Retail Operations Assistant Manager
Al-Futtaim
- United Arab Emirates
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Design & development of operational retail efficiencies aligned to and supporting the M&S store transformation
- Develop business cases and/or demand requests as required and work in partnership with AF retail teams to deliver projects (POS , RFID , CAFÉ)
- Utilise existing and new platforms to stay in touch with the needs of our customers and colleagues
- Develop an effective network in other industries to share and learn best practice and identify opportunities to apply the most effective future industry thinking
- Identify, Deliver and Embed cost reduction initiatives in OPEX Cost Areas and the end-to-end operations
- Design and Implement more efficient processes and ways of working in stores
- Constantly explore opportunities to drive customer experience, growth, loyalty and data
- Ability to recognise new opportunities in a retail environment to drive sales
- Uses the business daily, weekly and monthly MI to understand store
- performance in line with the Operations Plan and KPI’s.
- Support business to make discernible differences across the
- operations with accurate and insightful data analysis. - Timely reporting - Data Analysis and process
- Demonstrate knowledge of and experience with software tools to create, edit, and analyze complex reports, graphs, and presentations.
- Be able to make sound decisions and the ability to take initiative and accountability for the accuracy of information.
- Collaborate with EIT and others to standardize reporting and automate reports where possible
- Work with HRBP to deliver targeted people solutions to create employee engagement, compliance to HR Policies and local legislation
- Set up succession plans to sustain continuity and development.
- Role model M&S and AL Futtaim Leadership Competencies and Way behaviours
- Build, coach and develop the team across each region ensuring the talent pipeline
- Ensure clear goals and accountabilities are set and communicated to the team
- Support Head of Commercial Operations in communicating and cascading key messages to store team members.
- Monitors stores’ staffing model reflects store activity; makes recommendations to utilise the maximising resource process to ensure right people, right place, and right time.
- Ensures the retail communication plan is delivered on time through
- the working week framework.
- Investigates & manages all store reporting to maintain accuracy,
- Drive efficiency and provides advice & solutions where necessary to
- Provides evidence to stores to drive actions required to reduce stock
- Monitors the shrinkage action planning process and assists in the
- Delivery of KPI measures of performance and operational excellence through leveraging colleague capability, teamwork, and collaboration
- Working as part of a diverse and experienced store team where you will be confident to challenge peers and work collaboratively creating an inclusive and diverse workplace and the M&S brand
- Responds to and deals with internal and external customer queries,
- Delivers great service for our customers and acts as a role models ‘”Doing the Right Thing’ and living our Values in retail “ Inspiration ”“Innovation” “Integrity” and “In Touch
- Prepares and provides all retail MI and delivers on time in line with agreed SLA’s
- Work with Sake holders to drive a productive and efficient operation in a store which trades and operates legally and safely, protecting Customers, Colleagues,
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