Interim Search has been commissioned to appoint an Interim Head of Retail to a company in the retail sector based in Stockholm.
In the role of Head of Retail, you will have overall responsibility for the stores and their performance. You will lead the work to ensure profitable stores with a focus on good growth and sales, and work with a broad perspective on the stores' product range, structure, establishment, sales strategies, and budget follow-up.
Main duties:
- Drives sales in close collaboration with store managers.
- Develop leadership to achieve budget and set goals.
- Ensure that the retail vision is maintained and followed through close collaboration with other retail functions such as Store Operations Manager and Visual Concept Manager.
- Be responsible for personnel and leadership issues and coach and develop the team in these areas in a concrete and educational manner.
- Work closely with other functions such as IT, operational purchasing, category, and marketing to maintain cohesion.
- Responsible for the store perspective in various projects and processes such as campaign planning, campaign execution, budgeting, and product range issues.
- Overall responsibility for continuously developing working methods in stores.
- Lead and support store managers and other retail organizations in accordance with the company's store strategy.
- You report to the CCO.
To be eligible for the role:
- You have good leadership skills with at least 5 years of experience in retail.
- You have a good ability to keep several projects going and prioritize your time between them.
- You work in a goal-oriented, structured, independent, and focused manner.
- You have a talent for communication and teaching.
- You have experience of managing leaders and managing remotely.
- You possess personal maturity.
About the process:
The assignment covers 100% and will start within two weeks and last for approximately 12 months. Candidates will be presented as soon as possible and interviews with the client company will be conducted shortly thereafter. Do you have the right profile and are you available? Apply now!
The responsible Recruitment Consultant is Lena Arrelöv who collaborates with Researcher Hedda Tornert.
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