Job Title: General Manager Retail
Department: All Business Units – All States
Company: PZ Cussons Nigeria
The Role: The successful candidate will be required to: – Drive and plan marketing and sales objectives by contributing marketing and sales information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews; preparing and completing action plans; driving productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; resolving issues; completing audits; identifying trends; determining system improvements; implementing change. – Meets marketing and sales financial objectives by forecasting requirements; preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions. – Determines annual and gross-profit plans by forecasting and developing annual sales quotas for stores; projecting expected sales volume and profit for existing and new products/stores; analyzing trends and results; establishing pricing strategies; recommending selling prices; monitoring costs, competition, supply, and demand. – Drives with support from the marketing and sales human resources objectives by; recruiting, selecting, orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; communicating job expectations, planning, monitoring, appraising, and reviewing job contributions; planning and reviewing compensation actions; ensuring policies and procedures. – Direct and establish marketing plans, evaluate advertising, merchandising, and trade promotion programs; developing retail sales action plans.
The Person: The Right candidate must:
• A second degree in Management preferably MBA
• 12-15 years business experience with 3years in senior management role and preferably in Retail industry.
• Good understanding of the Nigerian Retail environment.
• Have a CANDO attitude, exhibiting our core values – COURAGE,ACCOUNTABILITY, NETWORKING, DRIVE,ONENESS
Please note that only shortlisted candidates would be contacted
Application Link: Job Application Portal (http://u.theinfostrides.com/QQ5XY)
Deadline: 15 June 2012.
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