Manager - Franchise, Retail

Job description

Country: India
Job Function: Retail (Back Office)

State / Province: West Bengal
Position Type: Full time

City / Location: Kolkata
Brand: adidas

Relocation:

Somewhere, in one of our workshops right now, the future is taking shape. We are constantly working to redefine the way clothing and footwear transforms the pitch, court or course. This is what drives us: the feeling of discovery and the urge to innovate. When we create a product that makes our hearts beat faster, we know we’re onto something.

If this sounds inspiring, you might be one of us: Someone who loves to create the present, as well as shape the future. There’s a reason adidas has been at the forefront of defining sport for more than 60 years: We never stand still. Everyday, we work to improve everything we create.

At adidas, interesting, amazing and inspiring aren’t just ideas. They are what we do every single day.

Key Responsibilities

Functional;

 To ensure proper execution of established policies, procedure, initiatives and directives regarding store operation, visual merchandizing, staff training and in-store marketing store activation

 Manage store P&L and drive partner profitability through retail excellence.

 To ensure recommended buy plan for assigned partners is met as per budgets.

 Ensure execution of the pre orders is done as per plan.

 To support front Retail forces via Store operation excellence programs to ensure increasing stores’ productivity and profitability

 To ensure all stores comply Global VM standard and guideline

 Identify and communicate Market needs and best practices

 To drive the cluster managers to visit Franchise stores and to ensure productivity, Retail KPIs, VM, Re-order enforcement, etc.

 To drive Franchisee Performance by setting objectives, strategies, tactics, allocate resources and ensure translation into action plans respecting the framework set by the customer portfolio strategies

Controlling;

 To drive the KPIs of the store under direct control

 To report to the Regional Manager

 To drive Cluster Managers performance

 To monitor and report on stores and competitors sales and activities, and propose/initiate/take actions

 To provide realistic plans and forecasts on store performances

KPIs

 Retail Sales, KPIs , Comp Growth of the Cluster against planned Budgets of Franchisee run Mono brand stores

 Store Operations Excellence : Store Audits

 Managing staff motivation/incentives and productivity (Comp growth in staff productivity - avg sales / month/year)

 Franchisee Engagement and developing Retail mindset of the Franchisee

 Driving best practices into the stores in coordination with VM/Merchandising and the COE teams

 Closely liaison with the training team to deliver world class service experience in the stores responsible

Professional background:

 Functional: > 4-6 years in retail

 Industry: ideally in apparel/fashion/footwear

 Leadership: 1-2 years

 Exposure: Sports

Educational Background:

 University degree in business with marketing and sales focus

IT and Language skills:

 Outlook: basic

 Word: basic

 Excel: advanced

 PowerPoint: advanced

 English: basic

 Local language: Fluent