Manager Retail Planning - Peter England

Aditya Birla Group

India

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Job Description

Job Purpose

To plan raw materials for core merchandise across all brands and channels for pan India

Job Context & Major Challenges

Key Challenges:

1. High fluctuation in demand
2. Very high lead time on fabric cover. Difficult to meet sudden surge in requirement
3. Capacity in factory during peak month

Key Result Areas

	KRA (Accountabilities) (Max 1325 Characters)	Supporting Actions (Max 1325 Characters)
KRA1	Maintaining 90% availability of core merchandise in the front end stores	1. Source raw materials from vendors 2. Source raw materials from in-house partners
KRA2	Maintaining 60 days inventory cover in warehouse	1. Forecast requirements for next 3 months 2. Plan for meeting requirements for all channel
KRA3	90% capacity utilization in factory	1. Block capacity for core merchandize requirement in factory
KRA4	Store Operations	. Monitor store opening timelines . Monitor operations & Ensure compliance adherence wrt Cash management, Stock Management, Cost management, housekeeping, staff attendance. . New Store opening- Responsible for recruitment and managing store opening checklist
KRA5	Understanding Consumer needs	. Information Collection- Ensure compliance to the procedures and a high rate of registration. . Information Analysis- Understand the difference in the consumer make up between stores and utilize that knowledge to help the business customize its strategies for the stores . Develop rapport with top customers (approx 20) of every store.
KRA6	Team Management	. Recruitment- Hire Store Manager under RMs guidance . Store manager quarterly appraisal/ performance review . Motivate and engage the team at the stores . Sales Targets- Sets weekly targets for the stores in line with trend of the market, expectations of business from his area and store team's views
KRA7	Accountability: Opening of new stores	1. Ensure sales teams for the store as per the budgeted requirements are recruited in advance 2. Ensure the new staff are trained by the training department and they also are provided with on the job training by sending them to other local stores 3. Ensure other licenses are obtained well before the opening date 4. Co-ordinate with various interfaces in the HO to ensure smooth opening on the scheduled date
KRA8	Accountability: Team Management	1. Set goals and identify skill gaps of the team 2. Resolve conflicts, if any among the various interfaces 3. Coaching and mentoring 4. Team motivation