Rome, Milan, or Manchester-based • Full-time • Reports to: General ManagerThis role requires relocation to Manchester, UKPackage: Competitive base + performance bonus + equity potentialOwn the market. Build the business.in 2021 the brand joined a FTSE-100 group (JD Sports); Our first chapter took us from a tiny start-up into a global, social-first beauty brand. The Growth Studio brings brand, creative, performance, CRM, data, retail and marketplace into one room. Subscription economics that scale. Craft and speed at the same time.Hairburst is the first brand. It won't be the last.Why this role, why nowItaly is a €1m business today with potential to reach €5-10m in 18‐24 months. Full P&L ownership, clear commercial mandate, real freedom to build the business properly for this market.This gives you faster decisions, better support, and direct access to the specialists who'll help you win. We're looking for someone with deep knowledge of Italy (the market, the language, the culture) who's ready to relocate to scale it from here.We're open to operators who have run regions, channels, or categories in consumer brands, and to top‐tier consultants looking for their first shot at ownership. It's whether you know this market and can show us how you'd build it.This isn't a country manager role where you execute plans from head office. You set the strategy, make the commercial calls, own the results. The Growth Studio backs you with specialists, but you run the market.Full commercial ownership: revenue, margin, cash. Market positioning, channel priorities, pricing, promotional calendar, partnerships. Drive commercial momentum. Build velocity across DTC, marketplaces (Amazon, local platforms), retail (negotiate listings, promotional plans, in‐store activation), and subscription.Make the market work. Localisation: product, packaging, claims, content. Market‐specific activations, creator and influencer strategy, PR, partnerships. Demand planning, inventory health, working capital. No surprises, no stock‐outs, no dead inventory.Hire key people when needed (marketplace lead, brand manager, retail coordinator). Weekly sessions with brand, creative, performance, CRM, data, retail and marketplace specialists. you make the calls.
Revenue and contribution margin targets hit or exceeded.Market‐specific activations driving measurable brand lift and velocity.inventory health strong; commercial decisions made fast.Commercial operator. Market instincts. You don't just copy head office plans.Comfortable reviewing a weekly P&L, negotiating with a retailer, briefing creative, analysing cohort data. You tell the truth early, keep your promises, and protect the brand while driving growth.Language: Fluent in Italian and English.
P&L ownership, channel leadership, or regional management (beauty, wellness, consumer goods, D2C brands).A before/after story: market/channel/category was here, you did this, now it's there (with numbers).Evidence you've launched or scaled something (new market, channel, product).Proof you've made commercial calls (pricing, promo, mix, partnerships) that balanced growth and margin.The Growth StudioMost Country Managers are alone. Brand, creative, performance, CRM, data, e‐commerce, retail and marketplace specialists, all around the same table.You set commercial priorities; AI accelerates testing, targeting, creative scoring, reporting. One plan, shared dashboards. This is founder‐speed execution with the infrastructure of a scaled business.What's the single biggest opportunity to grow Hairburst in Italy, and what's your 90‐day plan to capture it?
For consumer brand operators: Describe a time you made a commercial call (pricing, promo, mix, partnership, channel) where you had to balance competing priorities. Pick a consumer brand in Italy that's underperforming. Diagnose what's broken and outline the three commercial levers you'd pull in the first 90 days to turn it around.
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