Welcome to EM Retail

EM Retail works exclusively with retail, leisure, hospitality and consumer goods businesses. We recruit for both senior Head Office positions and customer-facing roles within multi-site environments.  Working closely with EM Finance and EM Consulting we help place people in Retail Operations, Finance, Strategy, Trading, Buying, Supply Chain and Marketing.

Retail Operations

Have you got the talent to motivate, develop and manage 5000 plus people in a challenging multi-site environment?  To be a successful area manager, you will already have managed a P&L across multiple stores and have excellent people development skills in addition to the personality to enthuse your staff and colleagues.

We specialise in manager and director level appointments including retail directors, operations directors, regional managers, area managers and large store managers, and place these fast-track, career-driven people with some of the best retailers and leisure companies in the UK.

Head Office

Whilst top talent leads in the field, retailers also rely on key people within central functions to make the best commercial decisions. These cover buying, merchandising, marketing, finance, strategy and supply chain.

The positions we recruit for range from senior manager to Director in each of the above areas for major retailers across fashion, grocery, general merchandise and speciality. Typically clients look for candidates who have either added significant value to their current organisations or who have shown significant promise at a more junior level.

EM Retail offers clients a number of different approaches to recruitment including: database recruitment; advertised selection or full executive search.  We provide a tailored approach based on the client’s specific needs rather than a one size fits all solution.  In addition, by understanding our candidate’s career ambitions and priorities we can provide talent that is interested, qualified and committed.

Selection of Clients