Area Retail Manager

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YOUR MISSION:
Position Summary:
To generate the revenue for PUMA India by ensuring smooth operations at the front end in assigned cluster for both FP and FOC stores and

• To drive growth for PUMA India retail stores in the given region
• Manage various initiatives and promotional events across stores
• Recruitment and Training of store managers

Key Objectives:

• Managing both owned & franchised stores.
• Partner management P&L review, reconciliations, collections, etc.
• Build a network with consultants for identifying early opportunities for expansion at competitive rates.
• Monitoring & driving profitability for owned stores.
• Building connect & relationships with LLs/Malls to negotiate rentals & get marketing support when required.
• Constantly explore avenues to drive inorganic sales through bulks, activations, tie-ups.
• Maintaining customer service at the front end.
• Ensuring smooth operations across all retail stores of PUMA India by generating revenue.
• Ensuring the right manpower in the right numbers across PUMA stores in the region.
• Recruitment of store managers for a given store in coordination with the Regional HR.
• Maintain updated knowledge of key competitor products, distribution and pricing strategies, as well as stay up-to-date on the latest retail technologies and trends.
• Proactively seek opportunities to develop business strategies, enhance customer experience, and maximize ROI.
• Look for new properties from the perspective of business development in the region.
• Ensuring that all stores have the desired inventory in place.
• Provide leadership, development, and supervision to store managers.
• Manage discounts, store initiative rollouts, and promotional events for the retail stores.
• Approach institutional coordinators in the given regions for tie-ups regarding PUMA merchandise and plan promotional activities/events.

KPIs and qualitative measures:

• Net Sales
• Achieving KPIs
• Discounts
• Number of institutional tie-ups
• Generate revenue
• Meeting targets

Organizational Relationships:

• Internal: Projects, IT, Marketing, Strategy, Retail, Finance and People and Organization
• External: Schools/institutes/Fitness Channels, Store managers, Local transporters and Local management

YOUR TALENT:
Qualifications and Functional Competencies:

• Excellent communication skills.
• At least 5+ years experience in sales and/or management.
• Must have a bachelor's degree in business, marketing, finance or related field.
• Willing to travel up to 75 percent of the time.
• Strong analytical skills.
• 5Proven track record of meeting sales target

PUMA supports over 19,000 employees across 120+ countries. The PUMA Group owns the brand PUMA, Cobra Golf and stichd, and is headquartered in Herzogenaurach, Germany.

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