Job Title: General Manager Retail
Job Unit & Location: All Business Units – All States
Organisation: 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. – Identifies marketing opportunities by identifying consumer requirements; defining market, competitor's share, and competitor's strengths and weaknesses; forecasting projected business; establishing targeted market share. – Improves product marketability and profitability by researching, identifying, and capitalizing on market opportunities; improving product packaging; coordinating new product introduction. – Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.
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
Closing date: 20th September 2012.
General Manager Retail - Sept 2012 Job Vacancy (http://www.jobnavy.com/job/7895/general-manager-retail-sept-2012-job-vacancy-at-pz-nigeria/)