Asst. Sales Manager (Female)- KidZania, Kuwait

Alshaya - Kuwait

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Job Description

The Brand:


M.H Alshaya Co. has entered into a partnership with KidZania, the award winning family entertainment and education brand, to develop and manage a 5,000 sq.m. KidZania State at The Avenues in Kuwait. Expected to open in 2012, KidZania will be a major new tenant in phase three of the mall, which is currently under development.
KidZania, or The Land of Cool Kids', is a unique concept in family entertainment, helping children understand and manage the world they are growing into. Designed as a real city with streets, buildings and even an airport, everything in KidZania is scaled down to kid's size. Children can experience what it is like to become a doctor, a banker, a policeman, a DJ or one of over 90 other adult roles in a fun and safe environment that helps nurture their creativity, stimulate their imagination, and expand their experiences as they play and learn at the same time.
KidZania was established in Mexico and first opened its doors to children in 1999. Today KidZania operates eight edutainment centres in six countries worldwide across the Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific and the Middle East and has welcomed more than four million visitors in 2010. Find out more about the brand at http:
//www.kidzania.com/

The Role:

The Assistant Sales Manager reports to the Sales Manager and is critical in driving the park achievement on sales, service and operations standards and helping achieve all company set objectives, maximizing park contribution through exploiting sales and maintaining cost controls. The ASM must build a good network with Public and Private schools in Kuwait, attract and generate customer traffic from the schools and play groups throughout the various events at KidZania

Skills

Responsibilities:


- Sell the product concept to schools, groups and enterprises through market visits

- Develop & Implement  strategic sales plans to launch the different product sales and implement actions which will improve the sales volume

- Visit the clients and make strategic plans with them by suggesting attractive plans

- Keep accurate sales report

- Offer every available service to the customer

- Create and update the customer database, ensuring constant promotion information is sent

- Identify new customers and increase the database through different means (mail, e-mail, personal visits, telephone calls)

- Develop, along with Sales Management the price and promotion strategy

- Offer quality service that exceeds customer expectations

- Commercialize the KidZania concept at all times

About This Company

M.H. Alshaya is a leading international franchise operator for over 70 of the world’s most recognized retail brands. The company operates more than 2,400 stores across 7 divisions: Fashion & Footwear, Food, Health & Beauty, Optics, Pharmacy, Home Furnishings and Office Supplies. Alshaya’s stores can currently be found in 19 markets across the Middle East & North Africa, Russia, Turkey and Europe and it employs more than 32,000 people from over 110 nationalities.