Store Expansion Associate

Agrostar; Agra District; On-site; INR 400,000 - 680,000; Full time

Job summary

Agrostar in India is seeking a result-driven professional to lead end-to-end store expansion. You will identify new markets, evaluate potential, build a robust location pipeline, and coordinate with internal teams and external partners to ensure timely store readiness.

You will manage launch costs and timelines, support the initial post-launch phase, track progress and risks, and maintain expansion dashboards for leadership.

Qualifications

• Freshers or candidates with 1–2 years of experience in sales, business development, retail, field operations, or a similar role.
• Good communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Comfortable with extensive travel and on-ground market visits.
• Passionate intrapreneurial mindset with a desire to work at the grassroots level and drive impact in India’s agricultural sector.

Responsibilities

• Identify new markets and locations for store expansion.
• Evaluate potential, build location pipeline, and coordinate with internal teams and partners.
• Manage launch costs, timelines, and ensure smooth store setup.
• Support initial post-launch phase and track expansion progress and risks.
• Conduct market feasibility assessments including farmer potential and competition.
• Own and manage a pipeline of potential locations with stakeholders.
• Coordinate with Operations, Procurement, Finance, Branding, Projects to ensure readiness.
• Maintain expansion dashboards and report progress and risks to leadership.

Skills

Sales

Business development

Retail

Field operations

Stakeholder management

Communication

Job description

ROLE

• Manage end-to-end store expansion, including identifying new markets and locations, evaluating potential, building the location pipeline, coordinating with internal teams and external partners, managing launch costs and timelines, ensuring smooth store setup and launch, supporting the initial post‑launch phase, and tracking expansion progress and risks.
• Conduct market and location feasibility assessments, evaluating farmer potential, competition, accessibility, rentals, and overall business viability.
• Build and manage a pipeline of potential locations, working with internal stakeholders to evaluate, shortlist, and finalize sites.
• Own store launch execution, coordinating with Operations, Procurement, Finance, People Practices, Branding, Projects, and other teams to ensure timely readiness.
• Manage landlords, vendors, contractors, and local stakeholders, ensuring smooth execution of commercial and operational requirements.
• Prepare and track business cases, expansion costs, timelines, and budgets, ensuring launches are delivered within approved parameters.
• Partner with the Store Operations team during the initial post‑launch phase, resolving operational gaps and ensuring stores are set up for successful performance.
• Maintain expansion dashboards and regular reporting, proactively highlighting progress, risks, delays, and key decisions required to leadership.

REQUIREMENTS

• Freshers or candidates with 1–2 years of experience in sales, business development, retail, field operations, or a similar role.
• Good communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Comfortable with extensive travel and on‑ground market visits.
• Passionate intrapreneurial mindset with a desire to work at the grassroots level and drive impact in India’s agricultural sector.