Head of Retail

5 months ago


Bury, United Kingdom JD Sports Full time

JD Sports is in search of a Head Of Retail to aid in the expansion of our stores in Northern Europe. This role presents an exciting opportunity to contribute to the success and performance of our Retail Teams in Northern Europe
- Job Title - Head Of Retail
- Location - Northern Europe (Field Based)
- Working hours - Full Time (40 Hours)

**What You'll Be Doing**:
As a Head of Retail, you'll be doing the following:

- Responsible for the growth of Northern Europe region retail sales. Supporting the Central EU Associate Director and working in strategic partnership across all HQ Based functions (Marketing, Buying, Merchandising, Finance, HR, Property).
- Demonstrate sales achievements in line with forecasted targets. Deliver best in class store operations, team development, brand presentation and customer experience.
- Manage the Northern Europe region Retail Budget P&L with alignment to the overall JD Retail strategy. Ensure budgets and manageable costs are controlled and that net profits are met at store, area and regional level.
- Build, develop and coach a high performing senior retail team, dedicated to quality, innovation, operational excellence and best practice across the North Region
- Ensure retail excellence in operations standards, which reflect global JD guidelines to ensure efficiency of operations and a positive customer experience

**What We're Looking For**:

- Experience of working in a senior management position within a retail environment is required
- Exceptional leadership qualities and experience of managing a large and diverse team.
- Evidence of strong drive to achieve results through others
- Ability to demonstrate a strong commercial awareness
- Travel will be essential for this role

**The Company**:
The JD Group is a leading omnichannel retailer of Sports Fashion, Street & Premium Fashion, Outdoors and Gyms with over 60,000 colleagues over 3,400 stores across several retail fascia's in over 30 markets around the world.

We are an equal opportunities employer who embraces and values differences. We recognise the importance of an inclusive workplace culture in which everyone can thrive irrespective of their background or identity.

To be a part of this successful and continuously growing company, you will have the desire to ingrain our strategic goals of being a people first, a digital leader and customer focused organisation which provides operational excellence and is continuous with identifying new areas of growth into our day-to-day.

We know our employees work tirelessly to make JD Sports the success it is today and in turn, we offer them some amazing benefits:

- Incremental Holiday Allowance
- Staff Discount on qualifying purchases across Group retail stores and online
- Exclusive Colleague Bike Discount scheme
- Discounted Gym membership
- Personal development opportunities to learn and develop at work
- Access to Apprenticeships and accredited qualifications

**Interested?***

Thank you again for your time.



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