Job: Regional Director – Travel Retail

Our Client

Our client for this Regional Director – Travel Retail role is an international Travel Retailer with an office in Miami for the Americas and managing stores in Airports and on Cruise Ships.

Objective

The Regional Director – Travel Retail supports and leads a variety of strategic efforts inclusive of playing a pivotal role in building annual/long-term strategic plans for the company, Inc. This position is crucial to the business’s ability to establish its short, medium, and long-term plans in a highly dynamic travel retail industry.
The Regional Director – Travel Retail partners closely with the Director of Corporate Strategy & Business Development, and shares responsibility for the development and oversight of the business’s corporate strategies in order to support growth objectives while strengthening the business core to develop and maintain a competitive advantage.
This position plays a key role in strategy formulation, collaborates with both internal and external stakeholders, and leads cross-functional teams in the development of business-wide operational strategies.

Job Description

• Create and implement business expansion strategies based on accurate market analysis including full financial analysis and business development framework across the Americas region.
• Lead cross-functional teams to identify, evaluate and execute critical strategic priorities and action plans through long-term business planning and performance management
• Continuously challenge the existing status quo, and initiate change outside the current business function, supportive to the overall business growth.
• Build strong relationships with involved stakeholders (airports, cruise liners, other internal departments, etc.) and retain a high level of professionalism in doing project management and retail architectural design.
• Partner with the Director of Corporate Strategy & Business Development to facilitate informed decision-making and strategy formulation by highlighting potential risks, including presentation to the Board, when necessary.
• Develop the innovation hub for the region to accelerate, promote and foster innovative concepts, to adapt and enhance our business models, also by seeking investments from accelerators or alternative financial sources.

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