Country Manager

Overview

ONLY STORES is part of BESTSELLER Retail Europe and operates more than 700 stores across Europe, located on leading high streets and in attractive shopping centers. With revenue exceeding £600 million and new store openings every week, we are constantly evolving. In the UK, we are at the beginning of an exciting growth journey. You will have the opportunity to make your personal mark on the market and shape the organization from day one.

Do you want to lead the expansion of ONLY STORES in the UK? Are you driven by creating structure, delivering results, and building strong teams? Are you motivated to develop a market from the ground up, in an international and highly competitive retail environment?

ONLY STORES is experiencing strong growth, and the UK is our next strategic step. We have just opened our first three stores and have ambitious expansion plans. We are now looking for a strong and action-oriented Retail Country Manager to take full responsibility for building, scaling, and optimizing the business in the UK – both strategically and operationally.

As a Retail Country Manager, you will hold full P/L responsibility for the UK and act as the driving force behind our growth and performance. You will ensure continued progress in revenue and EBIT, both in existing stores and new openings, while building a strong and sustainable organization. You will balance expansion with stable and healthy operations and work closely with leaders in the UK as well as our teams in Denmark within operations, buying, merchandising, and controlling.

The role requires a high level of mobility. You will spend the majority of your time in the market, in stores, close to your leaders, and where results are created – We believe in leadership through presence.

• Full P/L responsibility for the UK
• Drive performance and secure growth in revenue and EBIT
• Open and optimise stores
• Recruit, develop, and motivate strong leadership teams
• Provide close, daily support to stores
• Collaborate with buying, merchandising, and controlling
• Optimise visual execution and product performance
• Budget follow-up, KPI management, and overall performance responsibility

We are looking for an ambitious and results-driven retail professional with strong fashion awareness and a commercial mindset. You have experience from a similar role – perhaps as a Country Manager or an experienced Area Manager – and are ready to take the next step and help build a market from the ground up. You work in a structured and analytical way, while also being energetic and action oriented.

You create engagement and ownership among your leaders and communicate clearly and confidently. You thrive in a high-paced environment with significant mobility and clear ambitions, and you are motivated by being where results are created.

We Expect That You

• Have solid experience in store operations and leadership within fashion and retail
• Have documented results in improving performance and developing teams
• Possess strong collaboration and communication skills
• Have strong business understanding and insight into buying and sales processes
• Are analytically strong and comfortable working with KPIs
• Are an advanced user of Microsoft Office

UK - based in the market. Significant travel activity should be expected.

A unique opportunity to help build and scale a new market within one of Europe s strongest fashion retail organisations. You will become part of an ambitious and results-driven environment with a high degree of responsibility and the opportunity to leave a clear mark on the development of ONLY STORES in the UK.

If you have any questions regarding the position, you are welcome to contact International Retail Manager Kasper Andersen at .

Please send your application and CV as soon as possible and no later than 15 April. We conduct interviews on an ongoing basis and reserve the right to remove the advertisement once a suitable candidate has been found.

Are you ready to lead ONLY STORES in the UK? We look forward to hearing from you.

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