Retail Store Manager

Lenskart; Indore District; On-site; INR 400,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Lenskart in Indore is seeking a Store Manager to drive store sales, improve customer satisfaction, and maintain high staff morale. You will lead by setting targets, coaching the team, and delivering exceptional service to every customer.

The role emphasizes staff development, inventory control, SOP adherence, and seamless store operations to ensure a premium customer experience and operational excellence at the outlet.

Responsibilities

• Greeting customers when they enter store and coaching the team to do the same
• Providing exceptional customer service and making customer satisfaction a priority
• Handling customer queries and complaints at store level and aligning with the team
• Building long-lasting, fruitful relationships with customers
• Driving store sales to meet targets by assigning goals to staff
• Creating a culture of high sales performance and leadership
• Motivating field team to drive results and assessing capabilities
• Assisting in recruiting high-potential staff and providing on-the-job training
• Delivering timely feedback and coordinating with L&D for development plans
• Managing attrition by understanding reasons and taking preventive measures
• Monitoring cash reconciliation and preventing discrepancies
• Ensuring merchandise availability and regular stocktakes
• Ensuring staff understand POS system for accurate transactions
• Coordinating with other departments to deliver best customer experience
• Ensuring SOPs are implemented, updated, and communicated to staff
• Scheduling shifts to meet business needs and maintaining staffing levels
• Maintaining store upkeep per Lenskart standards and securing equipment
• Preventing stock shortages and addressing damages in the store

Job description

About the Role

A Store Manager at Lenskart acts as an important link between strategy and execution. He/she drives the store towards achieving all assigned metrics of Store Sales, Conversions, Customer satisfaction etc. and is responsible for keeping a high level of morale among the store staff, developing them, controlling attrition, and ensuring smooth operations at the store.

Responsibilities

Customer focus: Driving Net Promoter Score ( NPS )

• Greeting customers when they enter store and coaching the team to do the same
• Displaying commitment towards providing exceptional Customer Service and ensuring that Lenskart associates also treat Customer Satisfaction as a priority
• Dealing with customer service issues such as queries and complaints at store level and ensuring this is consistent with the team
• Striving to have long lasting and fruitful relationships with each of our customers

Driving sales vs. plan

• Driving the sales of the store to meet the allotted targets by allocating the targets to the staff
• Developing a culture of high sales performance expectations, i.e. Sales Leadership
• Motivating and inspiring the field team to drive for results
• Assessing field capability and establish performance priorities at group level

People development (Attrition Control)

• Assisting in recruiting and selecting high potential staff
• Providing effective on-the-job training and guidance to team members making use of company training modules
• Delivering clear, motivating and constructive feedback in a timely manner to all retail associates
• Evaluating the training needs of store associates and working closely with L&D department to execute the developmental plan
• Understanding the reasons for attrition and taking measures to control it

Cash & Inventory management

• Monitoring cash reconciliation to ensure there is no mismatch of store funds
• Ensuring availability of required merchandise and services
• Conducting stocktakes regularly
• Ensuring the staff at store level has basic understanding of POS System to ensure transactions are properly and effectively processed
• Performing the necessary quality checks for the new products
• Working very closely with other departments till the product reaches the customer and ensuring the best customer experience to the Lenskart Customer

Supervision

• Ensuring that all store employees, including the Optometrist, are taken care of and their issues are resolved
• Ensuring that the eye check-ups are conducted as per the SOP and maintain high quality standards

SOP adherence & implementation

• Ensuring that all SOPs for retail are implemented successfully and adhered to by store employees
• Updating colleagues on business performance, new initiatives and other important issues
• Scheduling the teams shift timings to meet the stores business needs and demands
• Ensuring staffing levels are adequate to effectively operate the store

Store upkeep & maintenance

• Maintaining the store as per Lenskart standards, regularly cleaning the frames and other equipment at the store
• Ensuring the security of all Lenskart equipment and that there is no shortage of stock units or damage in the store