Premium Brand Manager - Woolworths in Bloemfontein

Job Title: Premium Brand Manager: Loch Logan Bloem

REF: CR/NdP/Premium Brand Manager: Loch Logan Bloem/Bloemfontein/100713
Recruiter: Woolworths (Pty) Ltd
AA/EE: Not Applicable
Contract: Permanent
Location: Bloemfontein
Available: Immediately
Category: Retail
Offer: 200 000.00

Reporting To: Premium Brand Regional Manager

Job Grade: Junior Mgt & Entry Level Specialists

Division: Country Road

Positions: 1

Introduction:
The Premium Brand Manager is accountable for maximizing the Country Road and Trenery store’s profitability and ensuring our brand values are maintained. This is achieved by providing leadership, training and coaching in customer service, visual merchandising and the management of merchandise within the designated departments.
This position is responsible for delivering agreed outputs

Minimum Requirements:
Qualifications and Technical Skills:
• Commercial qualification e.g. Retail Business Management Diploma
• 3-5 relevant years experience as a departmental management
• 2-3 years Clothing Management experience essential
• Numeric ability
• Computer literacy
• Drivers licence required
• Own reliable transport

Job Specification:
To lead the Country Road and Trenery team to achieve high levels of customer Service in order to build customer loyalty, generate repeat business and maximise sales opportunities
• Lead by example, promoting the desired culture and behaviours to the store team whilst ensuring that relationships with key stake holders within Woolworths remain productive.
• Provide training to all Department Managers and Retail team members to build capacity
• Maintain quality standards and productivity standards in allocated floor area
• Management of day to day operations
• Analyse business and reports to ensure profitability of the premium brand
• Develop and implement strategies to maximise sales
• Implementation of service strategy / new initiatives
• Maximise sales and minimise shrinkage through the accurate administration of merchandise, ensuring product is presented and restocked in line with Country Road and Trenery standards
• Manage staff rosters and productivity in line with salary to sales
• Recruit, select, manage and develop people to meet competence requirements
• Communication with Region and Head Office teams at a required level

Behavioural Skills:
• Passion for retail and selling
• Decisiveness
• Building talent
• Relating and networking
• Persuading and influencing
• Coping with pressures and setbacks
• Merchant mindset
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Action-orientation and results driven
• Strong Business Acumen
• Strong analytical and problem solving capabilities
• Assertive and proactive
• Planning and organising ability
• Risk taking/ innovative and creative
• Customer Service orientation
• Team Leadership
• ‘Living the brand’: Personal leadership and attitude to work

Other:
• Be available and flexible to work different shifts and across the region
• Able to work unsociable hours

Internal Applicants need to include the following:
• Have an IPM Rating of 3 or 4
• Letter if Recommendation from Line Manager,
• FAILURE TO MEET ANY OF THE ABOVE COMPETENCIES MAY LEAD TO AUTOMATIC REGRET.

How to apply:
http://woolworths.pnet.co.za/index.php?s=advert_view&g=3910&x=1558730&i=2021&pop=1

Deadline: 17 July 2013