Business Manager at a Ready-to-Wear Business via Smart Partners – Lekki

A ready-to-wear fashion business is recruiting a full-time Business Manager in the Lekki/Lagos Island area through Smart Partners Consulting Limited. Reporting to the Founder or Group CEO, the role leads commercial strategy, profitability, retail operations and the systems needed for sustainable growth.

Responsibilities

• Own profit-and-loss results, business plans, budgets, revenue targets and cost controls.
• Identify opportunities across retail, new markets, pop-up events and product categories.
• Lead sales strategy, conversion, pricing, merchandise mix and inventory efficiency.
• Strengthen in-store service, customer relationships and retail performance.
• Work with design and production functions on product assortments, pricing and profitability.
• Set up operational reporting, stock and sales systems, workflows and accountability.
• Lead commercial, retail and operations teams, clarify duties and supervise strategic activations.
• Track weekly and monthly performance, revenue, margins, stock movement and project return on investment.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and six to ten years or more in fashion, retail, lifestyle or a consumer-facing business.
• Demonstrated P&L ownership, sales-channel growth and commercial leadership.
• Strong strategic, analytical, operational, people-management and systems-development skills.
• Ability to lead delivery in a fast-growing, founder-led organisation.

Initial success measures

In the first three to six months, success includes reliable management reporting, improved revenue and conversion, stronger stock and retail operations, accountable pop-up activations and better profitability.