Link Management Group

Barry Moles

Barry is the Retail Practice Area leader. Barry is a retail operations specialist having worked at senior levels for some of UK largest retailers and telecommunications businesses. Barry’s experience covers every retail format as well as almost every retail category from food to clothing, electrical to stationery, DIY to services, Telecoms to sports and leisure. .

Practice Areas

Primary Capabilities
Creative, pragmatic and hands-on leader, who operates as an Interim Director, Senior Manager or consultant in retail and customer facing businesses. Addicted to improving sales and operational performance through changing practices, changing mind sets and improving customer centricity. A track record of achieving results in different challenging environment. Experience executive specialist head-hunter. Operates on a portfolio and full time contract basis.

Preferred Activities
Supporting Retail / Customer facing businesses on either a consultancy or interim management basis. Executive and specialist headhunting.

Core Offer

Retail operations expertise across all functions
Customer facing expertise
Executive and specialist headhunting

Other Disciplines Offered

Customer alignment / management
Market research
Branding
Business turnaround
Mentoring
Coaching and development
General commercial management

Primary Sector Experience

Consultancy
Retail
Charity Retail
Telecommunications

Areas of Distinctive Performance and Value Addition

P&L Management
Team development including mentoring
Creative problem solving
Change Management – instigation to management
Cost reduction programmes
Process analysis and improvement
Customer Insight, alignment and management
Planning / managing projects within budget and timetable
Presenting concepts and progress
Building relationships
Alignment of business Vision, Mission statement, Objectives, Strategies and Tactics
Experienced executive and specialist head hunter

Qualifications and professional memberships