Role Purpose
The Group Head of Operations will serve as the Founder's primary partner in translating group strategy into executable operational plans.
This role combines strategic thinking with hands-on operational leadership, ensuring that growth strategies are practical, well-structured, and successfully implemented across all businesses in the group.
This will rest on the ability to build operational structure, discipline, and scalability across brands and manufacturing — ensuring consistency, efficiency, and execution excellence as the group grows.
Key Responsibilities
Strategy & Leadership:
Work closely with the Founder & Group CEO to develop and refine group-level growth strategies
Translate strategic priorities into clear operational roadmaps, milestones, and execution plans
Provide strategic input on scaling brands, manufacturing capacity, and operational structure
Act as a thought partner in decision-making across growth, efficiency, and risk
Group Operations:
Own group-wide operations across all brands and the manufacturing business
Oversee production planning, manufacturing, timelines, and quality control
Establish and lead group-level operational systems, workflows, and reporting
Drive cost control, efficiency, and margin discipline across entities
Coordinate execution across design, production, finance, and commercial functions
Identify operational bottlenecks early and implement corrective action
Scale & Execution:
Lead the transition from founder-led execution to structured, scalable operations
Build operational foundations that support future growth, new brands, and increased complexity
Profile & Experience
Strong background in manufacturing-led or production-driven organisations
Experience operating at multi-brand or group level
Demonstrated ability to operate at both strategic and execution levels
Understanding of operating in Nigeria/Africa or similar developing markets
Highly structured, commercially minded and solutions-oriented
Particular experience in fashion, apparel, or manufacturing is strongly preferred.
Compensations and Benefits
Competitive compensation aligned with experience and capability
Performance-linked bonus structure
Leadership growth pathway within a scaling organisation
Employee HMO scheme.
Why this role
Strategic partnership with the Founder at group level
Opportunity to shape and execute growth at a group and systems level across multiple businesses
Significant autonomy and strategic influence
Direct impact on scaling multiple brands and a manufacturing business
Long-term leadership growth potential