Senior Director – Retail Business (Lifestyle)

Company Confidential; Dubai; Vor Ort; AED 600.000 - 900.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Company Confidential is seeking a senior Retail Business Leader in Dubai to take end-to-end ownership of an established lifestyle retail business, guiding its next growth phase. This executive will shape strategy with a focus on profitability, customer experience, and sustainable expansion across markets.

The role demands a proven track record of running large, multi-site retail operations, delivering growth and improved profitability while building high-performing teams and influencing at the

Qualifikationen

• Proven leadership of a sizeable lifestyle/home decor retail P&L or business unit.
• Experience running complex, multi-site retail operations across markets.
• Strong commercial and operational leadership with a track record of profitability growth.

Aufgaben

• Full P&L ownership and accountability for overall business performance.
• Developing and executing the business strategy and growth agenda.
• Driving revenue, market share and sustainable profitability.
• Leading a multi-site retail operation and ensuring consistently strong execution.
• Identifying opportunities for business expansion and future growth.
• Using consumer, market and competitor insights to shape commercial decisions.
• Driving productivity, efficiency and continuous improvement across the business.
• Working closely with key functions to ensure effective end-to-end execution.
• Building, developing and leading high-performing teams.

Kenntnisse

P&L ownership

Multi-site leadership

Commercial leadership

Strategic growth

Cross-functional leadership

Jobbeschreibung

We are looking for an accomplished Retail Business Leader to take end-to-end ownership of an established lifestyle retail business and lead its next phase of growth.

This is a senior leadership opportunity for someone who has genuinely led a business end-to-end, combining strong commercial acumen, strategic thinking and operational leadership with full accountability for business performance.

The Role

You will be responsible for shaping and delivering the overall business strategy, with a strong focus on sustainable growth, profitability and customer experience.

Key areas of responsibility will include:

• Full P&L ownership and accountability for overall business performance
• Developing and executing the business strategy and growth agenda
• Driving revenue, market share and sustainable profitability
• Leading a multi-site retail operation and ensuring consistently strong execution
• Identifying opportunities for business expansion and future growth
• Using consumer, market and competitor insights to shape commercial decisions
• Driving productivity, efficiency and continuous improvement across the business
• Working closely with key functions to ensure effective end-to-end execution
• Building, developing and leading high-performing teams

What We’re Looking For

We are particularly interested in senior retail leaders who bring:

• Significant leadership experience within lifestyle, home, furniture, homeware or other relevant specialty retail environments
• Proven ownership of a sizeable retail P&L or business unit
• Experience leading complex, multi-site retail businesses, ideally across multiple markets
• Strong commercial and operational leadership capabilities
• A track record of delivering growth and improved profitability
• Experience scaling or expanding retail businesses
• Strong understanding of consumer behaviour and evolving retail trends
• The ability to lead large, cross-functional teams and influence at senior executive level

More than the job title, we are interested in the scale and complexity of the business you have personally led, including business size, store network, geographical scope and team leadership.

If you have successfully led a retail business end-to-end and are interested in exploring a senior leadership opportunity in Dubai, we would be pleased to hear from you.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted!