JOB ROLE
AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Business & Team Leadership
1. Inspires, challenges, and stretches individuals and Teams performances, coaching all team members to reach their full potential.
2. Provides clear direction, guidance, and leadership, giving open and honest feedback to all regarding their performance and behaviours.
3. Conducts regular reviews with all channels creating focussed action plans to target improvement and encouraging others to deliver on all targets.
4. Motivates, coaches, and encourages creativity giving every team member the confidence to take part, creating a positive atmosphere that allows individuals to thrive.
5. Promotes the need for a continuous learning and development culture
6. Delivers strong, effective communication to all team members.
7. Foster a culture of creativity and excellence.
8. Role model and champion the 5Cs framework, be Collaborative, Creative, Courageous, Connected, Committed.
Finance: Strategy & Commercial
9. Complete P&L and Cash Flow responsibility for the UK & Ireland Business.
10. Provide accurate and timely financial information, including reporting of performance, to the UK & Ireland. Leadership Team to support in critical decision making.
11. Provide detailed financial analysis to develop insights, identify trends and actionable opportunities.
12. Drive the delivery of detailed forecasts and plans for the UK & Ireland Business.
13. Ensure Marketing spend is controlled and aligned with strategic and operational priorities.
14. Monitor and track the financial progress of operational activities / building blocks. Work closely with the UK & Ireland Leadership Team to develop and implement corrective action where needed to deliver on budgeted commitments.
15. Own the development and Implementation of long range (3-5 year) strategic plans for the UK & Ireland Business.
16. Ensure regular review of the UK & Ireland Cost centres to ensure spend is in line with the Budget / Forecast.
17. Owner of the Order to Cash process for the UK & Ireland Business.
18. Ensure robust controls are in place in relation to Customer trade terms, pricing, discounts, and commissions.
19. Participate in UK & Ireland Business Leadership team meetings to ensure financial impact of decisions are highlighted and understood.
20. Ensure team delivery of all operational finance activities for the UK & Ireland Business including complete and accurate month end activities.
21. Provide Group Finance with weekly revenue reporting for the ‘Scorecard’ (actuals and forecast for the month)
22. Ensure robust financial involvement in monthly S&OP Demand Review calls to review and confirm operational volume demand forecast
23. Drive an improvement in financial awareness including SOX through collaboratively working with key stakeholders
24. Lead the UK Finance and Data Team to reach objectives set and drive business analysis and performance
Supply Chain & Operations
25. End to End responsibility for Demand Planning & Operational Delivery & Execution
26. Lead and develop the UK&I Supply Chain team, including Demand Planning, Operations, and Logistics functions.
27. Drive accurate demand forecasting and inventory planning to optimize product availability and working capital.
28. Oversee logistics operations including warehousing, transportation, and distribution, ensuring cost efficiency and service excellence.
29. Collaborate cross-functionally with Sales, Finance, and Commercial teams to align supply chain plans with market demand and promotional activity.
30. Implement and monitor KPIs to track performance across demand planning, logistics, and operational execution.
31. Lead continuous improvement initiatives to enhance supply chain agility, resilience, and sustainability.
32. Manage relationships with third-party logistics providers and supply chain partners to ensure high service levels and compliance.
33. Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and company policies across all supply chain activities.
KEY SKILLS & ATTRIBUTES
34. University degree and / or professional accounting qualifications (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) with supporting professional experience
35. Minimum of 7 years’ experience gained in management accounting in addition to good grounding in financial accounting
36. Previous experience gained in an FMCG/ international environment is essential
37. Proven track record of effectively supporting and influencing stakeholders and providing a full business partnering service
38. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work across multi stakeholders to gather data disseminate insights and manage requests
39. Experience in mentoring, developing, empowering, and leading exceptional, high performing teams and individuals (with at least 5 team members)
40. Resilience and Agile to the dynamic nature of the ever-changing market and business needs
41. Instinctive commercial flair to drive decisions that improve KPIs and performance
42. Demonstrate ownership and accountability, can give examples of taking measured risks to achieve results
43. Enthusiastic, energetic outgoing, with a positive ‘can do’ attitude, determined to win and a passion for numbers and all things analytics
44. Act with transparency and integrity
45. Create a climate of inclusion and diversity
46. Actively live and breathe the ghd brand
47. UK based with the ability to travel within UK/ROI without restrictions
VALUES
We at ghd are proudly committed to our five core Company Values and aim to attract and retain employees who truly live and breathe these in everyday life at ghd.
48. Collaborative – We work together to create the extraordinary.
49. Creative – We foster creativity & excellence to create value for our brands and business.
50. Courageous - We are agile, entrepreneurial & we own our future.
51. Connected - We stay connected and ensure we are always consumer first.
52. Committed - We are responsible for our impact on other & the plan
We’re a young company that’s achieved great things by creating a best in class range of products that are loved by stylists and consumers alike. We remain fiercely ambitious, with big growth plans, exciting new innovation in the pipeline and geographic expansion.
We pride ourselves on remaining true to our founding ethos - the spirit of transformation - and have established a position at the forefront of the competitive fashion styling sector, where we are renowned as one of the leading hair styling brands around the world and synonymous with style and sophistication.
SalaryCompetitiveHours40BenefitsCompetitiveClosing date 09-01-2026 Share: