The Store Manager plays a pivotal role in the retail environment, overseeing the daily operations of the store while ensuring a high level of customer satisfaction. This position requires a dynamic individual who can lead a team, manage inventory, and drive sales. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in retail management, with a focus on achieving sales targets and enhancing the overall shopping experience for customers. The Store Manager will be responsible for creating a positive work environment that encourages employee engagement and productivity.
Responsibilities:
Lead store performance in compliance with operation standards, policies & procedures to achieve his KPI’s based on the company strategies
Close monitoring to business progress to achieve store sales budget and improve customer experience
Set action plans to modify performance and improve results to impact business outcomes positively
Highlight areas of development to work on rectifying with his team to ensure sales growth and increase foot fall
Escalate any concerns that may impact business continuity negatively & work with his line manager to solve them in a timely manner to acheve the
requested growth
Lead & motivate his team towards implementing the best standards through regular meetings & store walks to build a healthy productive culture
Provide his team with all the required tools to succeed and execute their roles effeciently through mentoring, coaching, and personal development
Encourage and reward high performance to motivate people to plan their careers and anticipate personal growth, promotions, succession planning, and
talent pool nominations which will lead to business success
Manage cost effectively by managing expences and labor cost to impact bottom line positively
Monitor key P&L lines to ensure increasing profitability and reduce losses to achieve business strategies
Create a healthy platform for his team to participate effectively and effeciently through fair treatment, performance monitoring, and highlight any
behavioural or business short falls professionally to adopt the right culture in the store
Utilize manpower budget effectively and escalate any business requirements or issues to his line manager to ensure successful outcomes
Preferred Candidate:
Panda was founded in 1978 as one of the most important organizations in the retail sector in Saudi Arabia. In 1994, Panda merged with Azizia Company then in late 1998 Azizia Panda United was acquired by Savola Group, one of the largest diversified conglomerates in MENA region, Azizia Panda United became the retail sector of Savola and started its journey to become the leading food retailer in the region. In 2008, This acquisition has aided Panda in its growth and expansion by having the largest market share in the Saudi retail sector. The first new format of Hypermarket was opened in Riyadh city in 2004. In 2006, Panda moved forward with its regional expansion by opening its first store in Dubai. In 2008, more numbers of stores were operating under the name of Panda when Savola Group acquired “Giant” supermarkets in Saudi Arabia and merged them with Panda. One year later in 2009, Panda has landed another great success by acquiring all Geant stores in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In 2014 the company name was changed from Azizia Panda United to the Panda Retail Company. And another big step in the expansion plan was achieved when Panda opened it hypermarket in Egypt in the year of 2015. These big steps have raised Panda share in the retail sector from 7% to more than 8%. Today Panda is the largest food retailer in the Middle East owns more than 400 branch of panda Super, Panda Hyper and Pandati in Saudi Arabia & Egypt making it the largest retail company that offering its services to more than 400 million visitors annually.