V-Mart - General Manager - Projects

V-MART RETAIL LTD.

Job Description :

Job Title: GM- Projects

Division: Projects & Maintenance

Reports to: Sr. VP Operations Level / Grade

Job purpose:

Achieves operational objectives by contributing information and recommendations to strategic plans and review. Accomplishing project objectives by planning and evaluating project activities

Primary responsibilities:

- Preparing and completing action plans; implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards

- Meets financial objectives by forecasting requirements, preparing an annual budget, scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances and initiating corrective actions

- Develop and ensure adherence to project plan, costing for the year and responsible for timely start and execution of all project work

- Ensure all government and local authorities approvals are in place for project commencement

- Responsible for project management and sharing reports with management related to project progress and costing

- Negotiate with project agencies/suppliers for quality work execution at minimum cost to the organization

- Hand over the completed projects to retail operations team and ensure work is as per the quality standards defined

- Responsible for maintenance of existing facilities which includes outlets, warehouses and office complex to ensure smooth business operations and customer experience

- Ensure that all indentified gaps regarding store infrastructure captured in the store audit report are resolved and take necessary steps to ensure no future occurrences

- Monitor proper maintenance and working of essential support facilities at the outlets like generators, panels and air conditioning

- Ensure regular maintenance and uptime of electrical and mechanical facilities at various retail outlets and warehouse facilities

- Understand requirements for various outlets to improve infrastructure and customer experience keeping in mind the regional preference as well

- Identifying various options to improve customer comfort and experience through up gradation/ expansion or change in layout of infrastructure at outlets

- Train and develop competencies of all employees. Maintain effective relationship with managers and team within the function

- Ensure that staff are developed, trained, motivated, evaluated for job performance and compensated fairly

- Enhances department and organization reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments

Education:

Minimum qualification : Graduation or diploma equivalent in Civil/ Electrical/ Mechanical Engineering, preferably MBA or masters in the relevant field of study

Key Skills and Attributes :

- Excellent interpersonal, analytical, numerical, commercial awareness and organizational skills

- Expertise in managing multiple projects and has had budget responsibility

- Effective influencing, reporting, vendor management and negotiation skills

- Ability to work on own initiative with minimal supervision, an organized and thorough approach to work