Head of Retail - Luxury Division

About our client:

Our Client operates in the Cosmetics Industry, with its headquarters rooted strongly in France. It has its branches spread to more than 150 countries, providing employment to more than 85,000 people all over the world. They fall in the “50 Most Innovative Companies in the World”. Their core business is to provide tailor made beauty to their clients. They have the advantage of having Diverse and Globalized product lines.

Responsibilities:

• To Develop & implement the retail roadmap, organization, processes and tools to operate successfully our retail business in cooperation with Group’s key functions.
• Partner with Business managers to define and implement the Group’s/ Zone’s/Country’s Retail strategy, assessing the opportunities and the risks involved.
• Define and implement the cross-functional organization and ways of working to successfully implement the retail strategy/roadmap
• Manage and leverage real estate, property management and opening processes and cost efficiencies to optimize our investment in Retail
• Implement retail standards and practices, tools, systems and controls (in partnership with key functions) to optimize store performance, drive efficiency and control risk
• Work with HR to build retail HR tools and capabilities to support the business and develop a ‘Retail talent’ strategy
• Animate the retail community to foster a common vision, shared objectives and accountability for retail initiatives
• Ensure data privacy compliance in Retail
  
  

Requirements:

• 10 to 12 years of Experience in retail management or another related field.
• Bachelor's degree in business administration or another related field.
• English Language proficiency.
• Strong stakeholder management & communication skills.