Job Vacancy Alert: Head of Retail Operations, Nigeria

Our client is a Multinational textile company that produces and distributes fashion fabrics for the African market and African consumers globally. The company’s brands have become an essential part of African culture. Due to expansion, they now have an opening for a Head of Retail Operations, Nigeria to be based in Lagos.

Job Profile

The Head of Retail Operations is responsible for the retail operation and roll out based on the concept as developed by the Global Brand to aim for continuous vitality of the Brand's Retail Formula in Nigeria. She/he will steer and control all the Retail Stores in Nigeria including but not limited to sales, promotions, social media, sales tools, VM & pricing issues e.t.c in line with Country management strategy. She/he will be responsible for coordination of systems in the stores, such as budgeting systems, check out systems, retail software systems etc and managing of our brand portfolio within Nigeria. She/he will also be responsible for managing work streams between shops and facilitating departments (HRM, Warehouse, Logistics, Finance, Marketing) and ensure strong relationships with the head of departments.

Key Responsibilities

Management of the buildup of the assortment (width and depth) in product groups and services
Make proposals for price setting of merchandise, including way of handling price off’s and overstocks
Management of the general promotions over the retail chain
Profile of shop manager and other shop personnel, defining service levels
Checking results of shops in terms of consumer appreciation and in sales, and managing the flagship formula accordingly
Analyzing sales figures and implementing KPI’s (Key performance indicators)
Proposing changes to improve the business and the communication with headquarters
Oversee retail assortment management to guarantee variety for proper Visual Merchandise
Manage retail sales & operation Planning and ensure realized budget and latest estimate that gives the highest margin.
Ensure sales plan alignment with assortment plan and consumer demand
Advice Regional Director on retail trends and sales performance.
Analyze retail prices monthly vs other local VACs vs 3rd party boutique prices
Specification of location of new shops & ensuring OTIF execution of the stores.

[b]For more details and Method of Application: [/b]http://myjobsinnigeria..com.ng/2017/10/job-vacancy-alert-head-retail.html