Head, Sales at Box and Cedar

Job Description:

• managing and motivating a team to increase sales and ensure efficiency
• overseeing pricing and stock control
• analysing sales figures and forecasting future sales
•  analysing and interpreting trends to facilitate planning
• using information technology to record sales figures, for data analysis and forward planning
• dealing with staffing issues such as interviewing potential staff, conducting appraisals and performance reviews, as well as providing or organising training and development
• ensuring standards for quality, customer service and health and safety are met
• responding to customer complaints and comments
• organising special promotions, displays and events
• attending and chairing meetings
• updating colleagues on business performance, new initiatives and other pertinent issues
• touring the sales floor regularly, talking to colleagues and customers, and identifying or resolving urgent issues
• maintaining awareness of market trends in the retail industry, understanding forthcoming customer initiatives and monitoring what local competitors are doing
• initiating changes to improve the business, e.g. revising opening hours to ensure the store can compete effectively in the local market

Minimum Qualification:

• A good university degree
• Fluency in English

Knowledge & Skills:

• Enthusiasm
• Excellent IT skills
• Numerical skills
• Verbal communication skills
• Teamworking skills
• Organisational skills
• Energy
• Resourcefulness
• Confidence
• Commercial awareness

Job Type:
Full Time

Experience:
minimum of 7years experience