Retail Segment Expertise
Bespoke Partners is the leading executive search firm recruiting value-creating leaders for software and SaaS companies that are breaking new ground in retail solutions.
Sub-Sectors Include:
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Delivery Management Platforms
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Employee & Management Tools
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Unattended Checkout
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Omnichannel Payments
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Digital Shopper Engagement
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Omnichannel Retail Operations & Analytics
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Merchandise Planning
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Inventory Management
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Supply Chain & Logistics Platforms
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and many more
Track record for this Practice:
20+
Retail Executive Placements
$71M
Average PorTCo Scale
$915M
Enterprise Value Created
92
Average Days to Close
9
Years Covering this Segment
Functions placed : CEO, Finance, GTM (Sales, Customer Success, Marketing), Product & Tech, HR
Retail Sector Experts
Lauren Padden
Senior Research Associate
Retail Sector Expert
Raised in Silicon Valley, California, Lauren is a recent graduate from San Diego State University with a major in Business Marketing.
Our ultra-efficient Search and Leadership Advisory services will source, place, and accelerate the onboarding of retail leaders.
Our unique Search 2.0 process ties your search for retail leaders back to your investment thesis, resulting in enhanced value for private equity backed software or SaaS companies.
Find out why Bespoke is the search firm of choice for retail software and SaaS, and why our candidates excel at understanding iterative product lifecycles, mobilizing organizations to deliver successful outcomes, and diagnosing opportunities to keep a competitive advantage .
Looking for high-impact retail leaders?
Why Bespoke for recruiting
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Exclusive
Exclusively for private equity portfolio companies: retail leaders who drive disruptive innovation and transform operations
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Efficient
Ultra-efficient recruiting with 95% success rate
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Unique
Unique network & data-driven process find transformative retail leaders in half the average time
Winning results
Examples of our retail leader placements
Going Global With the Right Team
Bespoke recruited CEO leads AI-powered Omnichannel retail client in expanding global presence to Australia, introducing a new fraud product to market, and rounding out a powerhouse executive team leading to enhanced growth and execution.
Lucrative Retail POS Growth
Bespoke appointed executive team at Retail POS software firm achieves 200% 2-year growth, raised a seed round of funding for their retail partners and successfully completed a lucrative acquisition.
Market Moves in Omnichannel Payments
Bespoke appointed CEO leads sales software platform in completing two successful acquisitions within a year, merging its solutions with the European market leader, and reporting a net sales revenue increase of 41%.
Bespoke-placed Leaders drive innovation
We place retail leaders with proven track records in:
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Designing and launching disruptive innovations that realign existing retail markets while creating new ones.
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Consumer experience in omnichannel retail as well as high velocity SMB/ Mid-Market experience.
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Crafting and articulating technology visions that shape the Retail industry and position a company as a leader and innovator.
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Forward thinking strategies to drive adoption and retention.
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Mapping investment thesis and value creation plans, and translating them into clear goals and objectives for the company to act on.
Search 2.0™
Data-Driven Executive Recruiting Mapped to Value Creations Plan, Cutting Human Capital Risk.
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Data-driven
Search based on management science finding leaders who create value, typically in half industry average time
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Advanced Scorecarding
Comprehensive view of the candidate fit with the role
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Deep Validation
Typically 10+ backchannel references per candidate
Your full-spectrum human capital partner
Bespoke Partners is the leading software executive search firm and the top private equity recruiter. We have transformed hundreds of companies with our recruiting expertise in: CEOs, CFOs, CROs, CMOs, CSOs, CCOs, CCSOs, CHROs, CPOs, CTOs, CIOs, CISOs, VPs of Engineering, VPs of Marketing, VPs of Sales, VPs of Product, VPs of Customer Success, VPs of HR, VPs of Operations, Controllers, VPs of FP&A, Presidents, GMs, Board Members, Operating Partners and many more.