Store Expansion Associate

Agrostar; Bhilwara; Presencial; INR 600.000 - 1.000.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Agrostar seeks a Store Expansion Lead to drive end-to-end store expansion, from identifying potential markets and locations to successful store launch.

You will conduct market and location feasibility assessments, build a robust location pipeline, coordinate with Operations, Procurement, Finance and Branding, and manage landlords and contractors to ensure timely readiness. Travel and grassroot impact are integral to the role.

Formación

• 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 work collaboratively with cross-functional teams and external partners.
• Analytical skills for feasibility assessments and business case preparation.

Responsabilidades

• 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

Conocimientos

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Travel readiness

Analytical skills

Team collaboration

Descripción del empleo

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 work collaboratively with cross-functional teams and external partners
• - Analytical skills for feasibility assessments and business case preparation