Metro Cash & Carry - AGM - Store Ops - IIM/XL

We have an urgent opening with METRO Cash & Carry India for the position of Assistant General Manager - Store Operations at Multiple Locations.

About METRO :

METRO Cash & Carry India is a subsidiary of Germany based retail giant METRO AG currently having 15 Wholesale Cash & Carry Stores across India. Headquartered in Dusseldorf, Germany, METRO Cash & Carry is the largest sales division of the € 67.3 Billion METRO Group, one of the world’s leading international trading and retail companies with over 600 stores across 29 countries.

PROFILE REQUIREMENT :

- Full-time MBA (or equivalent) from a top B-school in India preferably IIM /XLRI / SP JAIN / FMS / MDI (2009 -2006 Batch)

- 5 -8 years professional work experience in Sales or Operations preferably from Retail, FMCG or Hospitality Industry

JOB DESCRIPTION

- Position is responsible for managing 1 Department (Food / Nonfood/Sales Force) for a Distribution Center with annual turnover ranging from 100cr - 400cr.

Key Responsibilities shall include the following :

- Responsible for planning, administration and designing of business strategies to achieve the Targets set for the particular department in the Store in alignment with Store General Manager.

- Manage and lead a team, comprising of 30-40 people.

- Sales forecasting, Stock planning and Budgeting:Driving Inventory Management, Cost Optimization and Productivity for the department - Managing Stock Availability, Service level, Net Working Capital, etc

- Planning Sales promotional activities for awareness, faster off-takes for building brand image vis-à-vis new and existing products.Evaluating and analyzing the effectiveness of promotional activities planned.

- Initiate new processes to improve Service Levels and Customer Satisfaction at Store Level

- Setting up new systems for Inventory Planning and Store Promotion Activities

- Identify new revenue stream and optimize layout/space utilization - Liasioning with other functional teams to improve market share.

- Increase in ABV, Frequency and Basket penetration across all customer target groups.

- Ensure that all Operations SOP’s and compliance are adhered to by the team

- Position shall report into Store General Manager who reports into Regional Business Head.