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<div style=""><u><b style="font-weight: 700">Job Role:</b></u></div><div style="">Plan and supervise business activities for “<b style="font-weight: 700">STORE”</b> towards achievement of <b style="font-weight: 700">“Estimated Sales”</b> in line with company business plan, bearing in mind set policies, company image and interest</div><div style="">The incumbent will be responsible for managing P&amp;L of the store</div><div style=""><u><b style="font-weight: 700">Job Responsibilities:</b></u></div><div style=""><b style="font-weight: 700">Store administration Excellence</b></div><div style="">a) Manage a Bata store within the policies and guidelines of the company to ensure customer satisfaction and turnover maximization</div><div style="">b) Total operational and financial responsibility for the assigned store</div><div style="">c) Provide overall leadership, recognize and motivate members of the team ; coach and train the team for operational excellence/passion to serve</div><div style=""><b style="font-weight: 700">Business performance review</b></div><div style="">a) Ensure maintenance of company Prosperity Card; permanent prosperity card; performance review card; Daily mirror and Individual prosperity card for sales promoters</div><div style="">b) Undertake weekly; daily meeting with store staff to discuss &amp; review</div><div style="">i) Communicate Target for week &amp; day</div><div style="">ii) Review store/ salesman performance: for day &amp; week; Individual prosperity card</div><div style="">iii) Communicate new launches received; display; &amp; provide product knowledge</div><div style="">iv) Plan action for clearance of stocks: Slow sellers; special promotions; discounted stocks</div><div style=""><b style="font-weight: 700">Merchandise Management</b></div><div style="">a) Ensure “Stock standard” across stores are maintained (Totally and across categories) within the approved level. Achieve overall stock turn in pairs &amp; value as per company norms (presently: 3)</div><div style="">b) Follow up with district manager for</div><div style="">i) Proper supplies (across categories) for stocks</div><div style="">ii) &nbsp;Plan schedule for store re-supplies (Route Planning) Inform &amp; update</div><div style=""><b style="font-weight: 700">Store Management</b></div><div style="">a) Control day to day operations by scheduling sales promoters and assigning productivity norms.</div><div style="">b) Ensure shop open &amp; fully ready during business hours as decided by company. Also ensure extended hours (if required) as per market requirements in accordance with provisions of law</div><div style="">c) Ensure maintenance of proper ambience and hygiene for store in accordance with guidelines of company. (Store selling area, stock area, stock, furniture, and fixtures)</div><div style="">d) Propose, seek approval and execute minor renovations for existing stores. Undertake minor repairs directly as per chart of authority</div><div style=""><b style="font-weight: 700">Visual Merchandising &amp; display</b></div><div style="">a) Ensure store display as per company visual display guidelines</div><div style="">b) Ensure “Theme of Month” is implemented in store</div><div style="">c) Proper display area (zone; corner; panel) for special Promotions &amp; discounted stock in store</div><div style=""><b style="font-weight: 700">Manpower Management</b></div><div style="">a) Ensure amount of manpower in line with store productivity norms</div><div style="">b) Ensure store promoters are presentable; trained; punctual &amp; disciplined</div><div style="">c) Provide necessary support and resources to sale staff to motivate and optimize performance</div><div style="">d) Ensure grievances of store personnel are expeditiously resolved</div>

Retail North Office

Store Manager 

<div style="">Operational Responsibilities:</div><div style="">· Work with the PTP Lead FSS and ensure that all invoices are processed &nbsp;&nbsp;in a timely and accurate manner</div><div style="">· Resolve all invoice discrepancies, process adjustments, manual checks &nbsp;&nbsp;and answer invoice queries to employee and management, as needed</div><div style="">· Perform invoice verification</div><div style="">· Ensure invoices processing is performed with accurate details and &nbsp;&nbsp;complete supporting documents</div><div style="">· Complete all invoice verification requests within defined SLA</div><div style="">· Generate and reconcile reports</div><div style="">Leadership and Development:</div><div style="">· Display good team player skills</div><div style="">· Responsible for own learning and development with guidance from PTP &nbsp;&nbsp;Lead FSS</div><div style="">· Participate in functional and technical training</div><div style="">· Ensure complying with KPIs for the team</div><div style="">· Ensure a ‘customer centric’ and ‘partnership approach’ to develop &nbsp;&nbsp;strong relationships with other working groups</div><div style="">· Effective communication of issues across the FSS and working groups</div><div style="">· Provide information to PTP Lead FSS on work accomplishments, problems, &nbsp;&nbsp;progress in work processes, individuals and team needs</div><div style="">· Provide quality service/ advice in accordance with agreed service &nbsp;&nbsp;standards</div>

Corporate Office

Invoice Processing Accountant FSS

<div style=""><u><em>Operational Responsibilities:</em></u></div><div style="">· Work with the PTP Lead FSS and ensure that all invoices are processed in a timely and accurate manner</div><div style="">· Resolve all invoice discrepancies, process adjustments, manual checks and answer invoice queries to employee and management, as needed</div><div style="">· Perform invoice verification</div><div style="">· Ensure invoices processing is performed with accurate details and complete supporting documents</div><div style="">· Complete all invoice verification requests within defined SLA</div><div style="">· Generate and reconcile reports</div><div style=""><u><em>Leadership and Development:</em></u></div><div style="">· Display good team player skills</div><div style="">· Responsible for own learning and development with guidance from PTP Lead FSS</div><div style="">· Participate in functional and technical training</div><div style="">· Ensure complying with KPIs for the team</div><div style="">· Ensure a ‘customer centric’ and ‘partnership approach’ to develop strong relationships with other working groups</div><div style="">· Effective communication of issues across the FSS and working groups</div><div style="">· Provide information to PTP Lead FSS on work accomplishments, problems, progress in work processes, individuals and team needs</div><div style="">· Provide quality service/ advice in accordance with agreed service standards</div>

<div style="">Job Description:</div><div style="">Primary responsibilities:</div><div style="">Planning</div><div style="">1 To prepare the seasonal estimates of all stores in advance and to submit proposals for remodeling of existing stores.</div><div style="">2 To find out new locations and negotiate for our expansion to increase business and market share.</div><div style="">3 To constantly analyze &amp; inform H.O. about market trends &amp; general economic trends in respective areas &amp; how these trends might affect our business.</div><div style="">4 To submit proposals for temporary outlets to achieve extra business &amp; clear stock.</div><div style="">5 In exceptional cases to co-ordinate with chief buyer to prepare specific shoe line collection for specific store to adapt to the market properly.</div><div style="">Merchandising/Store Management</div><div style="">1 To ensure that all stores are always supplied with NOOS articles.</div><div style="">2 To initiate actions to inter-transfer excess stocks on regular basis.</div><div style="">3 To monitor and clear store wise aged merchandise and ensure no stock older than 12 months in shops.</div><div style="">4 To ensure that RM80/60 &amp; other statements are forwarded according to schedule.</div><div style="">5 To decide to clear the stock which is not in complete assortment</div><div style="">6 To coordinate with buyers to ensure that we have adequate stock of all price range with high impact in turnover.</div><div style="">7 To study and report competitors? actions in the district.</div><div style="">8 To ensure that customer claims are settled logically and properly as per company policy.</div><div style="">9 To take specific initiatives to sell slow movers in the stores.</div><div style="">10 To ensure that physical inventory matches with POS report.</div><div style="">Promotion and Display</div><div style="">1 To ensure that Company Policy &amp; directions on displays are followed to maintain the highest standard of continuous aggressive display &amp; advertising in each store.</div><div style="">2 To ensure the display of New Arrivals and chosen for you Articles in the prime area in every store.</div><div style="">3 To ensure that seasonal guidelines are being implemented in the respective stores.</div><div style="">Administration and Finance</div><div style="">4 To ensure that store operation expenses are as per Company Policy and Circulars issued from time to time.</div><div style="">5 To monitor regularly and arrange settlement of Bulk sale receivable (1042 A/C), Suspense Account (1046), Money-On-Way (1016) Accounts and Goods-On-Way (1302) Account on fortnightly basis. All items in these accounts to be settled within 3 weeks from the date of origin.</div><div style="">6 To take physical inventories of every store, agency at least once a season and to initiate appropriate action promptly in case of shortage as per Company Policy.</div><div style="">7 To ensure deposit of sale proceeds in the bank next day. Must pending/ delayed ensure no remittance from any of the store of the district.</div><div style="">8 To check and ensure that any Price changes as per circulars of the Company are properly implemented.</div><div style="">9 To prepare a fortnightly traveling and working plan and to submit for approval of Retail Manager.</div><div style="">10 To ensure that terms and conditions of the tenancy/lease agreement with the landlords of the stores are strictly adhered to and appropriate measures are taken to renew/extend the agreements.</div><div style="">11 To ensure that company assets are maintained in good condition. All new furniture received by the store is included in the furniture statement of the store. Complete and updated furniture statement must be available at the store.</div><div style="">12 In case of any loss due to theft, fire or burglary, necessary requirements for Insurance claims are complied with.</div><div style="">13 To ensure full implementation of Company's instructions as specified in circulars are applied within the specified deadlines in the district.</div><div style="">14 To ensure full compliance of the Chart of Authority of the Company issued from time to time.</div><div style="">15 To initiate disciplinary action against recalcitrant store employees and against manager with inventory shortage above company standard in accordance with the set Rules of the Company.</div><div style="">Personnel</div><div style="">1 To ensure that all stores are within the approved number of personnel.</div><div style="">2 To ensure that the store personnel are presentable, properly trained, well groomed and provide best service to customers.</div><div style="">3 To ensure that managers and store personnel are familiar with Company?s objectives and goals and work towards their achievements.</div><div style="">4 To develop lines of communications which will ensure a continuous flow of information with subordinates as well as management</div><div style="">5 To ensure that Store Manager is allocating objectives to all personnel on daily/weekly basis and ensure that morning meetings are conducted in the stores.</div><div style="">6 To participate in selection of shop employees and managers for promotion to higher type shops as and when required.</div><div style="">7 To train store personnel on ?Bata 5 Steps of Customer Service? to render best services to our customers.</div><div style="">Business Plan achievement</div><div style="">1 Prepare, implement, and achieve operational business plan and estimates for the efficient operation of your region.</div><div style="">2 Work closely with the product development manager and the merchandise manager in the development creation and timely establishment of a shoe line.</div><div style="">3 Suggest price policy, have up to date calculations on the shoe categories and monitor the profitability (EBIT) of stores.</div><div style="">Budgeting, Control and Spending</div><div style="">1 To arrange for necessary budget outlays available for business spending requirements.</div><div style="">2 To initiate measures for optimization of resources to control on expenses in all business areas with a particular focus on personnel cost and productivity.</div><div style="">3 Control expenses and see that expenditures are within approved limits, check weekly profit and loss account and take corrective actions.</div><div style="">Business Performance Monitoring</div><div style="">1 To review and monitor performance of all stores in the region on ongoing basis to exercise control, issue necessary direction, uninterrupted support, and corrective actions so as to enhance the efficiency of entire regional business value chain.</div><div style="">2 To ensure that there is an achievement of the required business growth over the previous year.</div><div style="">3 To ensure the following is achieved ? Estimated margin, Maximum six weeks sale in stocks available across chain, 60% of lines with complete assortment, stock not more than 12 months.</div><div style="">Merchandise Management</div><div style="">1 Overall responsibility of maintaining stock standard at or within the approved level, while at the same time ensuring proper supply at the stores.</div><div style="">2 Control over quality and age of merchandise and act in regard to liquidation of seasonal merchandise or slow-moving articles.</div><div style="">Market Intelligence and Strategy implementation</div><div style="">1 Visit competitors? store and keep a tab on events occurring in marketplace so as to devise an appropriate strategy to excel in competition.</div><div style="">2 Visit the stores regularly for the purpose of planning market strategy, reviewing the status of stock and supply, discussing with shop managers and shop employees and finally the product.</div><div style="">People Management</div><div style="">1 Hiring of appropriate staff</div><div style="">2 Training of people on Product, Competitive products, Consumer and Operations</div><div style="">3 Motivation and retention of staff</div><div style="">4 Career Planning for high potential employees within the organization</div><div style="">5 Proactive succession planning for key roles within the Business</div>

Retail West Office

Area Sales Manager

<div style=""><b style="font-weight: 700">Financial accounting and reporting</b></div><ul>  <li style="">Develop &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and maintain timely and accurate financial statements and reports that are &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;appropriate for the users and in accordance with generally accepted &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;accounting principles (GAAP).</li>  <li style="">Ensure &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;all data preparation for listed entity financials.</li>  <li style="">Develop, &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;implement, and ensure compliance with internal financial and accounting &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;policies and procedures.</li>  <li style="">Ensure &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;that all financial transactions are processed with approvals per Chart of &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;accounts</li>  <li style="">Prepare &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;all supporting information for the annual audit with the approved external &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;auditor.</li>  <li style="">Document &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and maintain complete and accurate supporting information for all &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;financial transactions.</li>  <li style="">Develop &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and maintain financial accounting systems for cash management, accounts &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;payable, accounts receivable, credit control, and petty cash.</li>  <li style="">Develop &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and implement policies and procedures as required to ensure that personnel &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and financial information is secure.</li>  <li style="">Support &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;in preparation of financial documents required for the Board and Auditors</li>  <li style="">Process &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;automation / centralization / ERP experience</li></ul><div style="">· Ensure Accounting and GL closing for the Corporate Office</div><div style=""><u><em>Strategic</em></u></div><div style="">· Build a strong and efficient team to provide robust business support for current operations and future scale up.</div><div style="">· Build relationships with internal and external stakeholders - Finance Leadership, Business stakeholders, transformation office, Auditors etc.</div><div style="">· Be the 'conscience keeper' of the company, setting high ethical and integrity practices and standards and ensuring risk management within the risk management framework.</div><div style="">· Drive the implementation and embedding of the process improvements and efficiencies within the organization.</div><div style="">· Challenge business stakeholders when needed</div><div style="">· Take automation initiatives to ensure excellent compliance &amp; control</div><div style=""><u><em>Operational</em></u></div><div style="">· Overseeing the establishment and execution of operational processes</div><div style="">· Ensure the hygiene of accounts, clean balance sheet on an ongoing basis, and safeguard against misappropriation of company assets</div><div style="">· Ensure effective delivery of agreed KPIs, SLAs and support effective resolution of issues</div><div style="">· Maintain strong professional relationship with statutory &amp; internal auditors and proactively partner on accounts closing, reporting and audit matters</div><div style=""><u><em>Leadership and Development</em></u></div><div style="">· Ability to maintain good relations with external parties/outsourced parties to ensure smooth and well-integrated functioning of RTR Process</div><div style="">· Ensure effective people management and development of the team, including staffing &amp; selection of senior management, building a strong team culture.</div>

Group Manager- RTR

<div style="">Business Development &nbsp;&nbsp;Manager- Franchise</div><div style=""><b style="font-weight: 700">Immediate Superior:</b> Senior Manager – Real &nbsp;&nbsp;Estate</div><div style="">Experience- &nbsp;&nbsp;5-7 years of work experience in <b style="font-weight: 700">Franchisee </b>store expansion</div><div style="">Location &nbsp;&nbsp;- Geographical Understanding; Bihar, Orissa, Jharkhand</div><div style="">This &nbsp;&nbsp;job description reflects the general details considered necessary to describe &nbsp;&nbsp;the principle functions of the job identified and shall not be construed as a &nbsp;&nbsp;detailed description of all of the work requirements that may be inherent in &nbsp;&nbsp;the job.</div><div style="">Bata &nbsp;&nbsp;India believes in building a culture of Collaboration, Accountability, Responsibility, Agility &amp; Innovation where every employee is proud of &nbsp;&nbsp;making a difference. We are an inclusive workplace and encourage diverse &nbsp;&nbsp;talent, views and competences which contribute towards our innovation &nbsp;&nbsp;journey.</div><div style=""><b style="font-weight: 700">Primary responsibilities:</b></div><div style=""><b style="font-weight: 700">Real Estate Site Selection and Analysis</b></div><div style="">· To identify and evaluate all real estate opportunities through site visits, site selection metrics and criteria, demographic analysis and research to ensure the best locations for the brand are secured</div><div style="">· To manage metrics and criteria for which site selection decisions will be made (research analytics, financial performance, revenue prediction models)</div><div style="">· To identify franchise opportunities with multiple and cross border landlords to achieve best possible deal making</div><div style="">· To manage external Real Estate resources in locating and evaluating potential sites, especially the cross-border strategic landlords</div><div style="">· To work closely with all key stakeholders such as franchisees, retail, sales, store development teams to ensure the right site selection, lease negotiation and finalization.</div><div style="">· Identify relocation Opportunities in the region</div><div style="">· Renegotiations of Non- Performing stores for Rent reduction or closure terms.</div><div style="">· Competitor and Market Analysis</div><div style=""><b style="font-weight: 700">Lease Negotiations</b></div><div style="">· To negotiate letters of intent and key lease deal points to the brands advantage for new stores</div><div style="">· To present the Bata retail concepts to prospective landlords</div><div style="">· To evaluate existing store portfolio to actively drive rent reductions, recommend lease renewals and terminations and negotiate renewals and extensions where appropriate</div><div style="">· Negotiate the extension terms of the store which are near to epiry period along with the Retail Manager</div><div style=""><b style="font-weight: 700">Management of Lease Administration</b></div><div style="">· Liaison with Landlords/Mall Owner/Property dealers.</div><div style="">· Complete or review appropriate legal documents and forms related to the rent or lease.</div><div style="">· Prepare detailed budgets and financial reports for properties.</div><div style="">· Development of vendors for effective real estate management.</div><div style="">· Manage the properties in the most efficient and profitable manner possible in the existing market conditions consistent with the goals and objectives of the company</div><div style="">· Effectively maintain knowledge of property and competitive Properties practices through consistent evaluation of market conditions and trends</div><div style="">· Evaluate and recommend changes on rent/pricing strategies.</div><div style="">· Interact regularly with the landlord, developer and property consultants for the region</div>

Franchisee Business Development Manager -Chandigarh

Franchisee Business Development Manager 

<div style=""><u><em>Operational Responsibilities:</em></u></div><div style="">· Perform timely month-end closing activities including Timely closure of Sub-Ledger, Provisions for Bad Debts, Write-offs, Provisions for Discounts, Debtor’s revaluation, Revenue Recognition activities.</div><div style="">· Obtain periodic customer balance confirmations, perform account reconciliations, and address customer queries</div><div style="">· Produce monthly AR Specific financial and management reports</div><div style="">· Investigating and resolving any irregularities or enquiries</div><div style="">· Follow up on balance confirmations</div><div style="">· Prepare Accounts Receivable (AR) ageing monthly reports</div><div style="">· Create standard AR MIS reports for stakeholders (Examples - Top 10 overdue customers, DSO Report, Customer profitability, etc.)</div><div style="">· Upload bank reports into D365 to facilitate matching of invoices and payments (wherever non-automated)</div><div style="">· Responsible for receiving payments and applying the cash against customer balances</div><div style="">· Constant monitoring of unapplied cash receipts and follow up with customers/banks to resolve discrepancies (E.g., missing invoice no)</div><div style="">· Working with sales team to support intervention on overdue items</div><div style="">· Support in dunning/customer dispute management</div><div style="">· Facilitate audits by providing records and documentation to auditors</div><div style="">· Accurate computation &amp; posting of incentives</div><div style="">· Accurate computation of discounts</div><div style="">· Accurate computation of commissions</div><div style="">· Support reporting of discounts/incentives/commissions.</div><div style=""><u><em>Leadership and Development:</em></u></div><div style="">· Display good team player skills</div><div style="">· Responsible for own learning and development with guidance from OTC lead</div><div style="">· Support the OTC Lead &amp; process excellence teams in various process improvement and efficient initiatives</div><div style="">· Assist with both internal and external audits to ensure complete, timely and accurate responses to information requests</div><div style="">· Ensure error-resolution is performed to high standards, within reasonable timeframes, and with the end-user satisfaction in mind</div><div style="">· Accountable for meeting and prioritizing own targets and improving performance by focusing on self-learning</div><div style="">· Participate in functional and technical training</div><div style="">· Ensure complying with KPIs for the team</div><div style="">· Ensure a ‘customer centric’ and ‘partnership approach’ to develop strong relationships with other working groups</div><div style="">· Effective communication of issues across the FSS and working groups</div><div style="">· Provide information to the Lead on work accomplishments, problems, progress in work processes, individuals, and team needs</div><div style="">· Provide quality service/ advice in accordance with agreed service standards.</div><div style=""><u><em>Educational Background:</em></u></div><div style="">· Bachelor’s in Commerce / Finance / Accounting</div><div style=""><u><em>Experience:</em></u></div><div style="">· Minimum 7-8 year of AR Reporting related experience at Bata / in a SSC set up</div><div style=""><u><em>Technical Skill required to meet position objectives:</em></u></div><div style="">· Knowledge and experience of ERP system</div><div style="">· Expertise in AR Close &amp; Reporting</div><div style="">· Understanding of mature reporting &amp; visualization solutions, preferably Power BI</div><div style="">· Strong understanding of accounting processes.</div><div style="">· Knowledge of reporting tools</div><div style="">. Intermediate to advanced computer skills especially MS Excel.</div><div style=""><u><em>Inter-personal skills and attributes required to meet position objectives:</em></u></div><div style="">· Strong communication and analytical skills</div><div style="">· Ability to be flexible with job duties and scope of work</div><div style="">· The Placement will be at Gurgaon Office</div><div style="">· Fluency in Hindi, English and local language, if necessary (both written and oral)</div><div style="">. Fluency in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada</div>

Assistant Manager/Deputy Manager

Lead- Tech Transformation

<div style=""><u><b style="font-weight: 700">Primary responsibilities:</b></u></div><div style=""><b style="font-weight: 700">Collection:</b></div><div style="">· To build a collection to suit the profile of the customers and constantly prepare an updated shoeline.</div><div style="">· Propose new concepts in the category.</div><div style="">· Decide the selling period of the new concepts.</div><div style="">· Build the collection of identified concept, once approved by the Chief Buyer.</div><div style="">· Continue to develop back-up collection as replacements of non-performance articles.</div><div style="">· Pricing the articles based on concepts, distribution &amp; margin keeping in mind minimum cushions required or reduction.</div><div style="">· All the above need to be approved by Merchandising Head and pricing to be counter approved by the Managing Director.</div><div style=""><b style="font-weight: 700">Open To Buy:</b></div><div style="">· The Budget Planning for the new season as per Company indication</div><div style="">· Decide on the concepts to be highlighted in the approaching season.</div><div style="">· As per the control figures decided by the Company, the budget is to be allocated to the concepts.</div><div style="">· Plan for the articles in the concepts and the quantity.</div><div style="">· Month-wise buying plan based on the sales pattern.</div><div style="">· Constant revision in the Plan based on the sales pattern.</div><div style=""><b style="font-weight: 700">Order Placements: </b>Based on Monthly OTB and FWC objective</div><div style="">· To place Orders from Contract suppliers to supplement the collection.</div><div style="">· To place Orders from Import suppliers to increase the margin in each concept taking into consideration the concept is not able to develop locally at the same cost.</div><div style="">· Keeping the factories running as per Factory Estimates.</div><div style=""><b style="font-weight: 700">Promotions: </b>Present a plan to promote the collections, obtain approvals and develop within Stores Merchandising team.</div><div style="">· Volume project to be highlighted – Chosen for you Trend Poster</div><div style="">· PWP</div><div style="">· To keep all Store personnel informed about Fashion trends, Shoe Collection and Selling features of individual articles through the Merchandise catalogue/Newsletter.</div><div style=""><b style="font-weight: 700">Sales Monitoring</b></div><div style="">· To ensure that the sales of the category in different regions and in different classification of Stores</div><div style="">· Constant review of the concepts in the category.</div><div style="">· Constant review of the category in the four regions in order to supplement sales with optimum stock.</div><div style="">· Providing more substitutes for best selling concepts to capture market.</div><div style="">· Constantly reviewing the performance of new articles across the stores.</div><div style=""><b style="font-weight: 700">Stock Management:</b></div><div style="">· Constant reviewing the depth of the articles in stores.</div><div style="">· To increase and decrease the number of stores based on the selling potential.</div><div style="">· Eliminate the slow sellers and defective lines by interesting promotions and price reduction.</div><div style="">· Constantly mark the discontinued lines and pass the information to the store level so as to ensure a faster clearance of the same.</div><div style="">· Maintain an updated sample stock of the current lines with the updated sales record of all articles.</div><div style="">· Continue follow-up of the articles performance, increasing procurement of those with high sales out rate, stopping those slow movers, but immediately replace production, other alternative.</div><div style=""><b style="font-weight: 700">New Stores Opening</b></div><div style="">· To involve in new stores plan to ensure right space is allocated to the categories.</div><div style="">· To work out the Merchandise Plan for the store.</div><div style="">· Provide special supplies for the store to ensure good business.</div><div style="">· To monitor the performance of the category in the new store for minimum one year.</div><div style="">· To ensure that stores receive the products they request on a timely and correct basis.</div><div style=""><b style="font-weight: 700">Market Research</b></div><div style="">· Keeping track of the emerging trends and prices in the market.</div><div style="">· Prepare seasonal trend board, story board and paper collections.</div><div style="">· Keeping in touch with the District Managers, Store Managers and Customer Service Department.</div><div style="">· Analyzing the emerging buying habits</div><div style="">· Visit competitors and suppliers</div><div style=""><b style="font-weight: 700">MIS</b></div><div style="">· Develop the systems for logistics and handling of all merchandise from supply source to the Store using modern MIS techniques.</div><div style="">· Contribute and assist to the ongoing development of MIS for Improvements in merchandising and physical distribution with optimum use of EDP.</div><div style=""><b style="font-weight: 700">Harmonies Sales Estimate and Factories Estimate</b></div><div style="">In charge for Shoe line development, Stock management and involve in Distribution by giving directions and to ensure that no merchandise which is older than 2 years is kept in stock.</div>

Merchandising Manager

<div style=""><br></div><div style="">Bata India is the largest retailer and leading manufacturer of footwear in India, and it is part of the Bata Shoe Organization.</div><div style="">Incorporated as Bata Shoe Company Private Limited in 1931, the company was set up initially as a small operation in Konnagar (near Calcutta) in 1932. In January 1934, the foundation stone for the first building of Bata’s operation - now called the Bata. In the years that followed, the overall site was doubled in area. This township is popularly known as Batanagar. It was also the first manufacturing facility in the Indian shoe industry to receive the ISO: 9001 certification.</div><div style="">The Company went public in 1973 when it changed its name to Bata India Limited. Today, Bata India has established itself as India’s largest footwear retailer. Its retail network of over 1375 stores gives it a reach / coverage that no other footwear company can match. The stores are present in good locations and can be found in all the metros, mini-metros and towns.</div><div style="">Bata’s smart looking new stores supported by a range of better quality products are aimed at offering a superior shopping experience to its customers.</div><div style="">The Company also operates a large non-retail distribution network through its urban wholesale division and caters to millions of customers through over 30,000 dealers.</div><div style=""><br></div>