the client is seeking a Chief Operating Officer—Retail to lead end-to-end pre-opening and launch execution for a large-scale, multi-brand retail platform. This role focuses on achieving full operational readiness across all brands, driving network-wide operating excellence, and ensuring performance standards are consistently implemented.
The Chief Operating Officer—Retail will be responsible for total retail operations performance, including sales productivity and store profitability. The role includes full ownership of a multi-brand P&L, managing financial performance, portfolio optimization, and category strategy, as well as defining and executing commercial growth initiatives such as traffic generation, conversion optimization, and mall-wide campaigns.
Additional responsibilities include overseeing supply chain and inventory management, supporting efficient logistics and importation processes, and optimizing working capital. The position also involves building and leading a high-performance organization through team structuring, talent development, and a performance-driven culture, with expectations for strong operations leadership, financial management capability, data-driven problem solving, effective stakeholder collaboration, and knowledge of inventory and supply chain processes.