Job Requisition ID: 156526

Established in the 1930s as a trading business, Al-Futtaim Group today is one of the most diversified and progressive, privately held regional businesses headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Structured into five operating divisions; automotive, financial services, real estate, retail and healthcare; employing more than 35,000 employees across more than 20 countries in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, Al-Futtaim Group partners with over 200 of the world\'s most admired and innovative brands. Al-Futtaim Group\'s entrepreneurship and relentless customer focus enables the organization to continue to grow and expand; responding to the changing needs of our customers within the societies in which we operate.

By upholding our values of respect, excellence, collaboration and integrity; Al-Futtaim Group continues to enrich the lives and aspirations of our customers each and every day

Overview of the role

To undertake independent, objective inspections and to coach & support Store Teams to ensure they are trading safely and legally.

What you will do

• Influence and support implementation of the Trading Safely and Legally strategy to improve compliance, working in partnership with Store Managers, Regional FOMS & Heads of Region.
• Effective delivery of joint & independent TSL Inspections covering all legal subjects including Fire, Health & Safety, Food Safety and Legal & Compliance, consistently and in line with the business strategy.
• Follow up and revisit poor scoring Stores to ensure action plan delivery and resolution of compliance minimum standard.
• Ensure delivery of the inspection action plan with recommendations and agreed action owners to enable full Store Compliance.
• Support stores to ensure consistent implementation of TSL policy and procedures.
• Identify opportunities to stop, simplify and reduce unnecessary activities related to TSL within Stores and any areas where cost savings could be made
• Identify learning and training requirements, specifically focus on TSL \xe2\x80\x9cexpert\xe2\x80\x9d roles i.e. Fire, Health & Safety Officers, Staff trained to Food Safety Level 3, Licence Holders and coach, support & develop these individuals
• Support, train & develop New Store teams to set up for success.
• Liaising with FHSO networks and attendance at meetings when workload requirements permit.
• Provide constructive feedback to the Store Management teams, Heads of Region, Regional FOM\'s and Head Office Stakeholders on inspection findings.
• Support the Central TSL function to review TSL policies and guides to ensure fit for purpose monitoring implementation in stores via inspections.
• Deliver work stream projects in conjunction with the central TSL team when necessary.
• Meet agreed performance objectives and identify and progress personal development.
• Promote the TSL strategy through Store Regional Management Meetings, FHSO Network and RFOM meetings.

Required Skills to be successful

• Strong communication, influencing and coaching skills
• Relevant experience in Trading Safely & Legally policies
• Stakeholder management
• Commercially aware

What equips you for the role

• Bachelor\'s degree
• Minimum 2 Years\' Experience in Planning

About Al-Futtaim Retail

Al-Futtaim Retail has established itself as one of the leaders in Retail across the Middle East, Africa & Asia over the past 30 years. We have developed partnerships with some of the biggest and most respected Brands in the world including IKEA, ACE and Toys R Us in the Middle East and the Inditex Group of Brands (Zara, Mango, Bershka and P&B) across Asia. We are also one of the largest Global partners of Marks and Spencer\'s in both regions with over 75 stores offering both fashion & food options.

Most recently we have been responsible for bringing brands to the Middle East for the first time with the exciting launches of Watsons and B&Q and we aim to continue to be agile and adaptive to our markets with new launches and further development. For this to be possible we aim to recruit the best talent from all backgrounds who will continue to challenge and develop our diverse workforce which includes over 100 nationalities across 12 countries. Join us today and make a difference\xe2\x80\xa6

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