Current Roles

Operations Director/Head of Operations
Salary: excellent executive package

Our client is a successful and well-respected luxury designer/manufacturer and E-Commerce lifestyle homewares business.

The company has achieved several national and regional growth awards. Our client is enjoying an exciting period of opportunity and sustained fast growth with revenues soon to achieve £50m pa. There are significant opportunities for our client to further develop its capabilities and high-end luxury product range.

This appointment will enjoy significant levels of autonomy and responsibility. The successful appointee will lead the day-to-day operations of the business. Working with the executive team, he/she will be responsible for the commercial and operational success of the business, making a significant contribution to the performance of the business.

The successful candidate will enjoy a stimulating and rewarding high profile role within a genuinely exciting and respected, market-leading business.

Head of Operations

This is an exciting new opportunity to appoint a Director of Operations/Head of Operations. This is a key appointment for the business.

The successful candidate will join one of the most exciting lifestyle brand companies in the global housewares market today. You will lead and evolve successful teams to drive the broadening and future development of the business. The appointment will have leadership for several teams including, IT Project Management, E-Commerce Business Process and Improvement, Sales, Customer Services and Supply Chain.

The role will be one of the senior leadership team within the business. He/she will have the experience and ability to lead a healthy high-performance work culture across the organisation. They will be a natural leader and innovator and on an obvious upward career trajectory.

They will be responsible for leading a high performing staff base, engendering staff engagement in line with the business’ goals.

This role would suit a high-energy ambitious leader from a luxury brand background, trained in modern management practices, looking to grow their career with a fast-growing company, and willing to commit to whatever it takes to assist in the company’s overall growth plans, with the goal of gaining equity of a large growing business group in return.

There will be potential opportunities to expand their responsibilities in the coming years, when the UK goals have been met.

Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities

The key responsibilities include:

• To double the size of the UK business over the next 5-years through new product introduction, category and distribution expansion.
• To drive a creative and entrepreneurial agenda within the team, prioritising new opportunities, whilst maintaining established relationships.
• Develop a senior level network within all key partners, increase engagement and commitment to the luxury brand.
• Full responsibility for the P&L and growth of both top- line revenue and overall margin.

Skills & Competencies

• Experienced in full P&L operational management.
• Successful track record in B2C luxury brands.
• An inspirational leadership style with a can-do attitude and a flexible approach.
• A high degree of commercial awareness and business acumen.
• Extensive experience in an operational leadership role, with a balance of hands-on pragmatism and strategic thinking.

This appointment will enjoy significant levels of autonomy and responsibility. The successful appointee will lead the day-to-day operations of the business. Working with the executive team, he/she will be responsible for the commercial and operational success of the business, making a significant contribution to the performance of the business.

The successful candidate will enjoy a stimulating and rewarding high profile role within a genuinely exciting and respected, market-leading business.

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