares, or directs workers preparing, goods displays and advertising copy.
- Perform banking functions such as cash counting and deposit.
- Inventory control-record all purchases at retail and compare to the physical counts on premise. Perform all shift duties as required, (i.e.) run the cash register.
QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE, & SKILLS:
Qualifications:
- Degree in relevant subject (or equivalent).
- Must possess required knowledge and be able to explain, demonstrate with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.
- Effectively handle stressful periods of peak activity.
- Meeting multiple deadlines and multitasking.
- Maintaining an established work schedule.
- Effectively using interpersonal and communications skills including tact and diplomacy.
- Supervising and coordinating the activities of subordinate personnel.
- Maintaining confidentiality of work-related information and materials. Establishing money with exacting accuracy.
Role:
- Effectively manage the Branch under his control.
- Drive sales through merchandising of product and price positioning. To maximize sales while reducing stock levels and shrinkage.
Responsibility:
- Order effectively to maximize out of stock and over-stock.
- To insure the correct labelling of all products with latest updated price.
- To insure the shelves are clean, accessible and the stock is rotated and fresh (no expired stock).
- To curb theft and shrinkage within his Branch.
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