District Manager

Azadea Group

Egypt

Ref: KP561-909

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

The District Manager is responsible for monitoring sales and operations of assigned shops, controlling budgets, managing personnel issues and contributing to the assessment of shop managers in order to ensure district protatability while providing the highest level of customer service.

Key Accountabilities
• Oversee the sales performance by comparing the actual sales versus the weekly targets, previous years and projections, and take corrective action in coordination with other departments (e.g. Marketing).
• Set sale schedule in coordination with Brand Managers, and direct the coordination of sales promotion activities and pricing of merchandise.
• Direct the opening of new stores by ensuring the availability of needed resources (staff, merchandise,logistics and other) and manage the closing of existing ones.
• Review and monitor stock level reports and coordinate with Brand Manager to take appropriate action in a timely manner.
• Audit shops operations and facilities on continuous basis in order to ensure compliance with company standards, policies and procedures in terms of productivity, efficiency, safety, security and other.
• Monitor on continuous basis figures related to manpower cost and shop performance, coordinate with the Brand Manager and the HR to enable operations efficiency at optimum cost.
• Handle the manpower planning and staffing of the district and carry out other functional HR managerial responsibilities such as training, coaching, setting career plans, identifying potential employees and other.
• Monitor the scheduling of all types of leaves for managerial and non-managerial staff and approve the leaves of Shop Managers jointly with the Brand Manager.
• Participate in the development of the seasonal projection report and monitor competitors' new openings and street locations opportunities (when applicable), and inform the hierarchy accordingly.
• Specific for Mada: Prepare an annual budget and business plan for the stores/back office, secure timely and accurate issuance of yearly financial statements and provide continuous management of the back office functions including Logistics, Inventory, Store Services, Loss prevention, IT, Administration and Accounting

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration or equivalent
• 5 years of experience in Brand/Shop Management; experience in fashion is a plus
• Proficiency in MS Office
• Fluency in English

Competencies
• Commercial Understanding
• Communication Skills
• Developing and Motivating Others
• Driving and Achieving results
• Entrepreneurial Thinking
• Planning and Organizing
• Strategic Thinking

About the Company

Azadea Group is a premier fashion and lifestyle retail company that owns and operates more than 50 leading international franchise concepts across the Middle East, North Africa, Asia and Europe. Since its inception in 1978, the Group has grown a substantial chain of stores representing leading international brand names in fashion and accessories, food and beverage, home furnishing, sporting goods and multimedia.With over 11,000 employees, the company boasts a solid infrastructure overseeing more than 600 stores spread across 15 countries including Algeria, Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, Ghana, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar and United Arab Emirates.

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