Retail Sales Executive in a Reputable Departmental Store


FlexEdge Limited - Our client, a reputable Departmental Store, seeks to recruit a suitable and qualified candidate to fill the position below:     Job Title: Retail Sales Executive Location: Lekki, Lagos Reporting to: General Manager Job Objective

  • To effectively supervise and direct the activities of the Retail store officers
  • Develop, establish and maintain sales & marketing strategies to meet set targets
  • Foster strategic partnership with store suppliers and vendors
Job Responsibilities
  • Conceiving, preparing and developing promotional and marketing strategies to increase sales and footfalls in the store.
  • Motivate, monitor, inspire and empower staff to achieve retail sales by using professional selling techniques
  • Set , monitor and ensure collective / individual store targets
  • Ensure retail store officers are fully aware of any Marketing Plan, promotion and events
  • Ensuring best standard merchandising; Ensuring optimum image and visibility of all products in the store
  • Develop strong relationships with key stakeholders, to foster good work relationship
  • Increasing business opportunities through various routes to market
  • Identify new opportunities to drive retail sales performance in the stores
  • Drive store performance by working on the shop-floor during key trading periods alongside store staff to generate product awareness
  • Ensure the store staff provide a high standard of service to customers throughout the sales experience that customers will receive
  • Ensure retail store officers understand the uses and features of all stocked products
  • Ensure timely and satisfactory resolution of all customer complaints/issues
  • Ensure proper Warehouse management
  • Design Process and procedure for various store operations and ensure compliance
  • Responsible for staff retention, training, supervision and appraisal
Skills / Competence Requirements
  • Excellent leadership skills
  • Excellent analytical skills
  • Willingness to work flexible schedule
  • smart, intelligent with eyes for details
  • High Energy level
  • Negotiation and influencing skills
  • High tolerance for complex, ambiguous, and ever-shifting environments
  • Good written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Networking and social skills
  • Personal organization and self-discipline
  • Amiable personality
Professional Requirement:
  • First Degree in Social Science or related discipline.
  • Minimum of 3 years' experience in a retail role, with some field based experience
  • Intermediate to advanced level of proficiency in Microsoft suite - MS Excel, Word, Power Point
  • Proficiency with social media skills
    How To Apply Interested and qualified candidates should forward their CV's to: [email protected]using "Retail Sales Executive” as the subject of the mail Note: Candidates residing in Lekki axis will be given priority. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.     Application Deadline  27th December, 2017