Store Expansion Associate – Pilibhit0

AgroStar; Pilibhit; On-site; INR 300,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

AgroStar seeks a Field Expansion Manager to drive end-to-end store expansion across markets. You will identify potential locations, assess feasibility, and coordinate with operations, procurement, finance, and branding to ensure timely store launches.

You will build a pipeline of sites, manage landlords, contractors, and local stakeholders, track budgets, and report progress to leadership while maintaining dashboards and addressing risks.

Qualifications

• Freshers or candidates with 1–2 years of experience in sales, business development, retail, field operations or a similar role.
• Strong knowledge of the local market and an established local network.
• 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 data and prepare business cases and budgets.
• Collaborative attitude to work with cross-functional teams such as Operations, Finance, Procurement, and Branding.

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

Local market knowledge

Stakeholder management

Strong communication

Travel readiness

Cross-functional collaboration

Analytical 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
• Strong knowledge of the local market and an established local network
• 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 data and prepare business cases and budgets
• Collaborative attitude to work with cross‑functional teams such as Operations, Finance, Procurement, and Branding