General Manager - Toys R Us - Retail

Job description / Role

General Manager - Toys R Us - Retail - Dubai

Purpose: To deliver a profitable business, ensuring continuous growth of the Group’s Toys “R” Us business, as well as establishing a high level of customer service. Maintaining effective relationships with both the TRU organizations as well as other relevant principals and effectively managing the budgeted resources to deliver the agreed financial objectives. Ensuring that both teams are fully engaged and are receiving both regular performance feedback as well as creating an environment that encourages 2-way discussions in an open and honest way.

This role will oversee 18 stores in 6 countries across the MENA region and have 6 direct reports.

You will be responsible for:
- Future Growth
- Strategic Planning
- Operating Results
- Deployment of Resources
- People Management
- Monitoring & Controlling
- Relationship with Principles
- Exclusivity
- Management of Information Systems - SAP

Requirements

- Degree in business management or a related field.
- You will be expected to have extensive experience in retailing (15+ years), with a store operations and or buying / category management background
- Skills: Business Leadership, Commercial Acumen, Managing Ambiguity, Decision Making; Resource Management (including Managing People) Setting Direction, Communicating and Influencing, Innovation & Change, Achievement Drive, Strategic Thinking, Team work, Continuous Learning, Flexibility & Adaptability, Interpersonal Skills

About the Company

Established in the 1930's, the Al-Futtaim Group initially operated as a trading enterprise. Rapid development throughout the 1940's and 50's saw it establish itself regionally as an integrated commercial, industrial and services organisation, positioning itself one of the leading business houses in the lower Gulf region. Today, it operates collectively over 40 companies bearing the Al-Futtaim name, dominates many market segments in the UAE, and has expanded its sphere of operation to include Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and Egypt.

The Group comprises a diverse range of strategically positioned operating subsidiaries and associate companies, structured to give the Al-Futtaim Group the flexibility and versatility to keep ahead of local competition while keeping pace with the ever-evolving global business scenario. The Groups continued investment in world-class systems technology is clear evidence of its commitment to maintain leading edge performance and service delivery.

The success of the Al-Futtaim Group can be attributed to a business approach that combines the ability to change with the traditional values of integrity, service and social responsibility that define its core business philosophy. This, linked with the Groups belief in decentralisation, gives the heads of the operating companies a high degree of functional autonomy and authority, providing the Group with essential flexibility, and individual employees a clearly defined work culture and sense of responsibility.