Careers | Aventus Retail

Working at Aventus

Our goal is to be UAE’s most popular stationer, bookseller and newsagent. To achieve this, we are looking to build upon some terrific strengths; a large portfolio of stores, a strong position in our core markets and most important of all; talented, motivated and well trained staff. People with real passion, energy and enthusiasm – whose potential we want to fulfil. People like you?

What Aventus Can Offer

Aventus Global Trading LLC., fast-paced and entrepreneurial place to grow your career. Our Company offers exciting career opportunities with excellent growth prospects.

Building your career at Aventus Global Trading LLC. will be an immensely challenging and rewarding experience.

How Can I Apply

Have a look at the current listed vacancies on this page and if there are no openings that interest you at this time, you can still send us your application where you CV will be added to our Database.

Send your CVs to careers@aventusretail.com

Vacancies

Retail Sales Associates

Responsible for creating a sales environment that enhances the buying experience. Also in charge of driving the full sales lifecycle, from initial contact to demonstrations and sale.

Key Responsibilities:

Ensuring that all customers receive excellent service through direct salesmanship, and prompt and courteous service.
Assisting customers with questions, needs and purchases.
Attending weekly sales meetings.
Cultivating successful relationships with retail customers.
Completing each transaction in a quick and efficient manner.
Cleaning shelves, counters, and tables.
Greeting each customer that comes into the store in a warm manner.
Identifying customer requirements.
Preparing merchandise for display.
Assisting customers with purchase decisions.
Assisting in physical inventory counts.
Implementing all visual merchandising standards.
Watching out for loss prevention through leakage and theft.

Personal:

Enthusiastic attitude in person and over the telephone.
Natural ability to communicate with others.
Ability to interact effectively at all levels of an organization.
Can easily make connections with various kinds of people.
Displaying a professional and unbiased manner at all times.
Able to adapt to the immediate or unforeseen challenges.
Can quickly learn new processes.

Book Buyer

Role Purpose:
The Book Buyer is responsible for purchasing Books from International and Local Publishers and distributors for his/her department. He/she ensures that the purchased products have the best achievable prices and the most favorable commercial terms.

He/she will be reporting to the Purchase Manager

Key Accountabilties:

Make purchasing decisions within budget based on market conditions and trends regarding product lifecycle, price fluctuation, product availability and competition’s business practices
Negotiate with suppliers agreements, contracts, product selling price, profit margin, returns to vendor, marketing contribution surrounding the product, exclusivity periods, defective policy
Request and manage the delivery and payment of purchase orders, track delayed orders and control payment reports
Prepare promotions, sale and special collections, and coordinate them with the Marketing department and suppliers in order to enforce and increase sales
Develop routine reports, schedules, agreements, proposals, summaries and letters as needed
Reviewing sales performance and meeting sales targets

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree
3-4 years of experience working in a book store or with a publisher
Fluency in English
Proficiency in MS Office; Microsoft Dynamics – Navision is a plus

Competency Level:

Developing and Motivating Others
Decision Making
Analytical Thinking
Commercial Understanding
Communication Skills
Initiative
Self – Development