India 's total retail market is estimated at Rs. 9,300 billion of which organised retailing is at Rs. 300 billion and it is expected to grow at a compounded rate of 30% over the next 5 years. The figures are indicative of the tremendous growth and buoyancy there is in the Indian retail sector. This in turn has enhanced the scope and value of the industry and made it a very attractive one for prospective employees.

The retail industry in India is currently estimated to employ nearly 15% of educated Indian adults with the potential to employ over 2 million in the next 4-5 years. The sudden spurt in the Indian retail sector has provided a major boost to career prospects and opportunities in this promising industry.

The interesting trend is that jobs are opening up across the entry as well as senior levels. Jobs are also opening up across functions from front sales to store management to retail management, visual merchandising, supply chain distribution, warehouse management and design.

Come and explore a host of exciting career opportunities at Lifestyle, a leading retailer in India-

CURRENT JOB POSTINGS

1)

 JOB TITLE: Senior Buyer – Home Centre by Lifestyle
  Location: Bangalore
  BASIC PRE-REQUISITES
  Academic Qualification: MBA or equivalent
  Work Experience: 10 – 12 years exp in Buying of Household items & products & 3 years in Retail.
  PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:
  • Accountable for sourcing & supply of Household & furniture products.
  • Negotiate price & delivery arrangements with Suppliers /Vendors.
  • Responsible for identifying & implementing the unique selling points, products & suppliers whilst evaluating the marketability.
  • Maintaining high level of product expertise, ensuring product knowledge is promulgated to the team.
  • Responsible for managing the sales targets, gross profit targets & stock turn targets.
  • Define product ranges within set budgets.
  • Work closely with other internal function (Marketing, Merchandising, VM and Operations) to increase sales.

 

2)

 JOB TITLE: Concept Manager
  Location: Hyderabad
  BASIC PRE-REQUISITES
  Academic Qualification: MBA or equivalent degree.
  Work Experience:

7 -8 years experience in out of which 2 -3 years in apparel retail operations
 
  PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:
  • Responsible for sales planning – projected sales, stock in hand, new arrivals coordinate with buyers & monitoring the movement of the same.
  • Ensuring adequate stocking vis-à-vis display capacity with respect to style & other options etc.
  • Accountable for coordination with the warehouse for new consignment arrival & replenishment.
  • Coordinate with the buying team (in the corporate) for stock requirement.
  • Responsible for reviewing the fast & slow moving stocks & planning the POA.
  • Reviewing of ageing report, understanding the month sale with respect to ageing report & compilation of the ageing report with respect to the monthly sale.
  • Proper reviewing on damages & initiating proper measures to control the same.
  • Allocating sales targets (Target to be fixed Vs achieved) and analyzing targets on daily/weekly basis, analyzing achievements/shortfalls and action plan for the same.
  • Ensuring proper in store transfer of merchandise based on the request and sales performance.
  • Product analysis – department wise, category wise & providing feedback on the same. Preparation of MIS – qualitative & quantitative reports.
  • Responsible for manpower allocation - training of staffs, performance tracking & educating & developing the staffs.
  • Market survey & analysis – report to be compiled on periodical basis.
  • Maintaining proper SKUs in coordination with the merchandise controller & warehouse.
  • Maintaining high standards in window display & in-store visual merchandising.
  • Responsible for implementation of all promotional activities in coordination with the marketing team.
  • Responsible for maintaining adequate stock of non-saleable items like hangers, stickers, shelf talkers, POP material, cleaning materials etc.
 

3)

 JOB TITLE: Inventory Controller
  Location: Mumbai / Bangalore
  BASIC PRE-REQUISITES
  Academic Qualification: CA / Inter CA/ICWA
  Work Experience:

Minimum 4 (CA) - 8 ( Inter CA /ICWA) years of Post – qualification experience with 3 years of exp in retail industry.
  PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:
  • Complete inventory management including ensuring integrity & accuracy of Inventory records.
  • Compliance to various Internal controls on all inventory transactions.
  • Perpetual inventory planning, execution & put corrective actions wherever required.
  • Shrinkage control to ensure that the same is controlled as per the company norms
  • Damages control to ensure that the same is controlled as per the company norms
  • Ensuing in controlling the overall inventory level as per the company norms.
  • Leading and guiding team of inventory, ensuring proper training/performance of each team member.

 E-mail your CV to response@lifestylestores.com
 
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