Area Retail Associate Upper North (Third Party)

Position Title: Area Retail Associate Upper North

Reports to: Senior Manager Key Accounts

Location: Chandigarh

Position Summary:

• The candidate is responsible for managing Large Format Stores & National Key Account stores.
• LFR: Lifestyle, Shoppers Stop. Centro(Earlier Central), Pantaloon etc.
• National Key Accounts: Metro, Mochi, Walkway, Metro Active, Footlocker, Reliance Trend Footwear etc.

Key Objectives:

• Directly responsible for ensuring the respective Doors consistently achieves or exceeds sales, KPIs and profitability goals through the effective use of short- and long-term planning, expense control, sales and service.
• Responsible for recruitment, training, development and succession of high performing and results driven Associates. • Responsible for ensuring training programs are successfully completed by all team members.
• Analyze customer profiles, buying trends, and competitive information to impact and drive business. Communicate and provide feedback to Area/District Manager.
• 
  Communicate, manage and execute all VM driven initiatives.
• Execution of employee engagement programs across all doors managed
• Ensuring timely working of payroll inputs for the team members managed.
• Execute all requirements necessary to maintain a safe and compliant working environment for all Store Associates and Customers.
• Required to work non-traditional hours; weekends, evenings, holidays; overtime may be required
• Ensuring regular store visits to all doors/stores managed and sharing store visit reports with Area/District Manager
• Competition tracking Product / schemes. Counterfeit products / unfair practices to be highlighted.
• Working on target allocation for the doors managed

KPIs and qualitative measures:

• Net Sales Productivity vs Target
• PSFPD (Per Sq Ft Per Day)
• Brand Ranking Ensuring market leadership in operating environment with competition
• Brand Desirability, Store Hygiene, Store Operations
• Training scores, Product Knowledge
• Up scaling Existing Space allocation
• New locations in premium Doors

• Internal: PUMA LFR Corporate team, Supply chain and Logistics, Merchandising, Projects, Training and P&O.
• External: LFR Brand Partners & Key Account Partners, Dept Manager, Concept Manager, SM, TCM & Regional Manager at Brand Partners end

Qualifications and Functional Competencies:

• Graduate with relevant retail experience (LFR experience preferred)
• Good inter-personal relationship skills
• Must be a brand-fit for PUMA from grooming point of view.
• Knowledge of excel / word / powerpoint/emails.
• Should have excellent communication skills, especially in English & Hindi.
• Should be open to travel and 6 working days
• Eligibility Criteria and Functional Competencies Required
• Good written & verbal communication skills
• Strong sense of SOP adherence
• Flexibility to travel for work
• Alignment with Brand ideology