Area Manager, Franchise Business

Job Description

Title: Area Manager, Franchise Business

Company Name: Apex Footwear Limited

Vacancy: 1

Age: 29 to 35 years

Job Location: Anywhere in Bangladesh

Salary: Negotiable

Experience:

• 4 to 7 years

• Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Marketing

• 4 to 7 years

• Age 29 to 35 years

• At least 2 years in sales role in FMCG, Fashion or relevant industry.

• Market research, customer and competitor insights and interpretation.

• Fashion forecast/ Trends.

• Product Knowledge.

• Clear Understanding of financial numbers and ratios and how it impacts in the business.

• Knowledge on inventory management.

• People management skills.

• Negotiation Skills.

• Action Oriented & Results Driven·

• Collaborates·

• Communicates Effectively·

• Customer Focus·

• Being Resilient·

• Instills Trust

• Ensure sales target achievement by ensuring that the franchise partners are aware of franchise business model i.e Sales operations, store operations, replenishment, sales promotion, liquidation, furniture/fixture/asset management.

• Conduct competitor analysis by keeping abreast of market trends in terms of product, price, trend & achieving market share across the area.

• New financially strong, reliable franchisee acquisition for sales expansion and ensuring sustainable profitability of the franchisee partners.

• Monitor channel sales & marketing activities; implementing effective strategies to maximize secondary sales and monitor product supply, sales and franchisees sales personnel’s proper training for better productivity.

• Coordinate with franchisees to assist them for promotional offers pricing, product-mix, assortment, statutory requirements, IT support and store audit.

• Monitor franchisees business strategy, analyze stock category wise sales thru and ensure timely availability of stocks at franchise stores through right forecasting.

• Execute slow moving stock identification and liquidation plan for each franchisee.

• Ensure inventory management through FIFO, aged merchandizing, and damaged products at franchise stores.

• Review existing incentive schemes and suggest profit maximizing scheme/ policy improvements

• Ensure sales officer are aware of with product, price, Apex policies, incentive schemes, procedures, promotion, statutory requirements and keep them updated whenever is required.

• Ensure franchisee stores are equipped with Apex standard in-store experience i.e display, fixture, visual merchandise.

• To lead and improvise workflow ensuring maximum productivity both for franchisees, sales team and sales officer.

• Proactively forecasting non-performing/ non profitable franchisee partners through weekly and monthly visit and close accordingly where required.

• Ensure availability of products to franchisees store for by ensuring on time product distribution as per the plan.

• Compensation for the role is industry standard and negotiable

• Gratuity Facility

• Contributory Provident fund

• Yearly Salary Review

• Yearly 02 Festival Bonuses

• Life Insurance (Accidental and Hospitalization)

• Discounts in hospitals & diagnostic centers

• Apex Family Discount on Apex products

• Outstation Allowance

• Station Allowance