Manager

As a Store Design and Execution Manager, your primary responsibility will be to ensure the store design and execution are aligned to provide the best final look and feel. You will be tasked with optimizing space utilization for each category based on business projections when designing layouts. It will be essential to verify and reduce costing, purchase orders, and advances for all Exclusive Brand Outlets (EBOs), Multi-Brand Outlets (MBOs), and maintenance work. In the realm of vendor management, you will be required to create a reliable vendor pool by appointing a minimum of three vendors each for Furniture & Fixture and Civil & Maintenance work across various regions. Your role will involve overseeing vendor management to guarantee that projects are delivered with the highest quality and within the specified timelines. Your focus will also include reducing overall project costs by identifying innovative approaches, new formats, refurbishments, sourcing new materials, or other cost-saving methods. Emphasis will be placed on achieving fit-out period savings to ensure all stores open within the rent-free period, Capex savings to open stores within the approved budget, and other cost-saving measures such as transportation, vendor services, and Annual Maintenance Contracts (AMCs). You will be responsible for addressing all maintenance issues of the stores based on a priority matrix within specified timelines. The ideal candidate for this role should have experience in the retail sector, possess strong planning and forecasting skills, demonstrate proactive behavior with excellent follow-up capabilities, exhibit people management and leadership qualities, and excel in time management and interpersonal skills. Strong business management skills are a must-have for this position. The educational requirement for this role is a Graduate or Post Graduate degree in Civil Engineering or Architecture. Additionally, a minimum of 10 years of experience in a similar capacity is preferred to excel in this role.,