Job Requisition ID: 156521

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

Create and constantly improve excellent availability, range management and forecasting at the lowest possible cost Synchronise with commercial needs and activities for the best possible goods availability at the lowest total cost. Work with Sales and Supply Support Manager to support the commercial team and work as a communication link between the store and the country Retail Supply Integration department.

What you will do

Customers:

• Contribute to the fulfilment of the customer promises created by the Communication & Selling process by actively working to secure and maintain the availability of goods through the minimisation of non-central shortages and the monitoring of central shortages.
• Support Sales & Supply Support manager in creating awareness in the commercial team on availability issues and thereby enabling their action to minimise the impact on our customers.
• Actively support sales with the range management, in-line with country range decisions and take responsibility for a qualitative and timely administration of the range in the system.
• Highlight deviations between the range frame connected to the store range classification, Country range agreement and the actual range (size) to sales. Creating an understanding of the impact of availability for our customers of working outside the range frame.

Commercial:

• Contributing to turnover by maximising service level 365 days per year, in line with the agreed goal setting; concentrating on minimising non-central shortage and supporting active sales steering, by providing shortage and overstock information to our shopkeepers.
• Being an expert on Service Level in the store and supporting the awareness throughout the store how Service Level is impacted by different actions and how it should be sustained through everyday routines.
• Contributing to minimising the logistics costs in the store by identifying potential savings and working with sales& Supply manager to identify actions which will support the commercial

People:

• Through own behaviour I support the creation of an environment where the IKEA culture is strong and where the diversity of our customers and co-workers is valued.
• Create an environment of trust by encouraging open, constructive, honest two-way feedback with my colleagues.
• Be available to help and support colleagues in own department.
• Pass on my knowledge to colleagues and encourage them to do the same.
• Keep my colleagues informed so that they can perform their roles effectively
• Be responsible for own development and look to Sales&Supply manager for support in improving competences.
• Using sales & supply support competence, actively support competence development of store commercial team and shopkeepers.

Financial:

• Be aware about department action plan and support the goals and targets given by manager which ensures the delivery of our action plan.
• Understand the impact of my actions on the financial results of my area and know which results I have influence over.
• Look for more effective ways of working to reduce costs.
• Ensure all my actions contribute to sales growth and support the maintaining of long-term profitability.
• Contribute to turn-over by securing the fulfilment of the customer promise

Required Skills to be successful

• Advance system proficiency, MS Office, Excel; SAP experience is additional advantage
• Proven analytical, tracking & reporting skills
• Advanced in Excel desired
• Experience of problem-solving.
• Self-reliant and motivated with a proven ability to work as part of a team as well as independently.
• Show potential in applying tactical and operational thinking.
• Experienced in following action plans/working methods through guidance from managers.
• Skilled in retail and/or logistics processes, tools and working methods.

What equips you for the role

• A Bachelor\'s Degree minimum required
• 1-3 years of experience is an asset preferably in sales, supply chain, logistics.

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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