Store Expansion Associate

Agrostar; Ambedkar Nagar; On-site; INR 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

Agrostar is seeking a proactive professional to oversee end-to-end store expansion, from market identification to successful launches. The role involves building a robust location pipeline, coordinating with multiple internal teams to ensure timely readiness, and managing landlords, vendors, and local stakeholders.

A grass-roots, intrapreneurial mindset and willingness to travel are essential. You will drive feasibility assessments, prepare business cases, and monitor expansion budgets, aiming

Qualifications

• Freshers or candidates with 1–2 years experience in sales, business development, retail, field operations or similar role.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Willingness to travel extensively and conduct on-ground market visits.
• Intr apreneurial mindset with a grass-roots impact focus in agriculture.
• Ability to analyze market feasibility, prepare business cases, and manage budgets and timelines.

Responsibilities

• Drive end-to-end store expansion, from identifying potential markets and locations to successful store launch
• 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 finalise 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

Skills

Communication

Stakeholder mgmt

Market travel

Job description

ROLE

• Drive end-to-end store expansion, from identifying potential markets and locations to successful store launch
• 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 finalise 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 agriculture
• Ability to analyze market feasibility, prepare business cases, and manage budgets and timelines.