Valora Group
Region Oberwallis
Agency Partner Region Upper Valais
- 17 April 2025
- 100%
- Permanent position
- Region Oberwallis
About the job
Are you looking to start your own business? Valora, an established convenience and food service provider, offers you a turnkey and proven successful business model developed over many years. We support you beyond the opening of your store, so that you not only master the start successfully but also feel comfortable as an agency partner by our side in the long term. You can choose which of our first-class formats: avec, Press & Books or k kiosk (at high-traffic locations such as train stations, airports or petrol stations) suits you best.
Tasks you will enjoy
- Managing one or more well-frequented Valora stores as an independent entrepreneur with full responsibility
- Personnel management including scheduling, recruitment, training and further education of employees
- Inventory management (stocktaking, inventory, orders)
- Proactive customer advice and building/maintaining customer relationships
- Close cooperation with suppliers and the responsible sales management
- Continuous optimisation of processes and service quality in the store
- Ensuring a professional appearance of the store and implementation of sales-promoting measures
Requirements you bring
- Training as a retail specialist EFZ and/or relevant experience in retail, hospitality or gastronomy
- Interest in self-employment and managing one or more stores
- Willingness – especially in the initial phase – to invest a lot of time, work and perseverance
- Entrepreneurial thinking and acting, team spirit and organisational talent
- Enjoyment in dealing with people as well as strong customer and service orientation
- At least CHF 30,000 (depending on format) equity capital for founding a limited company and for joining as an agency partner
Benefits we offer you
- Turnkey shopfitting in a uniform brand corporate design plus advertising and communication materials
- Well-established locations in high-traffic areas
- Regional marketing measures
- Consultation on sales and cost planning
- Comprehensive induction and preparation for future tasks
- Extensive programmes for training and education, further training as well as seminars and specialist lectures
- Central purchasing
- Merchandise management system and category management (structuring of product groups)
- Attractive development prospects and the possibility to take over several stores
