Head/Lead - Retail Development - eCommerce

For a Leading Home Furnishing, Dcor E-Commerce Brand & A Profitable Start-Up at Ahmedabad

About the role:

We are looking for a passionate, self-driven strategic and hand-on Retail Development Manager/Lead to drive end-to-end requirements for our business to launch a new Offline Home Dcor Category.

Key Responsibilities:

- Conducting market research, competition analysis to identify new locations for our COCO store (To start from Gujarat and then will expand Pan India going forward).

- Acquiring site, its launch and managing end to end operations.

- Ensuring functioning adhering as per company norms. Advising and supporting including: store standards, stock management, customer relationship, staffing and recruitment, finances and payments, cost control, expansion.

- Ensuring that Company's brand is communicated and also handling communications and marketing activities.

- Manages store staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees.

- Planning and ensuring growth plans via the store. Aligning and targeting business development in line with business plan.

- Ensuring that the Store is in compliance with legal and statutory policies and procedures.

- Establishing good connection and networking in the retail & franchise ecosystem for future prospects.

- Using reports and data to identify and act upon store and area-wide commercial opportunities.

Qualifications and Skill:

- Graduate / MBA/PG with min 7/8 years' experience in Retail business, store launch.

- Detail oriented, self-starter, able to take on and complete tasks.

- Ability to work towards sales targets.

- Working knowledge of retail practices and procedures.

- Experience with Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and retail store systems.

- Ability to perform complex analysis, quantify results and recommend appropriate action based upon conclusions.

- Occasional travel to new stores to assist with new store setup.