Expansion Director

Join Carrefour Belgium and meet over 9,500 motivated employees. From our 705 stores or headquarters, we are committed to satisfying our customers every day and working together towards a common goal: becoming the leader in food transition for all.

Description of the role Mission

• The mission of the Expansion Director is to develop, renew, and implement Carrefour Belgium's expansion strategy for its various Express, Market & Hyper stores.
• With their team of experts, the director's mission is to identify market expansion opportunities and convert them into store openings according to set objectives.

Main objectives:

• The Expansion Director reports to the Director of Express Operations of Carrefour Belgium (executive committee member) and is a member of the Carrefour Express Operations management committee.

• STRATEGY & CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
  • Define and implement the strategy in alignment with the local strategy.
  • Establish processes to ensure the division's operation.
  • Develop and implement projects to create new activities.
  • Propose and monitor strategic KPIs.
  • Ensure understanding of Carrefour's strategy and ambition.
  • Prepare interventions to facilitate strategic decisions.

• OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE & PERFORMANCE
  • Achieve Carrefour Belgium's expansion objectives.
  • Participate in the setup of expansion projects.
  • Manage relationships with key owners and negotiate major deals.
  • Translate operational vision into processes and tools.
  • Implement corrective actions.
  • Supervise the team in expansion research.
  • Encourage teams to take measured risks.
  • Manage the budget and optimize resources.
  • Propose improvements for the customer experience.
  • Optimize time to market and monitor opening files.
  • Strengthen the pipeline and free up time for expansion teams.

• PARTNERSHIP
  • Ensure communication with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Be a leader and facilitator in consultation and coordination meetings.

• LEADERSHIP
  • Be an active ambassador of Carrefour.
  • Develop team members' expertise and customer orientation.
  • Promote a feedback culture.
  • Set collective and individual goals.
  • Delegate tasks according to team skills.
  • Encourage diversity and value differences.
  • Foster engagement and a sense of responsibility.

Profile Required profile skills:

• Studies & Experience:
  - Master's degree with a specialization in Business Management and/or Real Estate.
  - Over 10 years in coordinating expansion, real estate, or commercial teams, ideally in retail.
  

Offer Company Car

• - A full-time permanent contract.
  - A competitive salary with attractive fringe benefits: company car or mobility budget, smartphone with subscription, meal vouchers, 20% discount on groceries at our integrated Carrefour stores, potential additional bonus and performance-related bonus, cafeteria plan, bike leasing under favorable conditions (after one year in the company), group insurance, hospitalization and outpatient costs insurance, benefit program with numerous discounts from partners on Ekivita Edenred, ...
  - Smart Way of Working: flexible working hours and arrangements to ensure a work-life balance.
  - Continuous training and real internal growth opportunities.

Joining Carrefour, we want to attract and retain individuals - of all generations and backgrounds, each with their own experience. We are convinced that this is how we can satisfy our customers, strengthen our results, and our innovation force. As an employee of Carrefour, you will be invited to positively engage in promoting our diversity policy.