National Store Development Manager

Bestwayretail; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail group in the United Kingdom is seeking a National Store Development Manager to oversee store developments, ensuring compliance with brand specifications and operational standards. The ideal candidate will possess strong project management skills and be driven to deliver results. Responsibilities include managing development processes, engaging with stakeholders, and ensuring adherence to safety standards. A background in retail and proficiency in CAD are essential for success in this role.

Qualifications

• Confident, driven, and enthusiastic individual able to work under pressure.
• Strong decision-making abilities and a sense of responsibility.
• Attention to detail and effective communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Implement store design specifications across brands.
• Manage and maintain the store development process.
• Ensure projects are compliant with health and safety requirements.

Skills

Retail intuition

Project management

Analytical thinking

Communication

Self-motivation

Customer focus

Tools

CAD

Job description

About The Role

As a National Store Development Manager, you will be responsible for store developments within the Bestway Group. You will achieve an enhanced look and feel by delivering all projects with the latest brand specifications and store formats.

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: Field Based

About Bestway

Bestway Group is a diversified multinational family owned business with annualised turnover in excess of £4.5 billion. Starting off as a chain of retail convenience stores, the Group has grown to become a diversified multinational business with interests across the wholesale, pharmacy, real estate, cement and banking sectors. The Group is also the largest overseas investor in Pakistan.

Owned by the Pervez, Choudrey and Sheikh families, Bestway Group was founded in 1976 by Sir Anwar Pervez OBE H Pk, who remains Chairman. Serving over 12 million customers and employing over 28 000 individuals, the Group supports and serves communities through its operations across the UK, Pakistan and the Middle East.

Responsibilities

Strategic

Deliver the implementation of the store design specifications across all brands to ensure the following;

• Compliance with the Group store brand principles.
• Compliance with group store formats.
• Is innovative and considers the needs of the business in the future by continually evaluating the future needs of our retailers and consumers.
• Is cost effective whilst providing the highest levels of value for investment.

Operational

• Manage and maintain store development process and critical path ensuring that all development projects are delivered to critical path timescales, within budget and customer expectations.
• Ensure that all projects are legally compliant and health and safety requirements are followed at all times.
• To produce CAD plans to a good standard which will highlight all the contract of works and layouts within the project.
• Development projects are delivered to the Bestway Group store specification to maintain brand integrity using equipment supplied from companies on our list of preferred suppliers.
• Ensure they provide communication updates on all relevant developments within their region to retailers/suppliers and colleagues especially RSM’s and ASM’s.
• Monitor commission budget /targets within their region.
• To ensure they present and conduct themselves in a professional manner.
• Review performance data that includes activity reports to monitor and measure team productivity, goal achievements and overall effectiveness against criteria/objectives set by the company.
• Identify potential development leads by having close interfacing relations with RSM’s/ASM’s and Recruitment Executives.
• Pro-actively support cross‑functional working to drive and increase sales and performance across the group.

The Ideal Candidate

• A confident, driven and enthusiastic person who has the ability to work under pressure, prioritise and handle challenging and changing situations.
• Decision making ability and a sense of responsibility.
• Retail intuition.
• Customer focus.
• Analytical thinking & attention to detail.
• Communication & interpersonal.
• Self‑motivation & drive for results.
• Project management.
• Store design and formats.
• CAD.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We understand that no applicant ever ticks every box so please do consider applying should some or most of the above apply. Bestway Group is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity and inclusion. We welcome people of different nationalities, backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives. We want strong, and diverse teams built from talented individuals with different backgrounds identities and experiences.

If this is of interest to you and you would like to learn more, please do get in touch, we are looking forward to hearing from you.