Assistant Retail Operation Manager

Retail Sales Operation

• Conduct regular store visits to ensure the retail operations are following guidelines, identifying areas of improvement, and facilitating next steps between teams.
• Ensuring operational effectiveness across all functions of the store environment along with the compliance of store policies and procedures.
• Stay up-to-date with brand general marketing timelines (i.e launches, sales, etc), identifying assets needed and communicating between stores and HQ to ensure assets and visual merchandising kits are produced and delivered to store in a timely manner.
• Prepare daily, weekly, monthly, and other performance reports for business analysis.
• Determining activities that could potentially contribute to value added activities, to increase and boost team KPIs.
• Achieving store profitability targets by hitting sales targets and controlling store operating expenses.
• Assist in managing special projects, including overseeing store construction and openings, store closure, renovation, etc, - effectively communicating brand’s needs and ensuring the planned timelines are met.
• Oversee and follow up on store maintenance and repair issues, monitoring and reviewing the service quality of external vendors and working with them for improvement plans.

People Development & Sales Team Management

• Ensuring optimal staffing levels through store rosters, adjusting based on customer traffic, store events etc, whilst adhering to the allocated budget.
• Hire, develop and execute training programs for staff – guiding and coaching the team in terms of weekly sales goals and targets, general store management, systematic operations, customer servicing, and skills training to optimize efficiency, generate sales and ensure positive customer experience.
• To manage the Retail Store team, overseeing hiring, retention and turnover.
• Be on-ground at stores on a rotational basis, training and monitoring the team, assist with general running of stores during key moments, including brand storytelling and product knowledge.

Inventory Management

• To manage Retail stores overall wellbeing and ensuring systems and processes are optimized, including management of store fixtures, stock inventory, and promotional assets.
• Identifying customer trends and monitoring product sell-through and inventory levels for products and supplies, communicating with HQ to ensure timely replenishment to maintain optimum stock levels.
• Work closely with visual merchandising activities in-store, working with the store team to optimize product placements and visual displays, based on in-store observations.
• Look at repairs / refunds / Quality Control SOPs and feedback, and work with HQ team to problem solve

Customer Focus

• Handle and respond to customers' complaints when required.
• A well-thought out customer support strategy.
• Listening and implementing customer feedback.
• Building personalized experiences.
• Delivering on promises.
• Evolving based on customer needs.
• Creating a customer-focused culture with staff.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: RM4,500.00 - RM5,000.00 per month

Benefits:

• Health insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Application Question(s):

• 2-3 years of working experience in retail management, managing multiple stores, revenue, full and part timers Visionary and forward-looking with proven execution ability to develop and deploy initiatives that deliver the required business results?

License/Certification:

• D (Preferred)

Willingness to travel:

• 50% (Preferred)