Store Manager - Payless (KSA-WP)

Alshaya - Saudi Arabia

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Job Description

The Brands:


Payless ShoeSource, the largest specialty family footwear retailer in the western hemisphere, is now open in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Payless is known for bringing shoppers great style, quality and brand names - all at great prices.
Payless was founded in 1956 in Topeka, Kansas, in the United States. Some 50 years later, Payless serves millions of customers - women, men and children -- through its powerful network of more than 4,500 stores, which are located in a variety of retail settings. Payless is in all 50 U.S. states, as well as in Canada, Puerto Rico, Guam, Saipan, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Central America, the Caribbean, South America and now, in partnership with Alshaya, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, with future plans to expand across the Middle East in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon.  
 
Payless customers will enjoy such well recognized brands as Airwalk(R), American Eagle, Smartfit(R), and the Disney collection including shoes and accessories featuring Hannah Montana, Dora the Explorer, Spider-Man and Cars. Also available at the new stores are Payless Designer Collections with hot-off-the-runway looks from New York fashion designers Lela Rose with Lela Rose for Payless; Stacey Bendet with the alice + olivia for Payless; and Laura Poretzky with the Abaeté for Payless designer label.  
The Payless Designer Collections are among the most widely distributed designer footwear labels in America today. The collections feature original designs by each designer that are unveiled at New York Fashion Week and later brought to Payless stores at affordable prices.  

Role:

As the Store Management staff, you will be managing a fast paced store providing excellent customer service experience to all customers. Accountable to maximise store contribution through exploiting every opportunity to drive sales. Lead by example to coach the Department Managers to drive sales, reduce stock loss, maximize merchandising opportunities and maintain cost controls.

Skills

Responsibilities:


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Actively use sales information to make business decisions to maximize sales opportunities through commerciality & outstanding customer service.


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Provide clear direction & ensure co-operation between all areas of the store team.


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Ensure Sales team deliver highest possible levels of customer service in store & that this is prioritized at all times to maximize sales.


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Achieve company sales targets.


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Ensure the store consistently reflects highest possible standards of merchandising, housekeeping & recovery.


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Regularly monitor & review layouts to ensure best & worst selling lines are correctly positioned.


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Accurately & efficiently communicate any stock issues, ideas or recommendations to the brand merchandising team.


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Actively seek & exploit all additional opportunities to promote sales.


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Ensure that all merchandise is correctly received & displayed on the sales floor.


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Follow Visual Merchandising guidelines, ensuring all garments are displayed on the shop floor & garment care standards are consistently maintained.


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Be aware of the current season trends & visual layout.


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Ensure that all management are well informed of the collection, advertising campaigns, promotions, sales activities & other company projects.


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Initiate & drive the highest possible standards of in-store visual impact, merchandising & layout within divisional guidelines.


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Ensure that staff & management for maximum coverage at peak trading periods & the store have the right people in the right place at the right time.


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Responsible for ensuring that the team & store comply with all company, brand, and government policies, procedures, processes and guidelines.


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Coach, develop and mentor the store team.


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Develop one's own team within the store in liaison with Operations, HR and Training Departments.


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Ensure the highest possible standards of custome

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.