Area Manager (Retail) - Gauteng

• To ensure that Store Managers and Sales Team Leaders are empowered to ensure relevant sales targets at stores are met and exceeded.
  
• Together with the Regional Manager, develop and implement new sales strategies to ensure stores exceed sales targets.
  
• Ensuring that Store Managers and Sales Team Leaders conduct administrative duties to drive sales, including; the implementation of markdowns, promotions and effective
  

• To keep Store Managers and Sales Team Leaders motivated to ensure staff morale within every store is at its optimum level.
  
• Together with the Regional Manager, implement new and innovative strategies to reward performers and motivate non performers.
  
• Focus on trends, opportunities and patterns relating to sales within the industry.
  
• Keeping up to date with competitor service offerings and industry developments.
  

• To ensure that Store Managers and Sales Team Leaders are equipped to drive sales within the region.
  
• Ensure that Store Managers and Sales Team Leaders are constantly motivated to ensure optimum levels of performance.
  
• To provide business leadership by upskilling Store Managers and Sales Team Leaders in all aspects ranging from increasing sales to ensuring administrative functions are diligently carried out.
  
• Ensure that relevant H.R. functions, including Disciplinary Hearings, CCMA, Recruitment (including interviewing potential new staff), Training and Development of new staff (including Operations Tests) is efficiently carried out.
  

• Train and develop the Trainee Area Manager
  

• Empower Store Managers and Sales Team Leaders to ensure administrative functions are efficiently carried out.
  
• Constant monitoring of Store Managers and Sales Team Leaders relating to Key Controls, Rosters, Marketing, Merchandising, Reporting, Stock Counts and Discipline Measures.
  
• Together with the Regional Manager, creating and implementing new and innovative methods to reduce shrinkage within the region.
  
• Conducting and submission of Supervised stock counts.
  
• Constantly monitoring Store Managers and Sales Team Leaders to ensure that submit weekly hanger counts are conducted and submitted.
  

Requirements

• Sales Driven
  
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to motivate continuously
  
• Ability to demonstrate sales coaching and general management of staff
  
• A track record of sound people management skills within the apparel retail sector
  
• Attention to detail
  
• Ability to demonstrate excellent communication skills, which can be adapted to meet industrial requirements 
  
• Good relationship building skills
  
• Honesty and integrity
  
• 3+ Years Managerial Experience within the apparel retail sector
  
• Tertiary Qualification advantageous
  
• Grade 12 qualification