Job Requisition ID: 162943Established in the 1930s as a trading business, Al-Futtaim Group today is one of the most diversified and progressive, privately held regional businesses headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Structured into five operating divisions: automotive, financial services, real estate, retail, and healthcare; employing more than 35,000 employees across more than 20 countries in the Middle East, Asia, and Africa, Al-Futtaim Group partners with over 200 of the world's most admired and innovative brands. Al-Futtaim Group’s entrepreneurship and relentless customer focus enables the organisation to continue to grow and expand, responding to the changing needs of our customers within the societies in which we operate.By upholding our values of respect, excellence, collaboration, and integrity; Al-Futtaim Group continues to enrich the lives and aspirations of our customers each and every day.Overview Of The RoleThe job holder is responsible for planning, controlling, and directing his store team to achieve the highest level of customer service standards and in-store execution to deliver sustainable sales and profitable targets. The job holder provides excellent communication and people skills to influence everyone to manifest the best professional customer service and is equipped with the ability to understand and analyze sales figures to drive the business to achieve its targets.What You Will DoProfit FinancialDrives, monitors, and reviews sales performance and recommends action plans to deliver sales budget (Store Level).Conducts monthly meetings focusing on category sales performance with the selling personnel to update category performance and recommend action plans for improvement.Implements strategies and ensures 100% execution of all programs to achieve sales targets of all EXCLUSIVE products and submits feedback on promo effectiveness.Manages and controls store approved OPEX budgets (i.e., utilities, wrap supply, staff cost, etc.).Recommends and initiates plans to optimize the stores’ controllable expenses.Achieves shrinkage budget below tolerance level through day-to-day monitoring of Retail Operating Standard Compliance (store level).CommercialChecks and reviews the implementation of display and timely replenishment.Manages availability and timely replenishment of stocks.Ensures consistent, accurate, and timely inventory adjustments (GAP, Cycle Counts, Negative Quantity on Hand, False Positive).Ensures consistency with the Brand of Service Standards when dealing with customers (internal or external).Ensures customers' shopping experience exceeds customers’ expectations.Handles and reports product queries, complaints and offers advice professionally aligned with the Brand of Service Standards procedure.Drives loyalty members’ programs and initiatives to achieve target transactions participation.Drives selling techniques to achieve target conversion/transaction rate.Cascades ongoing promotions, activities, memos, bulletins following the standard power talk guidelines on a regular basis.Checks and validates proper implementation and execution of promotional and store activities (e.g., promo call outs, hero displays, and price changes).ProcessEnsures policies, brand standards, grooming guidelines and internal control procedures are communicated and implemented as per SOP.Demonstrates strong analytical skills and understanding of the system and reporting.Monitors store controllable expenses, supervises loss, asset protection, and risk management, and is accountable for inventory management.Liaises with mall management, store documentation as appropriate (daily reports, banking, refunds, exchanges, etc.).Cashiering duties.PeoplePlans and monitors Personal Development Plans in role development interventions.Identifies, implements, and monitors team learning interventions.Reviews and discusses performance appraisal and personal plans of direct reports.Implements action plans for employee engagement.Required SkillsRequired Skills to be SuccessfulGood knowledge of the beauty industry and trends.Retail operational skills (stock, VM, systems, cash…).Computer skills.Management skills and people development.Empathy, customer service, and results-oriented.Leadership and problem-solving skills.Excellent relationship skills.Integrity and trust dealing with ambiguity.Proactive with good team spirit and able to take initiatives.Problem-solving skills.What Equips You for the RoleBachelor's degree in any relevant field.Must have a minimum of 5+ years of experience in retail and team management in the beauty sector.Must have proven leadership abilities and lead by example.We’re here to provide excellent service but a little help from you can ensure a five-star candidate experience from start to finish.Before you click “apply”: Please read the job description carefully to ensure you can confidently demonstrate why this opportunity is right for you and take the time to put together a well-crafted and personalized CV to further boost your visibility. Our global Talent Acquisition team members are all assigned to specific businesses to ensure that we make the best matches between talent and opportunities. We not only consider the requisite compatibility of skills and behaviors but also how candidates align with our Values of Respect, Integrity, Collaboration, and Excellence.As part of our candidate experience promise, we also want to make ourselves available to you throughout the application process. We make every effort to review and respond to every application.#J-18808-Ljbffr