Leadership Program (MBA Graduate)

Retail Insights; City Of London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Opportunity for personal growth

Work with an incredible team

Travel opportunities

Job summary

A leading retail forum organization in London is seeking a dynamic leader to manage and grow their business. The role includes building a high-performing team, executing conference strategies, and developing the brand. Ideal candidates have over 4 years of experience in fast-paced environments and possess strong leadership and communication skills. This position offers tangible results and opportunities for overseas travel.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in high-speed, result-driven environments.
• Strong commercial awareness and passion for business.
• UK, EU or US work permit.
• Strong commercial awareness and business mindset.
• UK, EU or US work permit.

Responsibilities

• Recruit and develop a high-performing team.
• Execute strategies for brand development.
• Oversee planning and completion of conferences.
• Identify business expansion opportunities.
• Develop the company’s brand as a hub for inspiration, knowledge and networking.
• Oversee conferences from planning to completion within timelines and budget.
• Assign tasks across departments and monitor progress to meet objectives.
• Identify expansion opportunities with existing clients and new business development.

Skills

Leadership skills

Communication abilities

Commercial awareness

Interpersonal skills

Business Development

Budget Management

Education

Bachelor’s degree

MBA

Job description

About us

Retail Insights is Northern Europe’s leading retail forum. We are strengthening the retail ecosystem by building a platform for insights, inspiration, and networking, connecting more than 3,000 leaders yearly from more than 15 countries.

Retail Insights is part of United Media which focuses on building large scale industry media and conferences products in sectors such as insurance, HR, private equity, retail, etc. As of today, we have organically launched 8 media companies and acquired one.

The Opportunity

On the Leadership Program, you will run, grow and manage all aspects of Retail Insights. You will be responsible for building and leading a world-class team, ensuring the successful execution of the conference and strategy of the brand.

You’ll want this job if you possess strong leadership skills, excellent communication abilities, highly ambitious, forward-thinking and driven to inspire and lead a team. You are someone who is thrilled to work in a fast-paced environment and wants to scale the company rapidly.

Responsibilities

• Recruit, build and develop a high-performing team.
• Build an ecosystem and deliver outstanding products.
• Set clear expectations, establish goals, and provide ongoing detailed feedback and performance evaluations.
• Execute the strategy at a rapid pace.
• Develop the company’s brand as the go-to place for inspiration, knowledge and networking.
• Oversee planning, execution, and completion of conferences within the designated timelines and budget constraints.
• Assign tasks to team members in each department, monitor progress, and ensure project objectives are achieved.
• Identify opportunities to expand business with existing clients and collaborate with business development teams for new client acquisition.

What we offer you

You’ll be working in person at our HQ in London (next to Sloane Square), constantly pushing you out of your comfort zone to ensure a never-ending growth curve for you and the business. We provide you with the following:

• The opportunity to lead, run and develop a fast-growing business, where your work and the results are highly tangible and make all the difference.
• Work with an incredible team with a track record of developing and growing businesses.
• Travel opportunity: You will be joining our conferences overseas.

Requirement

• +4 years’ experience from an institution with high speed and work ethic e.g. management consulting, investment banking, top-tier corporate or start-up.
• Bachelor’s degree with outstanding results, maybe followed by an MBA
• Strong commercial awareness and a passion for business.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• UK, EU or US work permit