Retail

Leadership & talent solutions for better business outcomes

The retail world is in a state of flux, with challenges and opportunities on both the high street and in the digital space. 
 
For most retailers and D2C brands, change and transformation is a priority. Our team works with clients to deliver successful change, to lead turnarounds and to foster continuous improvement. We support high-growth businesses as well as struggling brands. 
 
Our specialist interims and NEDs deliver short-term consultancy and diagnostics, large-scale transformations and can serve as a gap fill for permanent positions. They are an accountable and cost-effective alternative to management consultants.   
 
By connecting you to the best interims and consultants in the retail market, we ensure you get maximum ROI for the projects you deliver through us. 

Helping you accelerate performance

We provide solutions at c-suite, director, head of department and programme manager levels. Our senior executives and interim managers bring a wealth of experience and expertise across the following: 

Strategy & commercial transformation 
Technology transformation  
Operating model & cost reduction 
Data, CRM & analytics 
Supply chain, retail operations & logistics  
Finance transformation 
Digital & multichannel operations 
Restructuring & organisation design

Proven expertise

Changing customer behaviours, squeezed household budgets, disruptive newcomers, technological advancements – the challenges to retailers grow every day. Facing these challenges requires bold leadership – and an appetite for implementing change that delivers results.  

With the market changing so rapidly, retailers need to act fast. Which is where we can help. 

Our retail team bring a wealth of combined experience – it has worked with organisations of very different sizes, across a broad range of retail sectors.  

Key benefits of interim managers

Leadership and specialist expertise for managing and delivering turnarounds or major restructures 
Management and delivery of an end-to-end merger or acquisition 
Cost-effective solution for hiring senior procurement expertise to deliver supply chain transformation  
Programme management and technical expertise to deliver successful IT transformation 
Leadership and programme management acumen to drive digital initiatives including the transition to Cloud and the optimisation of AI

Typical assignments

Board and leadership 
Digital, change and transformation 
Commercial 
Finance 
Human resources  
Information technology 
Marketing and sales 
Operations 
Programme management 
Risk, governance and compliance

Example roles

Interim CEO, Fashion (£400m)  
Pricing Strategy Consultant, Electricals (£30bn t/o) 
Interim CFO, PE-backed Sports (£150m) 
Supply Chain Transformation Project, Health & Beauty (£1.1bn) 
Interim Commercial Director, Fashion (£100m) 
Interim IT Director, Fashion (£300m) 
ERP Programme Manager, Entertainment 
Turnaround/Restructuring Consultant, Homewares (£200m) 
Interim Programme Director, Grocery 
Interim TOM Programme Director, Department Store (£10bn)  
Interim Strategy & Insights Director, Department Store (£10bn)

“Interim Partners at NSCG understood our business challenge and proposed an effective solution using an experienced interim. This proved to be absolutely the right approach, compared with an over-engineered consultancy project, which was the alternative considered. The interim deployed had the skills and expertise needed by the operations team. Equally important, he was able to work well with them and gain their understanding and buy-in to the changes proposed.”

COO
health & beauty retailer

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