Area Sales Manager - Vryheid at Pepkor Speciality

Qualifications

• Grade 12 is essential.
• A valid Driver’s license is essential.
• A Retail/Business/Marketing Management diploma would be a definite advantage.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Minimum 4 years’ experience with a major retail chain of which a minimum of 2 years must be within a Senior Management role
• Store Admin & Compliance results must be over 85%.
• Sales performance must be consistent.
• Stores stokc loss result is under Comapnies benchmark.
• KPI's will be considered
• Willingness to travel and to be away from home for extended periods
• Working knowledge of Microsoft office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook
• Key Responsibilities
• Support Store Managers with day to day store operation.
• Evaluate store and individual performances.
• Identify hiring needs, select and training of new staff members.
• Evaluating store and individual performances.
• Training and developing existing staff, ensuring succession plan and career path is in place.
• Ability to lead and motivate a high-performance sales team.
• Generate and exceed sales budget and growth.
• Manage operational risk and shrinkage within the area.
• Ability to measure and analyse key performance indicators (KPI’s)
• Analyse market trends and discover new opportunities for growth.
• Suggest new services / products and innovative sales techniques to increase customer satisfaction.