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Showroom Manager/Furniture-Nigeria
--SD Consult--
Job Role
Lead the showroom’s commercial, operational, and customer service functions to achieve sales targets, ensure exceptional customer experience, and uphold brand and operational standards.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Sales Leadership & Performance
· Achieve monthly, quarterly, and annual sales targets.
· Monitor KPIs: conversion rate, footfall, average basket size, and revenue.
· Drive upselling, cross-selling, and customer engagement techniques.
· Analyze sales performance and take corrective actions when needed.
· Ensure consistent follow-up with leads, quotations, and customer inquiries.
· Engage in deal closing efforts whenever needed, approve on discount percentages within acceptable margin.
· Coordinate with business unit manager for special discount requests.
· Advise on marketing needs to increase footfalls through marketing campaigns.
Customer Experience & Showroom Service
· Maintain high standards of customer service and showroom ambiance.
· Resolve customer issues, complaints, and escalations professionally.
· Ensure customer follow-up for after-sales, delivery confirmations, and service / item quality feedback.
· Build long-term customer relationships and repeat business.
Team Management & Leadership
· Supervise, motivate, and guide showroom sales staff.
· Manage attendance and maintain excellent customer service culture.
· Conduct daily briefings and weekly performance meetings.
· Coach team members on sales techniques, product knowledge, and customer handling.
· Manage staff performance, through formal and informal assessments.
· Assess training needs, advise on specific training sessions in coordination with business unit manager and HR Department.
· Participate in manpower planning based on business needs.
Showroom Operations & Standards
· Maintain daily showroom readiness: display, cleanliness, lighting, scent, temperature.
· Ensure proper product display, stock levels, price tags, and signage.
· Monitor and manage showroom maintenance needs (AC, lighting, fixtures, etc.).
· Ensure compliance with SOPs, policies, audits, and operational guidelines.
· Submit monthly expenditure budgets, track, approve, and report daily expenditures.
· Act as the primary point of contact in deal closing finalization, manage the overall invoicing process from order placement and payment confirmation through to delivery completion.
Inventory & Product Management
· Coordinate with warehouse and Business unit operations for stock replenishment.
· Monitor slow-moving, fast-moving, and high-value items, attend into relevant actions accordingly.
· Ensure accurate stock counts and documentation.
· Oversee receiving, tagging, and product placement.
Reporting & Administration
· Prepare daily/weekly/monthly sales reports for management.
· Report footfall, conversion rates, and team performance metrics.
· Submit market insights, customer feedback, and competitor analysis.
· Ensure accurate use of POS/ERP systems (sales orders, quotations, customer records)
Qualification & Experience Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Marketing, or a related field.
- Minimum 5–7 years of experience in showroom management, with a minimum 3 years in furniture showroom management.
- Proven track record of achieving sales targets and managing high-performing sales teams.
- Experience in handling showroom operations, merchandising standards, and customer service processes.
- Familiarity with SAGE system is a plus.
Skills Set
- Strong understanding of customer behavior, and showroom traffic management.
- Knowledge of stock management, and product display techniques.
- Strong sales acumen with the ability to engage in active selling, upselling, and cross-selling.
- Exceptional deal-closing capability with sound judgment on discount approval within margin.
- Proven ability to lead, motivate, and develop sales teams.
- Excellent verbal and written communication in English language. With focus on customer interaction and team leadership.
- Strong sense of ownership, accountability, and initiative.
- High emotional intelligence and a customer-first mindset.
- Ability to work under pressure, manage peak-hours traffic, and adapt to operational challenges.
- Professional appearance, punctuality, and adherence to company values and policies.