Head of Retail

Location: Cockenzie

Head of Retail | Lifestyle Fashion Brand | UK-wide | High-Growth, New Store Openings We are partnering with a fast-growing lifestyle fashion brand at an exciting stage of its journey. With a strong brand identity, loyal customer base, and an ambitious bricks-and-mortar expansion strategy, the business is now looking to appoint an experienced Head of Retail to lead its physical retail estate through a period of accelerated new store openings.

This is a senior, hands-on role with significant influence over growth, performance, and culture.

The Role As Head of Retail, you will have full ownership of the retail function, with a clear mandate to scale the store estate while maintaining exceptional operational standards and customer experience.

Key responsibilities include:

Leading and delivering a new store opening programme end-to-end (site readiness, staffing, launch, and early trading performance) Owning retail strategy in line with the brand's growth and commercial objectives Driving sales, productivity, and profitability across the existing and new store portfolio Building, coaching, and inspiring a high-performing regional and store leadership team Embedding consistent retail standards, VM execution, and brand experience Working closely with Property agents, Finance, Buying, Merchandising, and Marketing to ensure seamless execution Using data and KPIs to inform decisions, identify risk, and optimise performance Playing a key role in shaping retail processes that can scale with growth About You We're looking for a proven retail leader who thrives in fast-paced, growth environments.

You will likely bring:
Senior retail leadership experience within fashion or lifestyle retail A strong track record of multiple new store openings (essential) Experience operating in a scaling, entrepreneurial, or PE-backed environment Commercial acumen with a hands-on, sleeves-rolled-up leadership style The ability to balance pace with detail, and growth with operational discipline A passion for people development and building strong retail culture Why Join?

Opportunity to shape and lead a critical growth phase of the business High visibility role with real influence at leadership level Join a brand with momentum, ambition, and a clear expansion roadmap Competitive package with strong long-term potential If you're a retail leader excited by growth, challenge, and the opportunity to build something meaningful, we'd love to hear from you.

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