Jobs at Party Station Limited for Branch Manager

Party Station Limited is recruiting suitably qualified candidates to fill the vacancy below: 


 

Job Title: Branch Manager
Location: Oyo
Job Description 

• As a manager at Party Station you are responsible for the day-to-day running of store.
• Your main aim is to maximise profits, while minimising cost.
• You will need ensure promotions are run accurately and to the company’s standards.
• It is your daily duty to ensure that staffs are all working towards the target for the day and that excellent customer care standards are met at all times.
• Your duty as a manager will include and is not restricted to the following areas:
  • Customer service;
  • Finance;
  • Human resources;
  • Information technology;
  • Logistics;
  • Marketing.

Responsibilities 

• 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
• Attending and chairing meetings with higher management;
• 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 party 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 local schools, newspapers and the community in general;
• Dealing with sales, as and when required.
• Keeping up to date with the latest movies, cartoons and trends in the party world.
• Providing or organising training and development;
• Ensuring standards for quality, customer service and health and safety are met;
• Resolving health and safety, legal and security issues;
• Responding to customer complaints and comments;
• Organising special promotions, merchandising (displays) and events;

What to Expect 

• As a Manager, we will expect you to be flexible with your mobility and be
• ready to travel to any Party Station (nationally) when the need arises.
• Many companies require their managers to be flexible with their
• mobility, however this tends to be done on a regional basis and
• relocation will always be discussed.
• Dress code – professional

Qualifications
We welcome all applicants from different educational backgrounds but would like to see a background in any of the following: 

• Accounting and Finance;
• Business Studies;
• Fashion Management;
• Marketing;
• Retail management.

Skills:
You will need to show evidence of the following: 

• Effective leadership and the ability to motivate others;
• The ability to plan and prioritise workloads and delegate accordingly;
• Customer focus;
• The ability to multi-task and work under pressure;
• Shrewd business sense and a well-developed commercial awareness;
• A desire to work as part of a team to generate fresh and innovative ideas.
• The capacity to grasp new concepts quickly;

Salary/Bonus 

• Depending on skill set and experience (discussed in interview)
• Working hours: 6 days a week
• Hours are dependent on individual stores
• Hours to be extended during busy periods such as Christmas, stock take and stock intak

 
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send a copy of your CV and cover letter to: hr@partystation.com.ng


Deadline: 31st March, 2017