General Manager

Company Description

Embassy of Beauty is a premier retail and treatment space located on Kensington Church Street, London. We have 3 main streams of revenue:

• Onsite location
• Ecommerce
• Distribution

The General Manager will be a pivotal leader responsible for the holistic strategic and operational oversight of Embassy of Beauty's diverse business units: the retail clinic, the e-commerce platform, and the distribution arm. This role requires a dynamic, commercially astute, and hands‑on leader capable of driving growth, optimizing performance, fostering a culture of excellence, and ensuring seamless integration across all channels.

The General Manager will be instrumental in translating strategic vision into operational reality, maximizing profitability, enhancing brand reputation, and delivering unparalleled customer and client satisfaction.

• Collaborate with the directors to define and execute the overall business strategy, identifying new growth opportunities across all revenue streams (clinic, e-commerce, distribution).
• Develop and implement comprehensive business plans, budgets, and sales targets for each division, ensuring alignment with company‑wide objectives.
• Monitor market trends, competitor activities, and consumer insights to identify opportunities for innovation, service enhancement, and product diversification.
• Drive profitability through effective cost control, revenue optimisation, and efficiency improvements across all operations.

• Retail Clinic: Oversee clinic operations to ensure exceptional client experience, clinical excellence, compliance with UK regulations, and optimal scheduling/utilisation of practitioners and rooms.
• E‑commerce: Supervise the e‑commerce strategy, including website functionality, user experience, digital marketing, inventory management for online sales, and order fulfilment. Drive online sales and conversion rates.
• Distribution: Manage the supply chain, warehousing, logistics, and order fulfilment for B2B distribution. Optimise inventory levels, negotiate supplier contracts, and ensure efficient product delivery to partners.
• Cross‑Functional Integration: Ensure seamless integration and consistent brand messaging across all channels, optimising the customer journey from clinic visit to online purchase to wholesale client support.

• Full P&L responsibility across all business units.
• Develop and manage budgets, forecasts, and financial models.
• Analyse financial performance, identify variances, and implement corrective actions to achieve financial targets.
• Prepare regular, insightful reports for the Board on key performance indicators (KPIs), sales, profitability, and operational efficiency.

• Lead, motivate, and develop a high‑performing multi‑disciplinary team, including direct reports and their respective teams (Clinic, E‑commerce, Distribution, Marketing, Finance).
• Foster a positive, collaborative, and results‑oriented work environment.
• Conduct regular performance reviews, set clear objectives, and identify training and development needs.
• Drive recruitment, onboarding, and retention strategies for key talent.

• Work closely with the marketing team to develop and execute integrated marketing strategies that promote the clinic, e‑commerce, and distribution brands.
• Ensure consistent brand voice, visual identity, and messaging across all touchpoints.
• Oversee customer relationship management (CRM) initiatives to enhance loyalty and retention.

• Minimum of 8-10 years of progressive leadership experience, with at least 3-5 years in a senior General Manager or Operations Director role or similar.
• Essential: Proven experience managing diverse business units, ideally spanning retail/clinic operations, e‑commerce, and/or distribution.
• Highly Desirable: Experience with in the beauty, wellness, or luxury retail sectors.
• Demonstrable track record of driving significant revenue growth and improving profitability.
• Experience managing P&L and complex budgets.
• Comfortable being in the office 5 days a…