Assistant Manager I

Job description / Role

About the company

- Azadea Group is a premier lifestyle retail company that owns and operates more than 40 leading international franchise concepts in fashion and accessories, food and beverage, home furnishings, sporting goods, multimedia, and beauty and cosmetics across the Middle East and Africa, spread across 13 countries overseeing more than 700 stores.

Job purpose

- The Assistant Manager is responsible for serving customers on the shop floor and supporting the shop/department managers in ensuring efficient shop operations and maintaining high standards of customer service.

Responsibilities

- Greet customers warmly and offer expert advice to assist in their purchase decisions, ensuring alignment with quality and customer service standards.
- Assist the managers in maintaining inventories and placing product orders to ensure effective stock management and availability of products.
- Report operational issues promptly and address customer complaints, providing solutions or escalating as needed to ensure both operational efficiency and customer satisfaction.
- Prepare detailed reports on key performance indicators (KPIs), sales trends, inventory status, and team productivity to keep managers informed and support effective decision-making.
- Assist in scheduling staff to align efficiently with operational needs while optimizing costs for the shop/department.
- Assign routine and non-routine tasks to sales associates, cashiers, and coordinators to optimize operational efficiency and ensure tasks are completed effectively.
- Supervise the shop's opening and closing processes to ensure compliance with established procedures for petty cash, reporting, and other requirements. Ensure accurate delivery to the accounting department in accordance with company policies and security standards as necessary.
- Communicate sales plans and targets to the shop/department team, monitor their performance continuously, and advise upper management on necessary corrective actions.
- Specific for KIKO: Coach the team on products, makeup application techniques, and selling techniques to deliver KIKO customer experience.
- Assist in training, motivating, and evaluating the team to ensure that the necessary skill base is met, and that staff are optimally motivated and enabled to maximize their potential and contribution to the company.

- Language proficiency: Fluency in English.
- Technical skills: Proficiency in MS Office.
- Specific expertise: Strong product knowledge.
- Bachelor's degree in a related field.
- General experience: Five years of experience in retail or a similar role.
- Managerial experience: Two years of experience in a managerial role.

Behavioral Competencies

- Customer focus: Builds strong customer relationships and delivers customer-centric solutions. For example, keeps in contact with customers to ensure problems are resolved or to improve customer service. Studies customer feedback and emerging customer needs and uses these to determine some creative new ideas.
- Directs work: Provides direction, delegating, and removing obstacles to get work done. For example, asks questions to understand the desired outcomes for the role; confirms accountabilities with others so that work can be done effectively and efficiently; informs stakeholders when there are delays or problems that will affect them.
- Manages conflict: Handles conflict situations effectively, with a minimum of noise. For example, takes a positive approach to conflicts; helps dispel tension; seeks guidance and feedback on managing conflict; delivers controversial viewpoints candidly and sensitively; does not take arguments personally.
- Develops talent: Develops people to meet both their career goals and the organization's goals. For example, shares own experience and expertise with others if asked. Provides constructive feedback and other support for other people's development.
- Nimble learning: Learns through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder. For example, experiments to find the best possible solution and gains insight from test cases. Makes use of new concepts and principles when addressing problems. Learns from mistakes to avoid repeating them.

Azadea Group is an equal employment employer - All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or any other characteristic protected by relevant local laws.

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.