Retail Sales Manager Job At Box & Cedar -Lagos,Nigeria

Box & Cedar is an HR Consulting Firm. We believe in the power of people and exploiting it to the maximum because we know that people are the greatest assets of any organisation.

Job Title: RETAIL SALES MANAGER
Location: Lagos, NIGERIA

Job Description: 

  • managing and motivating a team to increase sales and ensure efficiency;
  • managing stock levels and making key decisions about 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;
  • Achieves financial objectives by preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions.
  • 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;
  • promoting the organisation locally by liaising with the community,
  • dealing with sales, as and when required.

 Minimum Qualification: 

Degree in: Art, Administration, Sciences, Engineering and Social Science related courses.

Other Qualifications:

Any relevant certificate applicable

Knowledge & Skills: 

  • Attention to Detail
  • Time Management
  • Planning & Organizing
  • Communication
  • Adaptability / Flexibility
  • Result Focus
  •  Accountability & Dependability
  • Creative and Innovative Thinking
  • Ethics and Integrity
  • High Energy and Manage Stress
  • Mediating and Negotiating

 Job Type:  Full Time

Experience:  Minimum of 5years of relevant work experience. Good sales and negotiation skills, ICT/ telecommunications experience is imperative

Closing Date:  2015-04-30

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