Trade regional manager jobs in Finland
Trade regional managers are responsible for activities and staff in an assigned region for a specific chain of stores.
Trade regional manager - Which skills are essential?
Solve problems which arise in planning, prioritising, organising, directing/facilitating action and evaluating performance. Use systematic processes of collecting, analysing, and synthesising information to evaluate current practice and generate new understandings about practice.
Determine potential suppliers for further negotiation. Take into consideration aspects such as product quality, sustainability, local sourcing, seasonality and coverage of the area. Evaluate the likelihood of obtaining beneficial contracts and agreements with them.
Implement strategies which aim to promote a specific product or service, using the developed marketing strategies.
Collect and analyse sales levels of products and services in order to use this information for determining the quantities to be produced in the following batches, customer feedback, price trends, and the efficiency of sales methods.
Apply methods used for setting product value taking into consideration market conditions, competitor actions, input costs, and others.
Analyse data about a specific company, retailer, market or store formula. Process all gathered information into a corporate plan, and use it to prepare upcoming policy decisions.
Plan, monitor and report on the budget.
Build a lasting and meaningful relationship with customers in order to ensure satisfaction and fidelity by providing accurate and friendly advice and support, by delivering quality products and services and by supplying after-sales information and service.
Identify and develop strategies to expand the company's regional coverage.
Collect data and statistics to test and evaluate in order to generate assertions and pattern predictions, with the aim of discovering useful information in a decision-making process.
Examine sales reports to see what goods and services have and have not sold well.
Implement and monitor the values and ethical principles of the company, throughout the chain stores under its supervision.
Build a lasting and meaningful relationship with suppliers and service providers in order to establish a positive, profitable and enduring collaboration, co-operation and contract negotiation.
Come to an agreement between commercial partners with a focus on terms and conditions, specifications, delivery time, price etc.
Convey and communicate data and make commercial decisions by using internal and external IT-systems where appropriate.
Grasp the meaning of basic financial concepts and terms used in businesses and financial institutions or organisations.
The law which mediates the relationship between employees and employers. It concerns employees' rights at work which are binding by the work contract.
Monitor the financial situation, analyse the store's sales figures.
Implement and monitor company activities in compliance with legal contracting and purchasing legislations.
Carry out the plan to gain competitive advantage on the market by positioning the company's brand or product and by targeting the right audience to sell this brand or product to.
Undertake a systematic statistical examination of data representing past observed behaviour of the system to be forecast, including observations of useful predictors outside the system.
Manage and plan various resources, such as human resources, budget, deadline, results, and quality necessary for a specific project, and monitor the project's progress in order to achieve a specific goal within a set time and budget.
Ensure all employees are providing excellent customer service in accordance to company policy.
Plan the most cost-effective coverage of a sales territory with the available sales resources. Take into account prospect numbers, density, and buying patterns.
Keep track of and finalise all formal documents representing the financial transactions of a business or project.
Negotiate terms such as price, quantity, quality, and delivery terms with vendors and suppliers in order to ensure the most beneficial buying conditions.
Gather, assess and represent data about target market and customers in order to facilitate strategic development and feasibility studies. Identify market trends.
Trade regional manager - Which skills are useful but not essential?
The national and international legal rules and requirements applied in the food industry.
Take ownership of the handling of all complaints and disputes showing empathy and understanding to achieve resolution. To be fully aware of all Social Responsibility protocols and procedures, and to be able to deal with a problem gambling situation in a professional manner with maturity and empathy.
Manage employees and subordinates, working in a team or individually, to maximise their performance and contribution. Schedule their work and activities, give instructions, motivate and direct the workers to meet the company objectives. Monitor and measure how an employee undertakes their responsibilities and how well these activities are executed. Identify areas for improvement and make suggestions to achieve this. Lead a group of people to help them achieve goals and maintain an effective working relationship among staff.
The temperature at which certain products are to be kept for consumption.
Hire new employees by scoping the job role, advertising, performing interviews and selecting staff in line with company policy and legislation.
Apply generation and effective application of business insights and possible opportunities, in order to achieve competitive business advantage on a long-term basis.
Arrange goods in attractive and safe way. Set up a counter or other display area where demonstrations take place in order to attract the attention of prospective customers. Organise and maintain stands for merchandise display. Create and assemble sales spot and product displays for sales process.
The interpretation of geographical information such as locations and distances between them.
Evaluate customer's comments in order to find out whether customers feel satisfied or dissatisfied with the product or service.
Ensure operative processes are finished at a previously agreed-upon time.
Ensure that products are stored appropriately. Keep in line with safety procedures.
The offered products, their functionalities, properties and legal and regulatory requirements.
Stimulate your staff to achieve sales goals set by the management.