Store Expansion Associate – Jalore

AgroStar; Jaipur; On-site; INR 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

AgroStar in Jaipur is seeking a Store Expansion Associate to lead the growth of our physical store network across Rajasthan. You will identify markets, assess feasibility, and coordinate with internal teams to launch stores on time.

The role demands travel, strong communication, and a hands-on, grassroots mindset to drive impact in agriculture. You will build a robust location pipeline and monitor launches with regular dashboards and stakeholder updates.

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.
• Willingness to travel extensively and conduct on-ground market visits.
• Passionate intrapreneurial mindset with desire to work at the grassroots level and drive impact in agriculture.

Responsibilities

• Manage 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 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.

Skills

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Willingness to travel

Grassroots mindset

Job description

ROLE

• Manage 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 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.
• Willingness to travel extensively and conduct on‑ground market visits.
• Passionate intrapreneurial mindset with desire to work at the grassroots level and drive impact in agriculture.