Area Visual Manager at H&M Group

Milan, Lombardy, Italy -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

01 Jun, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

03 Mar, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Visual Merchandising, Leadership, Coaching, Team Development, Project Management, English Language Skills, Interpersonal Skills, Fashion Awareness, Organizational Skills, Analytical Skills, Decision Making, Sales Driven, Result Oriented, Travel Readiness, Initiative, Communication Skills

Industry

Retail

Description

Job Description As an Area Visual Manager , you are responsible for ensuring our stores in Italy, Spain, Portugal and Greece have a high standard of visual merchandising. The successful candidate will play an essential role, leading our in-store visual merchandisers in implementing COS visual and display guidelines. What you will do: Oversee that all visual merchandising standards in store including window displays, space management and garment care is of a high standard. Communicate with the store visual merchandisers on a daily basis and presents them with visual information and plans at the start of each new season. Work with selling reports, budgets and other available tools to make business decisions regarding visual merchandising and stock allocations. Partner with the area HR Manager/Talent Acquisition Partner to recruit all in-store visual merchandiser positions and ensure they receive the appropriate level of training. Assess your team and provide feedback about their performance on a regular basis. Identify future talent and formulate clear and challenging goals to assist with their development. Lead, coordinate and organize workshops and trainings deemed necessary for the development of our visual merchandisers. Qualifications Alignment to our company values is the most important characteristic we look for in all new joiners. Our values are the behaviours that we appreciate above and beyond anything else. We are open-minded and curious, we dare to be different, we believe in constant improvement and we empower and trust you to take ownership. Our values are part of who we are, what we stand for and how we act. What you need to succeed: Experienced working as a store Visual Merchandiser or another role with visual responsibilities. Experienced in leading, coaching, and developing team members Track record of successfully overseeing multiple projects Excellent English language skills, both verbal & written Strong leadership and interpersonal skills Fashion awareness Proven organizational, analytical and decision making abilities Sales driven and result oriented Willingness to travel up to 60% of time Ability to use own initiative and work as part of team Excellent communication skills Additional Information This is a full time permanent position based in Milan, Italy. Benefits We offer all our employees attractive benefits with extensive development opportunities around the globe. All our employees receive a 25% staff discount usable on all our H&M Group brands in stores and online. 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 this Italy based colleagues also receive €6 meal vouchers granted for office days with a minimum of 6 hours worked (not applicable on travel days) Access to the company benefits portal, offering over 1,500 discounts on products and services for wellbeing and everyday life Inclusion & Diversity At COS 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. Ready to apply? Click on the I’M INTERESTED link where you can upload your CV securely. Once we have received your application, we will keep you updated regularly about the status of your application so please look out for our email. We are looking forward to hearing from you!

Responsibilities

The Area Visual Manager ensures high standards of visual merchandising across stores in Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Greece by leading in-store visual merchandisers in implementing guidelines for displays, space management, and garment care. This role also involves communicating seasonal plans, making business decisions based on sales reports, and partnering with HR for recruitment and training.