Functional Areas

include, working closely to support one of the stores managers in enhancing performance, success and customer services. In addition they will need to stand in for the store manager when needed and be involved in every feature of the stores running. You will need to have good people skills, as you will need to build strong relationships and come up with new ways to increase sales and profit.Deputy Store ManagerThis means having a close partnership with the store manager to help provide an improved shopping experience for the customers.  They will also be involved in acting as a central in everything, from providing leadership and coaching to managers and colleagues, to reviewing in-store procedures and activity day by day. They will need to be experienced and have good customer focus, whilst also having excellent leadership skills and being able to adapt to managing talent and being able to apply new ideas that will produce real results for everyone.HR ManagerHelps to create the stores environment that is an equally great place to work and shop. They will also need to support the store manager in making the right people decisions by the use of a strict action plan. They need to respond to the needs of front-line staff on the shop floor. In addition they need to have strong leadership skills and will need to be able to adapt to managing talent and applying new ideas that will produce real outcomes for everyoneFinanceThe Finance function has been separated into two teams; the first deals with payment transactions and invoicing – an extraordinarily demanding team, that makes fundamental administrative contributions. The second, including Treasury and Audit, looks after business-wide operational and well-planned finance issues and is responsible for looking at the financial ’big picture’ for Sainsbury’s.Central RetailThe division aids the supermarkets, to make them as profitable as possible.  There are a range of teams within the division; Profit Protection is in charge of preventing fraud and shoplifting. The Risk and Commercial team looks at the methods that could reduce the risks to the business, whilst Planning and Response puts plans in place to respond to seasonal demand and special occasions e.g. starting to think of Christmas offers before the summer holidays. The Simple Processes team is responsible for improving efficiency and eliminating duplication, thus making large savingsAdministration &Executive Support They are a critical part of the business that supports the vision to make Sainsbury’s Great Again. They aspire to offer services to customers by doing their best at all times. This team also provides a range of administrative and secretarial support to teams across the business; to maintain the business running smoothly.HRThe HR team are in charge of recruiting, developing and rewarding the staff at Sainsbury’s, this gives them a central role in aiding Sainsbury’s to achieve their goals. Corus Departments MarketingThe marketing department do everything, from putting the brochures together for market research, to understanding precisely what the competitors are doing e.g. understanding how big the demand for steel is, or how big the threat from competitive material.Communication is also extremely important: if the other departments don’t work efficiently, then the marketing department won’t get the right information needed to make formal decisions that would benefit the company. The marketing department constantly needs to be in contact with the other departments, such as; the technical department and production department. They also need to produce a newsletter covering all the departments, which is then sent out to these departments meaning that they are all up to date.SalesThe sales department is responsible for obtaining the most common business aim and objective, which is to increase sales levels FinanceThe finance department is responsible for producing financial information with the use of graphs and tables: as figures are mainly being used this is the easiest way to communicate between departments. By using a graph it is then easier and a lot faster to track the trends throughout the year. The graphs and tables are usually sent by e-mail, to enable other people within the business to print copies when appropriate. The finance department also need to be in contact with the other departments, especially the production, sales and purchasing teams. Communication is vital for the finance department, to enable them to confirm that all the figures they have produced are correct. If the figures they have given coming in and going out of the business are incorrect this could result in the performance of the business, as the decisions being made would be wrong, overall affecting the future of the business.Human ResourcesHuman resources are responsible for employing staff into the business and training them. They also have to make sure their employees get their wages and are responsible for managing and disciplining individuals within the business. When they’re dealing with individuals, trade unions and management they must organise face to face meetings, as this is the most effective way because it allows them to build strong relationships and also allows trust to be developed. They are also put in place to make an open and honest forum which other methods of communication don’t offer e.g. e-mail and telephone. Within the Corus business the HR advisor is responsible employee relations and looking after the logistics team and central functions within the company.