The Retail Manager leads M-KOPA Uganda's day-to-day retail operations (service centres, stocking points, depots, partner and telco outlets, zones, and repair centres) across multiple locations and sales channels, reporting to the Head of Operations. This is an ownership role: setting the standards the network runs on, not just monitoring them, spanning multi-channel stock operations, retail network strategy and governance, retail systems and tools, third-party and partner performance, device swap/repair coordination, escalations, budgets, EHS/security compliance, and people leadership for retail teams.
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Retail Manager
Category
Management
Employment Type
Full-time
Location
Kampala, Uganda
Vacancies
1 position
Closing Date
10/31/2026
6 days left
Employer / Company

M-KOPA
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Description (Public)
Duties, Roles and Responsibilities
- Govern multi-channel stock operations end to end, from device aging and rebalancing to preventing losses across dozens of physical sites
- Translate retail network strategy into governance, ensuring decisions about openings, relocations, and closures are compliant and well executed
- Ensure retail systems and tools (M-KOPAnet warehouse setup, AMT outlet management, Freshdesk logging, trackers and dashboards) are correctly configured and consistently used
- Set operating standards with third parties and partners, manage depot and landlord relationships, and use operational data to trace root causes when issues arise
- Coordinate device swaps, repairs, and servicing with Care Center, Repair, QA, and Training teams
- Resolve escalated stock discrepancies, outlet conduct issues, or process blockers, working across Sales, BI, Audit, Warehouse, Finance, HR, Marketing, Admin, Procurement, Legal, and Fraud as needed
- Own budgets, cost reporting, and EHS/security compliance that keep the network safe and financially accountable
- Coach, mentor, and manage the performance of retail teams, acting as the HRBP point of contact for the function
Qualifications, Education and Competencies
Qualifications & Experience:
- A Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Operations/Supply Chain Management, Logistics, or a related field, or equivalent demonstrable experience
- Extensive, demonstrable experience leading operational management functions, including proven leadership of teams and multi-site operations at scale
- A strong track record in retail, inventory, and returns management, ideally including third-party or partner contract management across distributed physical locations
- Established comfort working with data and dashboards: interpreting trends, monitoring KPIs, and making cost-effective decisions from operational data
Skills & Competencies:
- Multi-site retail and inventory operations management
- Loss prevention, compliance, and risk management across a growing retail footprint
- Data-driven decision making with KPIs and dashboards
- People leadership, coaching, and performance management
- Stakeholder management across many internal departments and external partners
- Resilience under pressure with competing priorities and field-facing accountability
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