OVERVIEW:
Are you our next Retail Regional Manager-UK/EU?
Our stores play a pivotal part in bringing Gymshark to life, in real life. Our community and customers are our family, so we treat them as such. We dont care if they buy, browse, or just hang out. What matters is providing a safe space where everyone belongs and feels welcome.
With responsibility for our stores this is a critical role in the success of our exciting retail expansion plans across UK and Europe.
WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING:
This role exists to strategically lead, manage & drive continuous development across all aspects of the regions retail business with accountability for achieving sales, retail KPIs, our halo impact and profit goals throughout the region. Responsible for the Region's budget & wage cost management, you are both a forward & creative thinker.
You will drive people & team development, commerciality, competitor awareness & advantage, operational & omni channel excellence and have effective communication skills with a desire to exceed goals
You are a cultural north star and an inspiring leader connecting with both store teams, leaders and the wider HQ business, with the region you are accountable for and will create a culture that everyone [community & team] wants to be a part of. Specifically, you will be responsible for:
1. Ensuring the regions commercial & operational priorities are aligned with company direction
2. All aspects of Store Operations, continuously reviewing best practise and finding efficiencies to enhance profit and operational/commercial solutions & sharing these to improve Gymshark Retail
3. Proposing, testing, monitoring ROI, implementing new initiatives to improve Gymshark Retail
4. Having & maintaining a high level of competitor & market insights, with consideration of application to improve Gymshark Retail & maintain competitive advantage. Inclusive of [but not limited to] brands, product, community & hyper local trade.
5. Proactively seek & analyse data to improve the commercial performance of the region
6. Playing an active role in consulting around retail programmes and workstreams; sharing knowledge & best practise to reduce inefficiency, maximise commercial benefit & eliminating points of frustration
7. Opening NSOs on time, to budget & to commercial success, working with the NSO team to refine opening framework
8. Managing the regions calendar and reacting to hyperlocal activities, trade & commercial opportunities
9. Building & maintaining internal relationships to better the region and act as a retail consultant and region SME to the business, offering & presenting market insights to wider retail stakeholders
10. Working closely with the Go to Market teams [VM, Stores, Merchandising, Sweat & Retail Events], ensuring brand campaigns, NPD, peak trading periods are successfully launched IRL in line with company ambitions with hyperlocal relevancy & sensitivity throughout the region
11. Working closely with the merchandising teams to ensure product ranges are graded appropriately within the region, driving sell through & commercial success
12. Ensuring retail events [in store or OOH] within the region are supported effectively through the regions store teams, driving brand building, halo impact and commercial ROI. Identifying & proposing ideas & initiatives to drive events in region
13. Talent acquisition, direct line management, development, coaching & succession planning & strategic direction of/to the Head of Stores and Store Managers throughout the region
14. Being a coach and mentor to the instore teams & leaders within region & retail support team
15. Keeping self & the retail team up to date on new innovations in the retail space & ways of working
16. Championing DEI and ensuring Gymshark IRL is accessible & appropriate for all
WHAT YOU'LL NEED:
17. Retail leadership & operations experience in a fast paced, high volume, high growth and agile environment
18. High awareness of retail landscape; competitors & product and future focused, identifying issues / patterns / trends before they occur
19. Strong commercial acumen with experience of P&L management & budgetary control
20. Experience in New Store Openings across multiple territories
21. Experience with retail labour management
22. Strong project skills, ability to lead, manage & support multiple complex projects simultaneously
23. Proficient & experienced people leader, understanding of ER processes and experience of motivating & communicating to retail team/s
24. Strong interpersonal & collaboration skills used to interacting and influencing effectively with multiple stakeholders at all levels
25. Effective facilitator, storyteller and highly effective communicator both in writing & speech
26. Must be able to take and give constructive feedback and willing to challenge and be challenged
27. Strong organisation, time management and prioritisation skills
28. Ability to travel and work across time zones where required
WHAT YOU COULD ALSO HAVE:
29. Experience working across multiple countries, preferably UK and EU
BELONGING AT GYMSHARK.
Our mission is to be a place where everyone belongs. Were an equal opportunities employer, and for us that means we always strive to be as inclusive as possible in all aspects of employment, right from your application. Were committed to finding reasonable adjustments* for candidates with specific needs or have a disability during our recruitment process, and all applicants will be considered fairly and equally. We do not tolerate discrimination of any kind. *If youd like to request a reasonable adjustment please email.
ABOUT US.
Were here to unite the conditioning community. We believe that putting the sweat in today, prepares us for tomorrow. So, we give people the tools they need to reach further, go faster, be stronger. We celebrate those who show up for themselves to be their physical or mental best, whatever that means for them. Its what we want for our community, and our team. A team thats growing rapidly around the world. A collective of talented individuals working together to invent Gymsharks future. Our plans are ambitious, and were looking for people who want to join us for the ride our growth will be your growth.
THE PERKS.
️ 34 days holidays (including Bank Holidays)
Employer pension contributions up to 7%
️️ Contribution to a gym membership
50% Gymshark Discount
Financial, Physical and Mental Wellbeing Support
Generous Family Leave package we support you extending your family
Competitive Incentive scheme
Cashback & Discount Benefits programme