Expansion Commercial Manager

Job Description

WHAT YOU’LL DO

As our Expansion Commercial Manager, you’ll drive our global retail portfolio strategy, ensuring strong alignment with brand priorities and long-term growth ambitions. You’ll translate strategy into clear expansion plans, strengthen portfolio resilience, and enable cross-functional collaboration across markets and brands.

Own and drive the global retail portfolio strategy for a cluster of Sales Markets in line with the Brand Plan and Global Retail Strategy

Translate global priorities into clear, executable expansion and optimisation plans for Sales Markets

Secure portfolio resilience and deal quality by setting and enforcing commercial, leasing and legal guidelines

Lead cross-functional collaboration across Sales Markets, Brands and global functions to deliver strong investment and expansion recommendations

Drive key global retail initiatives and contribute strategic input to format and portfolio development

Elevate expansion capabilities through global insights, structured ways of working and talent development

Represent expansion strategies in senior decision forums, including board presentations, with clear recommendations, risks and upsides

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

You’ll work closely with Sales Market expansion leaders, Brand teams and global functions across Commercial, Legal, Finance and Strategy. You’ll also collaborate with senior stakeholders to shape decisions that impact our long-term growth and physical retail footprint.

WHO YOU ARE

We are looking for people with…

A minimum of 8+ years’ experience within commercial expansion, portfolio strategy or large-scale retail development

The ability to translate strategy into actionable plans and priorities across complex organisations

Solid commercial judgement, including experience with leasing, deal structures and investment decisions

Experience collaborating cross-functionally across markets and global teams

Confidence presenting and influencing at senior leade