Area Sales Manager

Kora Retail Private Limited; Andhra Pradesh; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Incentives

Growth opportunities

Leadership role

Dynamic work environment

Job summary

Kora Retail Private Limited is seeking an experienced Retail Operations Leader to drive sales and profitability across footwear stores in the region. You will mentor Store Managers, optimize store operations, manage stock, and coordinate with Buying, Planning, and Supply Chain teams to deliver strong KPIs.

The ideal candidate has 5–10 years in footwear or fashion retail, 2–3 years managing multiple stores, strong leadership, analytics, and Excel skills, and willingness to travel across Karnataka

Qualifications

• 5–10 years of experience in footwear, fashion, apparel, or lifestyle retail.
• Minimum 2–3 years of experience handling multiple retail stores.
• Strong leadership and people management skills.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and negotiation abilities.
• Good understanding of retail KPIs and business planning.

Responsibilities

• Drive sales, profitability, and business growth across assigned stores.
• Manage and mentor Store Managers to achieve monthly and annual sales targets.
• Ensure excellent store operations, visual merchandising, and customer service.
• Monitor daily sales, conversion, ATV, UPT, and other retail KPIs.
• Plan and execute promotional activities and seasonal launches.
• Ensure optimum stock availability, replenishment, and inventory control.
• Conduct regular store visits and audits to maintain SOP compliance.
• Recruit, train, coach, and develop store teams.
• Coordinate with Buying, Planning, Supply Chain, and Operations teams.
• Analyze market trends, competitor activities, and customer feedback.
• Prepare MIS reports and present business reviews to management.
• Ensure profitability by controlling expenses, minimizing shrinkage, and improving productivity.

Skills

Leadership

People management

Analytical skills

Communication

Negotiation

Excel

Retail reporting

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Retail reporting systems

Job description

Industry: Footwear Retail - Multi-brand showroom

Key Responsibilities

• * Drive sales, profitability, and business growth across assigned stores.
• * Manage and mentor Store Managers to achieve monthly and annual sales targets.
• * Ensure excellent store operations, visual merchandising, and customer service.
• * Monitor daily sales, conversion, ATV, UPT, and other retail KPIs.
• * Plan and execute promotional activities and seasonal launches.
• * Ensure optimum stock availability, replenishment, and inventory control.
• * Conduct regular store visits and audits to maintain SOP compliance.
• * Recruit, train, coach, and develop store teams.
• * Coordinate with Buying, Planning, Supply Chain, and Operations teams.
• * Analyze market trends, competitor activities, and customer feedback.
• * Prepare MIS reports and present business reviews to management.
• * Ensure profitability by controlling expenses, minimizing shrinkage, and improving productivity.

Candidate Profile

• * 5–10 years of experience in footwear, fashion, apparel, or lifestyle retail.
• * Minimum 2–3 years of experience handling multiple retail stores.
• * Strong leadership and people management skills.
• * Excellent analytical, communication, and negotiation abilities.
• * Good understanding of retail KPIs and business planning.
• * Willingness to travel extensively across Karnataka.
• * Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and retail reporting systems.

Preferred Experience

Candidates from brands such as Bata, Metro, Reliance Footprint, Mochi, Skechers, Adidas, Puma, Nike, Crocs, Birkenstock, Lifestyle, Shoppers Stop, Centro, or other organized footwear and fashion retail chains will be preferred.

What We Offer

• * Attractive salary with performance incentives.
• * Opportunity to build and lead a fast-growing retail business.
• * Career growth with a rapidly expanding footwear company.
• * Dynamic work environment with high ownership and decision-making responsibility.