Apparel Store Manager- Kwazulu-natal

4 weeks ago

Durban, South Africa Shoprite Group Full time

Closing Date
2023/02/04
- Reference Number
SHO230128-5
- Job Title
Apparel Store Manager
- KwaZulu-Natal
- Job Type
Permanent
- Location - Country
South Africa
- Location - Province
KwaZulu-Natal
- Location - Town or City
Durban
- Purpose of the Job

The purpose of the Uniq Store Manager role is to manage and build the new Uniq apparel brand, drive an outstanding service culture, oversee store standards, operational excellence, and develop service, sales, and stock strategies alongside the Uniq team.

The role oversees, and supports a team comprising Team Leaders, Sales Consultants and Associates who offer helpful, and accurate product information, instore customer support and ultimately work together to deliver a convincing and competitive experience as ambassadors of the Uniq brand.

Key responsibilities include:

- Execute stock management and merchandising plans
- Manages loss prevention and related mitigations
- Encourages the achievement of sales targets, and focusses efforts on return customer traffic to the store as a key indicator of success.
- Job Advert Details
- Job Category
Retail
- Job Objectives
- Manage every aspect of the day-to-day running of the store, including operating standards, store administration, security, sales, aftersales, stock, and merchandising (People, Process, Product).
- Together with the team provide a friendly and engaging customer experience. Maintain a positive and lively atmosphere with particular attention to customer service and public relations.
- Provide strong leadership - motivating, leading, training and developing the team. Lead daily, weekly, and monthly store meetings to share store and individual performance, celebrate top service and sales, drive identification of training needs and attendance, provide store operations / standards updates as well as broader company initiatives underway.
- Oversee adherence to trading hours, procedural opening and closing standards (including key carrier controls) and adequate resourcing cover to meet the needs of customers (considering peak trading trends).
- Consistently maintain store appearance to guidelines and standards. Keep a neat, clean, well-stocked environment. Adhere to all standards related to signage labeling, planogram integrity, seasonal style guides, and merchandise presentation ensuring high standards in product range, stock levels and presentation (and related stock smoothing).
- Manage all aspects of operational activity and management of standards pertaining sales, price, and promotion discounts, reduced to clear, donations and related pricing material.
- Manage, monitor, and mitigate losses throughout the stock movement cycle from point of arrival at store premises, verification of receipt, through merchandising, promotions, sales, self-checkout, recycle/return processes, and replenishment, managing shrinkage controls (including RFID tag controls) throughout the process.
- Deliver daily, weekly, and monthly reports and presentations as required.
- Share suggestions regarding the continuous improvement of store operations, campaign ideas, service, and sales opportunities etc. Support an innovative and open store environment.
- Provide support to the broader Uniq Team and other stores / projects as required.
- Build a culture of non-negotiable compliance with company guidelines, standards, procedures, and policies including but not limited to safety protocols - Health & Safety (OHSACT), Security and related Loss Prevention.
- Qualifications

**Essential**:

- Grade 12

**Desirable**:

- Relevant post-matric courses and qualifications
- Experience

**Essential**:

- +3 years exposure to a retail or service-oriented store environment, managing a small team in a customer interfacing, sales and stock orientated environment.
- High energy individual with overall store management experience with exposure to apparel / clothing / fashion retail.
- Exposure to retail systems, technologies, and new innovations.
- Understanding of procedures, standards, and guidelines in a retail store context - Company policies and procedures, operational controls, loss prevention and mitigation, Health & Safety - OHSACT procedures etc.
- Flexibility to work daytime, afternoon and evening shifts, weekends, and holidays within legislative requirements - (essential). (To ensure that we optimize our service delivery to our customers and align with our teams, the working hours for this role are planned against a weekly schedule (any days from Monday to Sunday (shift work), including public holidays).
- Knowledge and Skills
- Understanding of procedures, standards, and guidelines in a retail store context - Company policies and procedures, operational controls, loss prevention and mitigation, Health & Safety - OHSACT procedures etc. - (essential).
- Energetic, enthusiastic, creative, well-groomed, reliable, punctual, and not afraid of hard work.
- Team oriented, strong leader with a social personality that thrives around people (store

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