Retail Development Job Description
Retail development
provides drawing clarification and support to sales and construction personnel as required during the sales and construction phases.
Retail Development Duties & Responsibilities
To write an effective retail development job description, begin by listing detailed duties, responsibilities and expectations. We have included retail development job description templates that you can modify and use.
Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Rooms for improvement identification via permanent analysis of main KPIs performance with controlling support
Development of retail activation with the purpose to improve the identified gaps
Retail marketing activity creation
Creation of “pool of promoters”
Seasonal activity creation on the basis of RM calendar and P26
Retail activation support of brand campaigns (developed together with brand marketing) via creation local or localization of global RM activities
Facilitating of creation and implementation of all RM activations from RM calendar
Close interaction with brand, sport and product marketing with the purpose of alignment of all RA actions with other marketing departments
Facilitating adaptation of global campaigns or creation local campaigns through interactive work with designers, suppliers, category management and store operational
Organizing campaign planning process (timings, quantity, quality) through management of POS team
Retail Development Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Retail Development
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: ABO, AWS, IOPP, LEED, LED, REHS, CIPT, PMP
Education for Retail Development
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the retail development job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and University Degree in Retail Management, Business, Education, Marketing, Ethics, MBA, Business/Administration, Engineering, Computer Science, Economics
Skills for Retail Development
Desired skills for retail development include:
Power BI
Analytical dashboards - for example
Looker
Microsoft Office and Salesforce
Excel
Sales techniques and ability to persuade with facts and figures
Commercial leases
Construction documents
Construction exhibits
Microsoft Office
Desired experience for retail development includes:
Managing marketing working budget
Permanent team development
Testing of new technologies and materials for retail environment
Participation in Retail Marketing calendar creation
Budget panning
Human Resources planning
Retail Development Examples
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Retail Development Job Description
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Our innovative and growing company is looking for a retail development. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for retail development
- Develop and lead the execution of the strategic direction associated with the Retail Outfitter Development Team
- Responsible for the coordination and rollout cadence of all Retail Training
- Responsible for coordinating and managing business messaging as a Gatekeeper to create, edit and deliver effective communication to Retail Product Training Specialists and Systems Trainers
- Responsible for managing the Sales Support and Outfitter Development communications calendar and SharePoint pages
- Role will own the design, implementation and revision of communication strategies for the Sales Support and Outfitter Development Team
- Responsible for serving as the gatekeeper of communication from the field, specifically Product Training Specialists and Systems trainers back to the Sales Support and Outfitter Development Team
- Organize, submit, and insure accurate landlord criteria, site surveys , 3D renderings, shop drawings, and cost proposals are distributed and communicated to internal and external customers
- Gather all new and updated project information, timelines, and designer status reports and publish accordingly
- Maintain shop-in-shop folder project database to include all drawings, site surveys, photos ,and cost proposals
- Schedule meetings with internal and external customers to communicate project timeline recaps
Qualifications for retail development
- Must have a Bachelor’s or Associate’s degree in a related field
- Must have 1-2 years in Retail/Store Visual Merchandising, Display, Graphic, Interior Design, or related work experience
- Knowledge of computer based design software necessary (Adobe Creative Suite, 3-D rendering, Sketch Up)
- Must be able to read and interpret base plans, elevations and fixture and finish plans
- Previous experience building and installing window and/or in-store displays preferred
- Must be detail-oriented, meet deadlines consistently and communicate effectively
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Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of retail development. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for retail development
- Understand seasonal launches, value sets, promotions and timing as they relate to each retailer
- Schedule and Manage Marketing, Promotions and Merchandising Teams to appropriately merchandise the presentation conference room relative to the launches, value sets and promotions specific to the attending retailer
- Monthly group conference calls (Sales owned) with all Accounts, to include Buyer, Asst
- Travel required for retail and corporate office meetings, market weeks/tradeshows
- Develops & utilizes GRC Retail templates, produces quality documents that are ready for leadership & final executive level review & approval
- Facilitates the document review & approval process
- Monitors & analyzes applicable laws & regulations resulting in regulatory requirements to draft & revise P&P as required
- In partnership with the Managers, Global Retail Operations, screens business developments across the Global Retail Channel to evaluate their impact on compliance related P&P & updates as necessary
- Assess & advises on the reasonableness of proposed changes to P&P in relation to regulatory requirements, guidance, & industry best practices
- Routinely meets with key partners to gain a thorough understanding of Regional rules, regulations, & operational procedures
Qualifications for retail development
- Ability to work independently on multiple tasks and projects, with various teams
- 2-3 years of experience in Retail/wholesale business
- A minimum of 8 years’ prior retail development and marketing experience within a consumer products organization
- Minimum 5 - 7 years project/construction management experience in a retail environment
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or construction related field
- Must also have extensive experience in computer use and proficiency in software applications including PeopleSoft, APMX, Good Data, Microstrategy, Salesforce.com, Project, Access, and Word as is required
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Our growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of retail development. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for retail development
- The Director will be responsible for needs analysis, solution planning, content development or acquisition, staffing and relationship management
- Development of learning curriculum and supporting content for services in a fast paced ever changing environment while maintaining alignment with the greater Learning & Development Team
- Build original content on ExpertZone platform and maintain existing content “keep evergreen”
- Oversee the onboarding immersive learning experience and peer support for new hires including on-site 5-day experience approximately every 6 weeks
- Lead group trainings both live and virtually for our Services New Hires on subjects of expertise, which may include technical capabilities, product knowledge, demos, presentations, sales skills
- This role will require strong business acumen and customer skills, written and verbal communication skills, technical and product skills, professional sales and customer service skills
- Partner with the Learning & Development Team & Services team to understand and execute ongoing learning priorities for the field team including Service Advisors and any role accountable for driving Services in our retail stores
- Work with Compliance & Operations team to ensure gaps are closed in knowledge regarding operational process and procedures, build new training as needed
- Partner with the Field teams to identify gaps in content and new learning opportunities to advance the overall knowledge and skill of the SVA community
- Track team progress against ongoing learning and readiness plans, ensuring required Compliance & Operations courses are completed prior to SVA working with customers
Qualifications for retail development
- Mystery Shopper Program
- Monitor participation, support coordination on results that drives brand service improvement action plans
- Core Competency Training Programs / Selective Retail Academy
- Prioritize population with identified key performance measures
- University or College Degree in Business, Human Resource Management, Organizational Development, , or equivalent
- At least 3 years recruiting experience (fashion retail and/or agency is desirable)
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Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of retail development. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for retail development
- Deployment of new learning materials and support team readiness prior to new product/service launches
- Act as the go-to for product and service learning support for all SVA team members
- Review monthly Retail Development expense results with SVP Regional Directors
- Maintains knowledge of prototype and serves as local conduit to maintain design standards
- Assist with Real Estate test fits to quickly confirm site feasibility
- Manage the design of small works and remodels with a dotted line back to the standards team to provide feedback for prototype updates
- Attend landlord and city meetings as a local design representative
- Attend layout walks with GC and Project Manager to ensure flawless execution to drawings
- Responsible for reviewing and approving local specifications in accordance to prototype standards
- Oversee GR/IR process for all approved invoices
Qualifications for retail development
- Proven ability to set and achieve business objectives
- 35% - 50% of job requires traveling by airplane
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or construction related field or equivelent to exceptional ability
- Minimum 2 years experiences in retail site supervising
- Graduate degree and Services Advisor/strong technical experience preferred
- Solid understanding of competitive products and platforms
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Our innovative and growing company is looking for a retail development. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for retail development
- Evaluate the effectiveness of all Learning and Development solutions, measure return on investment, and track business impact completing ad hoc reporting as necessary
- Manage all aspects of a multi-dimensional project including planning (on time completion), meeting budget, ensuring role clarity, and milestones clearly articulated
- Recognized as a key influencer with the Global Retail and Regional Leadership Teams to drive best in class learning strategies
- Disciplined communication with LATAM field team, Retail Development Project Manager, and all Wholesale
- HP mindset – You thoroughly understand the organization & operations of HP, including key business rules
- Sales skills – You can effectively sell HP offerings by communicating the strengths of HP’s offerings relative to the competition, overcoming objections, building strategic relationships with partner decision makers, aligning the wishes of the partner with HP processes and promoting HP programs and offerings
- Sector Awareness – You have a thorough understanding of the IT industry, competing vendors and the channel
- Teamwork – You can partner up effectively with others in the account to ensure a coordinated efficient account management
- Language – You are fluent in Dutch, French and English
- Design - working with the business to determine and design the right program to meet the strategic L&D needs of the business unit
Qualifications for retail development
- Develop strong collaborative relationships and lead through influence
- Present in front of large groups and motivate through storytelling
- Wholesale apparel experience in an operational finance role a plus
- Major ERP experience a plus
- Ensure that our portfolio is overdeveloped in its Retail Environment of responsibility vs market
- Manage his/her team around the Retail Environment strategy