Area Manager

• Achieve and exceed sales and gross margin budgets.
• Constantly seek new ways to improve sales and margin for the business.
• Forecasting sales and targets on a monthly basis or as requested.
• Review Sales/Stock and margin reports with Store Managers on a weekly basis identifying all negative factors impacting sales margin by store. Setting/taking actions to build on strengths and improve on weaknesses.
• Ensure stores implement the guidelines and instructions for company’s pricing and product strategies.
• Ensure the stores and staff comply with all the laws relating to selling as laid down by the company.
• Ensure that Store staffing levels recruitment is kept in line with their agreed budget
• Motivate and communicate with all members of the teams on their area to increase sales and ensure efficiency.
• Ensuring that staff appearance is of the highest level.
• Monitoring the staff turnover in his/her stores, taking actions in stores with high staff turnover
• Identify the areas for development of team members with high potential, giving feedback and supporting their career development.
• Supporting the area training coaches to achieve their training targets.
• Coach underperforming Store Managers to improve and address their areas of development.
• Act as a mentor as required to high potential staff/junior management to ensure they are retained and developed effectively.