Full-Time

Dubai, AE
Posted 1 year ago

AED 1000 - 15000 AED / Month
Salary: AED 1000 - 15000

Al-Futtaim

What Our identity is As a differentiated association, we bring the quality and notoriety of in excess of 200 organizations in your life. Al-Futtaim's 33,000 devoted representatives are focused on assisting you with settling on the ideal decision - regardless of your area or need - in areas as shifted as car, retail, land, and money.

General Manager | Retail | Fashion Division Jobs in Dubai, AE

Al-Futtaim – Dubai, AE

Job Location:- Dubai, AE
Company:- Al-Futtaim

Education: Any Bachelor Degree
Nationality:-Any Nationals
Gender:- Male / Female

Number of Vacant Positions:- Not Mentioned
Salary:- Negotiable
Job Type:- Full-Time

Job Categories:- Administration

About Al-Futtaim

Al-Futtaim Retail has established itself as one of the leaders in Retail across the Middle East, Africa & Asia over the past 30 years. We have developed partnerships with some of the biggest and most respected Brands in the world, including IKEA, ACE, and Toys R Us in the Middle East and the Inditex Group of Brands (Zara, Mango, Bershka, and P&B) across Asia. We are also one of the largest Global partners of Marks and Spencer’s in both regions with over 75 stores offering both fashion & food options.

Most recently we have been responsible for bringing brands to the Middle East for the first time with the exciting launches of the Watsons, and B&Q and we aim to continue to be agile and adaptive to our markets with new launches and further development. For this to be possible we aim to recruit the best talent from all backgrounds who will continue to challenge and develop our diverse workforce which includes over 100 nationalities across 12 countries. Join us today and make a difference…

What Our identity is

As a differentiated association, we bring the quality and notoriety of in excess of 200 organizations in your life. Al-Futtaim’s 33,000 devoted representatives are focused on assisting you with settling on the ideal decision – regardless of your area or need – in areas as shifted as car, retail, land, and money.

Al-Futtaim is a privately-owned company, and all representatives are regarded as individuals. This center conviction empowers a steady and drawing-in workplace that qualities and prizes honesty, difficult work, and joint effort.

HOW FAR WE Return
Laid out during the 1930s as an exchanging business, Al-Futtaim is one of the most moderate local privately-run company houses settled in Dubai, Joined Bedouin Emirates

Vocations AT AL-FUTTAIM
At Al-Futtaim, we perceive that putting resources into our kin is the main venture, we will at any point make, and the most effective way to guarantee we accomplish our business objectives together.

Rousing THE WORLD
Our story started in Dubai, yet today Al-Futtaim is assisting individuals on all sides of the globe with understanding their yearnings. We assist with satisfying lives across the Center East, Southeast Asia, and key business sectors in Africa and South Asia.

Careers at Al- Futtaim

At Al-Futtaim, we perceive that putting resources into our kin is the main venture, we will at any point make, and the most effective way to guarantee we accomplish our business objectives together.

We have made some amazing progress and to fill in the present cutthroat and consistently changing worldwide economy, we have set our sights and norms high – and look to surpass them. Our solidarity is in our variety; in the 100+ identities that make up our labor force, in the immense arrangement of worldwide brands that we address, and in the numerous nations where we currently work in.

The main way we can develop further and more durable worldwide associations or through our most grounded resource – our kin. We offer representatives of various professions potentially open doors, in a culture that rewards quality execution and supports them in their excursion to progress, all while working for widely popular brands.

Each representative is upheld to develop to their maximum capacity through better learning and improvement chances to guarantee that their vocations at Al-Futtaim are charming and durable. We likewise expect to draw in and hold the best ability to make Al-Futtaim an invigorating work environment, where individuals need to come and work, and where individuals stay and try to develop with our organizations.

Al-Futtaim has a brilliant and invigorating future, lifting our kin to a higher level is an extensive venture and energizing open doors lie ahead

Alfutaim General Manager

Job Title – General Manager | Retail | Fashion Division Jobs in Dubai, AE

Responsibilities:

Overview of the roleStrategically lead the Fashion Division to be profitable and sustainable while leveraging human capital to achieve the organizational goals and business strategy. Knowledgeably lead the digital transformation agenda in the Fashion Division with the aim of streamline of processes and making use of technologies to enhance their interaction with customers and employees, and deliver excellent customer experience at the same time. This needs to consider the changing business and markets requirements in MENA countries. Accountable for evaluating business trends, determining applicability, and modifying business strategies accordingly. Lead the strategic implementation of mergers and acquisition transitions if any.You will be responsible for 7 countries, more than 138 stores in MENA with exposure to SEA .You will be responsible for expansion plan of Fashion division brands inlcudes ( Tedbaker , Hugoboss , Kiabi , Maje , Sandro and Aape ) . You will have direct accountability & responsibility on the overall P&L of the whole Fashion vertical with the diversity between value brands, bridge brands and to be able to manage the diverse brand principals and managing the relations and networks which can be challenging due to the difference of DNA in each Fashion brand.

What you will do
General Outline

Define and prioritize key strategic objectives in coordination with partners throughout the organization to provide decision support through high quality business forecasting, operations and analytics processes.
Manage strong professional relationships with team members, brands managers, Key Stakeholders and Brand Principals.
Create highly sophisticated analytical frameworks and functional models to forecast the business and provide recommendations for solving key business problems.

Develop and maintain KPIs and business dashboards to enable performance management and facilitate accountability.
Deliver timely, accurate and effective analysis and reporting of financial & operational performance to executive and senior management.
Ensure reports provide actionable insight into the levers of the business.

Track performance relative to budgets, schedules, milestones and performance targets.
Plan and maximize the sales and profit contribution of the Fashion Brands in MENA
Effectively build and manage operating budgets, P&L and manage KPIs of the same.

Develop annual regional business plan to reflect the brand positioning, negotiate key aspects of the planned delivery with the brand in each regional market.
Strategize and implement regional brand communication needs in keeping with the integrity of the brand and regional appeal.
Maximize turnover by ensuring accurate, timely and commercial sales planning and forecasting.

Monitoring and maintaining brand profitability of the business lines by management of full price and markdown sales, intake margins, levels of markdown activity and terminal stock.
Direct the development of operating standards, policies and procedures, ensuring compliance with all laws and company guidelines.
Lead to ensure effective inventory management system for all business lines within the Group guidelines.

Managing support functions such as Operations, Process & Compliance, Marketing, Planning,
Supply Chain, Wholesale within the company.
Initiate weekly/monthly/quarterly/annual business reviews with the Head of Departments, Brand

Managers and Operations Managers.
Conducting on-site meetings with management team members on stores’ performance.
Store Profitability and Productivity

Develop the location’s expense and sales budgets in consultation with Finance.
Deliver sales and profitability targets. Execute strategies, initiatives and staffing levels are within budgetary guidelines and scheduling is within manpower cost.
Actively partners with VP – Asia & Fashion MENA, Robinsons and Watsons MENA, HR Business

Partner, Head of Operations, Brand Managers, Planning Manager, Country Managers and
Marketing teams to influence and execute strategies to drive sales and profitability.
Sets store selling and productivity plans to achieve or exceed customer penetration and spend targets and grow market share.

Responds to changing business conditions in order to deliver sound financial results.
Minimize stock losses through effective management oversight of stock control practices and security procedures.
Organize strategies and tactics to build the lease business including working with the product, marketing and HR teams as appropriate on events, training, mystery shoppers, NPS and store layouts.

Builds strong relationships with Fashion Brand Principals.
Maintain keen awareness of competitor movements and market performance.
Product, Visual Merchandising, Marketing

Oversee the regional events calendar for positive brand building through promotional activities.
Partner with Brand to develop seasonal marketing and PR strategies.Ensure the Brands heads are delivering accurate feedback on product needs in respective market.

Ensure via Operations Managers all stores & stock rooms are in line with the brand standards.
Digital
Ensure brands have a digital roadmap strategy.

Strategize to activate the stock integration project to maximize online sales.
Leadership
Provide coaching, counselling and direction to direct reports to ensure their continued professional growth and development.

To conduct staff appraisal and quarterly performance review with Brand Heads & functions.
To improve staff morale leading to positive and dynamic working attitude and environment.
To maintain general and acceptable staff working conditions.

To support all Brand Managers to maintain productivity and retail operational standards in areas of work performance and sales.
Team & Service Management
Partners with other senior management to develop short and long-term strategies and is responsible for implementing those strategies.

Effectively communicate company overall KPIs and how each country stores’ sales targets and strategies support achievement of Fashion business objectives and KPIs. Ensure country stores’ management team achieve their KPIs and remain focused on overall business strategies. Review
progress on a regular basis.
Create and promote a positive work environment in line with company’s values, employee related policies, practices and local environment considerations. Provide effective team leadership through open communication, training, coaching and active encouragement of direct reports and the team to meet or exceed location sales and profitability targets, while role modelling the desired behaviours.

Ensure a development plan is in place and actively reviewed for all management and potential management team members.
Ensure the management team consistently coaches its staff with a focus on enhancing the customer experience. For Sales teams, in addition to service levels, it must include continual improvement and refinement of sales techniques and product knowledge.

Educational requirements:

Any Bachelor Degree

Experience requirements:

A Minimum of at least 10-15 years in General management of Brands & business units

Desired Skills:

Required skills to be successful
Digital Transformation and change management skills
Holds strategic vision and strong business acumen

Engaging & influential: A real go-getter who can work autonomously with others and builds strong relationships to achieve positive results. Has the ability to coach, mentor and act as a role model to the team.
Attention to Detail: Analytical with effective problem-solving skills & and is able to think strategically in any decision-making process.
Professional, positive & displays Integrity: Communicates openly, transparently & confidently across a wide variety of internal & external audiences. Ability to interact cross-functionally with peers and senior leaders to achieve beneficial business results.

Highly organized: Strong prioritization, time management & organizational skills, also has the ability to delegate and organize others.
Fast & Flexible: Proactive & responsive with the foresight to anticipate & the ability to react positively in a fast-paced, changing environment and operating with the best interests of the company at all times and in line with the company values.
Customer Focused: Passion for customer service, champions customer experience and brand engagement through all touch points.

Merchandise: Can make logical commercial decisions based on customer demand whilst maintaining brand integrity and merchandising direction.
Personal goals and values align with Al-Futtaim Group values.
May be required to work outside of normal business hours/periods due to business needs.

Strong communication skills, collaboration, strong influencing others, taking initiative, engaging leadership, and developing talent.
Keeps up to date with the latest trends and brands
Drive for results and delight our customers.

Qualifications:

Significant people management and development achievements
Proven planning and organizational skills
Proven record of attaining and exceeding sales targets and KPIs

Retailing experience must include fashion-related products
Fashion passionate with hands-on in ( Brand management, Logistics , Marketing , retail operations, e-commerce, and buying)

Benefits:

As per Company Policy.

Incentives:

Will be negotiated

How to Apply for Al-Futtaim Careers?

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