Regional General Manager Operations

Overview of the role

The Regional General Manager Operations drives business profitability by maximizing sales, managing costs, and ensuring an exceptional customer shopping experience. He/she support team growth to maintain high retail standards and exemplary customer service across all stores, ensuring a brand-aligned customer experience that delivers our customer promise.

What you will do

Drive sales, maximize profit and Business Steering

• Develop and execute strategic plans to achieve top-line growth and bottom-line profitability
• Drive the retail agenda in line with commercial priorities, taking a fully integrated cross-functional view to secure the long-term business direction of the markets and contributing insights in order to secure the overall performance of the business
• Contributes to the Business overall direction, business plan process, business transformation and change agenda, with the M&S Leadership team

Deliver retail agenda

• Lead retail strategy to maximize daily commercial opportunities, driving both sales growth and profitability aligned with business objectives.
• Drive operational excellence and efficiency across all stores to enhance customer experience and performance.
• Ensure consistent adherence to high operational standards and compliance with local regulations in all store operations.
• Oversee and implement Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to meet market/region specific commercial compliance and process requirements
• Implement operational strategies to optimize resources and enhance business operations
• Establish KPIs for monitoring performance and driving continuous improvement

Customer Experience, Marketing, VM

• Champion a customer-centric approach to enhance and maintain high standards in the in-store experience.
• Strengthen brand representation by increasing Blue presence across all stores.
• Ensure a seamless, positive customer experience across all channels, consistently aligning with the M&S customer promise.
• Set clear, ambitious targets for all marketing activities, monitor performance, and adapt plans based on insights.
• Collaborate to gather insights and refine strategies for effective marketing and branding of new and existing products.

Corporate & Brand Management 

• Foster brand values and consistent practices across all stores, ensuring alignment with M&S standards and corporate governance.
• Collaborate closely with the brand principal to strengthen partnerships, address challenges, and drive commercial priorities.
• Set and uphold operational standards across stores, maintaining brand integrity and adapting customer experience strategies to local market needs

Team Management

• Benchmark people KPIs with HR to drive productivity and hold line managers accountable for performance and continuous improvement.
• Ensure succession for General Manager role is a key responsibility, by identifying critical roles and developing talent