Sharona Pillay

Dedicated and detail-oriented Senior Area Manager with 8 years of experience. Eager to apply proven management skills. I am employed as the Senior Area Manager for 8 years and still running strong. My biggest achievement was growing sales within my territory in underperforming sites. I am a success oriented person & try my best to obtain success in all tasks I am given.

Senior Area Manager - Clothing Junction

(2016)

• Planning, organising, staffing, leading and controlling.
• Ensuring that the shops and employees held within my area, meet their sales targets.
• Responsible for regulating day-to-day operations and motivating staff to succeed.
• I have the overall responsibility for a number of stores in my allocated area.
• Responsible for staff and work closely with other senior managers and department managers setting sales targets.
• Maximising sales and profitability.
• Providing teams with stimulating and supportive environment.
• Maintaining and increase standards of customer services.
• Driving team performance.
• Controlling the training and development of staff.
• Conducting monthly stock takes and ensuring stock loses are within the shrinkage limits set by Operational Manager.
• Recruit, hire and train new managers in their direct area.
• Offer consultation and recommendations to store managers on overcoming operations challenges.
• Monitor sales and work toward meeting quarterly objectives.
• Minimize cost and labor by reviewing schedules and inventory use.
• Visit stores to evaluate operations, cleanliness and efficiency of each area and store.
• Report to Regional and Operational teams on Daily Sales figures.
• Investigate shortages on Stock Takes.
• Ensuring finboxing is done timeously and correctly for all stores.
• Daily, Weekly and monthly reporting to Operations Manager.
• Ensuring marketing is carried out correctly at each site.
• Merchandise stores according to marketing brief which is sent out by Head Office.
• Deal with Staff issues as well as disciplinary issues.

Completed Matric with certification - Ningen Heights Secondary (2001)

Certification in Marketing - Marketing - Boston City Campus & Business College (2010)