Area Visual Merchandiser Trainee

Company Description

As one of the world’s largest fashion retailers, H&M offers a fast-paced, buzzing environment with great diversity – a place where the customer is always the centre of attention. But what truly makes us stand out are our remarkable employees. From stylish Sales Advisors and Visual Merchandisers to inspiring Store Managers, regional teams, and experts behind the scenes – all our employees share a great ambition and an anything-is-possible attitude. Not to mention an excellent eye for fashion.

We are now looking for an ambitious and commercially interested Area Visual who wants to join our Area North, supporting the colleagues and leaders in our stores. We are a growth company with high ambitions to grow our company in new and creative ways and you will play an essential role in our journey ahead!

Job Description

Together with your Area team you support in reaching the Sales & Profit goals in the area by securing that all stores deliver a Great Customer Experience. The role as Area Visual trainee is broad and challenging, and you will have a great opportunity to affect the core business by acting as an informal leader with a strong knowledge-based approach; you support in training and coach Area and Store Teams on Visual topics to enable our colleagues and business to grow. You support Area Visual to Build and maintain inspiring stores, strengthening the H&M Brand, and driving sales. You play a key role in coaching & inspiring your colleagues about Fashion & Trends on a daily basis and support your Area Team to deliver the visual goals & strategy within your area in line with your Country Visual goals & Area goals.

• You inspire and motivate your teams to deliver excellent indirect customer service in their stores through 100% implementation of the Commercial Handbook.
• You ensure there is a consistently high visual level in Stores that is both inspirational and commercially competitive as well as being in line with the global guidelines.
• Ensure your stores have Great Visual Teams by actively working with succession planning, talent, recruitment, and leadership development as well as structured performance management and follow up.
• Plan and deliver quality visual training for all visual roles. You are expected to lead by example, always driven by the values and the ambition to make our people and business grow.
• Follow up and analyse main KPIs and initiate actions to increase profit and support the commercial planning.

Qualifications

Just like everyone at H&M, we believe you are an ambitious sociable and prestige less team player, full of drive and optimism. You have good leadership skills and believe in a culture of collaboration, transparency, safety, and trust. You thrive in a cross-functional context where you will get great responsibility to drive, develop and work close to our core business.

We also believe you have:

• Visual Merchandiser experience (1-year minimum)
• Have a strategic approach to the business and a curiosity to experiment, see patterns and find out what truly makes an impact.
• You are an inspiring communicator with the ability to manage a multitude of different tasks due to great structure and a positive can-do attitude to motivate your surroundings.
• Can travel within the Area on a regular basis.

Additional Information

The position is a full-time role based in our Area Office in Stockholm, Sweden. Please note that the position requires a rich background of experience within business and a sharp eye for visuals.

If you feel that your experience, skills, and ambitions are a match, please place your CV in English. Interviews will be held continuously so please send in your application as soon as possible but no later than November 21.

Benefits

We offer all our employees at H&M Group attractive benefits with extensive development opportunities around the globe. All our employees receive a staff discount card, usable on all our H&M Group brands in stores and online. Brands covered by the discount are H&M (Beauty and Move included), COS, Weekday, Monki, H&M HOME, & Other Stories, ARKET, Afound. In addition to our staff discount, all our employees are included in our H&M Incentive Program – HIP. You can read more about our H&M Incentive Program here.

In addition to our global benefits, all our local markets offer different competitive perks and benefits. Please note that they may differ between employment type and countries.

Inclusion & Diversity

H&M is a part of H&M Group. At H&M Group, we’re determined to create and maintain inclusive, diverse, and equitable workplaces throughout our organisation. Our teams should consist of a variety of people that share and combine their knowledge, experience, and ideas. Having a diverse workforce leads to a positive impact on how we address challenges, on what we perceive possible and on how we choose to relate to our colleagues and customers all over the world. Hence all diversity dimensions are taken into consideration in our recruitment process.

We strive to have a fair and equal process and therefore kindly ask you not to attach a cover letter in your application as they often contain information that easily can trigger unintentional biases.