Regional Retail Growth Manager - Norfolk & Lowestoft

Tesco; Lowestoft; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Booker Group is seeking a Retail Development Manager who reports to the Retail Development Controller and collaborates with a regional team to deliver the Retail Plan for Norfolk and the Lowestoft area.

You will work with Premier and Family Shopper retailers, grow the business, recruit new partners, and help underperform stores improve to meet contractual obligations. The role blends field work with being part of the Retail team.

Qualifications

• Successful career to date with a core skill set around influencing customers.
• Exceptional relationship building capability.
• Commercial understanding.
• Effectiveness in a remote field based role as well as being part of the Retail team.
• Ability to challenge, develop and embed change.
• Ability to make pragmatic decisions based on information given
• A natural ability to listen and advise customers on best practice.
• Strong intellectual capability, supported by judgement.
• A positive nature, able to adapt in a changing landscape
• A high level of resilience
• Basic Microsoft office 365 and good IT skills

Responsibilities

• Managing an existing portfolio of disciplined Premier and Family Shopper retailers, assisting and advising them on ways to improve and enhance their Store offer to their consumers.
• A priority on recruiting new business from competitor and independent retailers through selling the benefits of joining the leading symbol fascia in the convenience sector.
• Challenging and advising on under performing stores, how they can improve to meet their contractual obligations.
• Ensuring that feedback is shared with the retail functions.
• Supporting the creation of a culture which recognises the right behaviours, with Everyone is Welcome and makes Booker ‘A Place to Get On’

Skills

Influencing customers

Relationship building

Commercial understanding

Remote field-based

Change management

Decision making

Active listening

Judgement

Adaptability

Resilience

IT skills

MS Office 365

Job description

Booker Group is seeking a Retail Development Manager who reports to the Retail Development Controller and collaborates with a regional team to deliver the Retail Plan for Norfolk and the Lowestoft area.

You will work with Premier and Family Shopper retailers, grow the business, recruit new partners, and help underperform stores improve to meet contractual obligations. The role blends field work with being part of the Retail team.