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**Head of Retail** **Location:** Dubai, UAE **Salary:** AED 45,000–55,000 per month **The Opportunity** We are partnering with a leading retail and distribution business to appoint a commercially driven Head of Retail to lead a large-scale multi-brand retail operation across the UAE, with future oversight of Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman and Saudi Arabia. This is a highly operational leadership role responsible for driving sales performance, profitability and retail excellen
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Head of Retail
Salary
AED 45,000–55,000 per month
The Opportunity
We are partnering with a leading retail and distribution business to appoint a commercially driven Head of Retail to lead a large-scale multi-brand retail operation across the UAE, with future oversight of Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman and Saudi Arabia.
This is a highly operational leadership role responsible for driving sales performance, profitability and retail excellence across a network of 100+ stores.
Reporting directly to the CEO, you will lead a sizeable team of Area Managers and retail leaders, ensuring exceptional execution across every aspect of the retail operation.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the retail strategy and day-to-day operations across a portfolio of fashion, footwear and lifestyle brands.
- Drive revenue, gross margin and profitability across a business generating over
Aed 500m
- annually.
- Manage and develop Area Managers and regional retail teams.
- Maximise store productivity, commercial performance and customer experience.
- Monitor KPIs including sales, conversion, ATV, margin, stock management and operational efficiency.
- Partner with merchandising, supply chain and warehousing teams to optimise inventory and store availability.
- Support new store openings, refurbishments and operational improvements.
- Identify opportunities to improve retail processes, productivity and commercial performance.
- Work closely with senior leadership to support regional expansion across the GCC.
- Foster a high-performance, hands-on culture focused on accountability and execution.
About You
- 10+ years' experience leading large-scale retail operations.
- Strong background within fashion, footwear, home or lifestyle retail
- Experience managing large store networks and multi-layer retail teams.
- Commercially focused with a proven ability to drive sales and profitability.
- Comfortable working within fast-paced, entrepreneurial environments.
- Strong understanding of retail operations, warehousing, merchandising and inventory management.
- Experience with own-brand retail businesses would be highly advantageous.
- Exposure to store launches, retail transformation or concept rollouts is desirable.
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