Business Head retail Fashion

Strategy: Implementing Operations strategy in coherence with every brand image and identity.

Objectives: Planning, implementing, controlling and adjusting new operational strategy objectives.

Industry Awareness: Up-to-date with latest industry trends and best practices.

Team Leadership: Leads a team of Branch Managers and heads the country’s Retail Stores team to deliver the brand story and customer experience through performance management. Establishes clear team objectives and individual goals.

Financial Analysis: Analyzes country and retail stores financial data and develops/implements action plans to daily deliver key results. Accurately forecasts sales yearly, seasonally, monthly, weekly, and daily for the purpose of forecasting a complete by store/country P&L.

Budgeting: Prepares, discusses annual and seasonal budgets and produces a detailed annual business operating plan. Prepares and presents monthly, quarterly, or annual targets for revenue, profits, and cash. Plans to achieve financial KPIs set by the management.

Business Development: Proposes business partnerships and co-planning. Develops and introduces mechanisms for identifying and securing business growth opportunities.

Compliance and Standards: Follows and implements all company policy and procedures to ensure stability, sustainability, safety, and security of the business in accordance with country’s laws, regulations, and common best practices. Ensures standards for quality, customer service, and health and safety are met.

Problem Solving: Demonstrates sound judgment in anticipating challenges, problem-solving, and seeking the right resources to resolve issues. Reports all appropriate information to Retail Operations Manager.

Store Management: Takes pride in the appearance of the store and ensures visual displays are in accordance with company-provided planograms. Manages stock levels and makes key decisions about stock control. Proposes special promotions, displays, and events.

Market Awareness: Maintains awareness of market trends in the retail industry, understanding forthcoming customer initiatives and monitoring what local competitors are doing. Initiates changes to improve the business, revising opening hours, shifts, staff density, and stock density to ensure the store can compete effectively in the local market.

Community Engagement: Liaises with local authorities, media, malls, and the community in general.

Requirements:

Years of Experience: 5 to 7 years.

Education: Bachelor's degree/Higher diploma.

Skills: Excellent reporting, organization, networking, and analysis skills. Ability to handle high-pressure environments, high communication skills, critical analysis, organized and accurate, active and detail-oriented, performance and achievement-driven, and ability to know, understand and operate as per countries’ commercial and labor laws.