- Lead a category-leading business with more than 100 stores nationwide
- High visibility role with clear career progression pathway
Firmenprofil
Our client is a leading international fashion and apparel retail brand with decades of heritage and a strong market leadership position globally. Malaysia represents a key growth market and strategic hub, supporting both commercial and enabling functions. The organization is currently undergoing a strategic transformation, focused on brand repositioning, simplification of product offerings, and building a more consumer-centric, agile operating model aligned with global standards.
Aufgabengebiet
This role holds full accountability for the end-to-end retail business in Malaysia, overseeing commercial performance, operational excellence, and strategic growth initiatives. The successful candidate will lead a large organization while partnering closely with regional and global stakeholders to deliver transformation and sustained business performance.
Key Responsibilities Include
- Own the overall retail P&L, setting strategic direction and delivering sustainable revenue growth, profitability, and market share expansion.
- Provide strong commercial and operational leadership, ensuring alignment of business priorities and consistent execution across all retail touchpoints nationwide.
- Lead the elevation of retail excellence, including store operations, customer experience, service standards, and in-store productivity optimisation.
- Drive end-to-end business transformation initiatives, including brand repositioning, simplification of product portfolios, and adoption of new operating frameworks.
- Build, lead, and inspire a high-performing leadership team, fostering a culture of accountability, agility, and continuous improvement across all levels.
- Champion a consumer-first mindset, ensuring that retail strategies and execution are aligned with evolving customer expectations and market trends.
- Collaborate closely with regional and global stakeholders, ensuring strong alignment to broader strategic objectives and leveraging best practices across markets.
- Strengthen omnichannel integration, partnering cross-functionally to create a seamless and consistent customer journey across physical and digital touchpoints.
- Oversee merchandising and assortment strategies, ensuring clarity in product offering, inventory optimization, and strong in-store storytelling.
- Drive organizational effectiveness, including talent development, succession planning, capability building, and fostering a high-performance culture.
Anforderungsprofil
We are seeking a seasoned retail leader with strong commercial acumen and a proven track record of leading large-scale operations through growth and transformation. The ideal candidate brings a balance of strategic thinking and execution excellence, with the ability to influence across a matrixed organization while building and inspiring high-performing teams. You are comfortable navigating complexity, challenging legacy practices, and driving meaningful change in a fast-evolving retail environment.
Key Requirements Include
- Extensive experience in retail leadership roles, managing multi-store operations with full P&L accountability.
- Proven ability to drive business growth, turnaround, or transformation initiatives in a consumer-facing environment.
- Strong people leadership and team development capabilities, with experience managing large and diverse teams.
- Solid background in commercial strategy and merchandising, with the ability to translate insights into action.
- Experience operating within a regional or global matrix structure, with strong stakeholder management skills.
- Highly data-driven and results-oriented, with sharp commercial instincts and disciplined execution.
- Background in fashion, apparel, or consumer retail sectors; experience in category-driven businesses is advantageous.
- Agile, proactive, and comfortable leading change in a legacy environment undergoing transformation.
Vergütungspaket
- Market Leadership & Scale: Lead a dominant, category-leading business in Malaysia with a nationwide network of >100 retail stores and a sizable frontline team.
- Transformation Mandate:Play a key role in shaping a brand refresh, portfolio simplification, and the next phase of omnichannel growth.
- Career Progression: High visibility role with a clear pathway toward future cluster or regional leadership opportunities.
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Referenznummer: JN-052026-7020815
