Future Store Manager Talent Pool | H&M Group Portfolio Brands in Utrecht, Nederland

Job Description Are you passionate about fashion, customer experience, leadership, and driving commercial success? We are always looking for future talent to join our Talent Community across our Portfolio Brands: & Other Stories, ARKET, COS, and Weekday. As a Future Store Manager, you'll have the opportunity to lead and inspire high-performing teams, create exceptional customer experiences, and drive sales and profitability in one of our inspiring store environments. You will play a key role in shaping the store culture, developing talent, and ensuring operational excellence while bringing our brand values to life every day. By joining our Talent Community, you'll be considered for upcoming Store Manager opportunities across our brands and locations.

Qualifications

• Customer-Focused: A strong customer-centric mindset, with a proven track record from past retail experience of leveraging customer feedback to inform business decisions and drive performance
• Business Acumen: Strong commercial awareness and a deep understanding of the broader retail landscape/KPI’s, with a proven ability to align business objectives with evolving customer needs
• Team Leadership: Proven ability to lead teams / other leaders in fast-paced retail environments, consistently delivering high standards of customer service while driving sales and profitability
• Eager to Learn: Open to feedback and actively seek out opportunities for personal and professional development.
• Excellent Communication: A clear, confident, and empathetic communicator, Strong in engaging with both customers and teams, while effectively conveying operational direction and articulating broader long terms goals /vision.
• Coaching & Development: Experienced in giving constructive feedback and supporting others to grow and improve.
• Adaptability & Flexibility: Responsive to shifting priorities, with the agility to embrace new opportunities and the openness to consider diverse perspectives when making decisions and future plans.
• Operational Excellence: Strong understanding of store operations, compliance/security issues, and retail standards, with experience in leading and training teams.
• Comfortable working varied hours, including evenings, weekends, and holidays.
• Good English skills

Additional Information

We're building a network of future Store Manager across our H&M Group Portfolio Brands. If you're ready to take the next step in your retail career, we'd love to hear from you and keep you in mind for future opportunities. Company Description Launched in 2013, & OTHER STORIES offers a curated range of shoes, bags, accessories, beauty and ready-to-wear – all equally important for the whole look. ARKET is a modern-day market for everyday life, bringing together clothing, design, food and ideas. With a modern Nordic perspective, shaped by closeness to nature, functionality and a clear sense of seasonality, our ambition is to inspire a simpler, more beautiful way of living. Available to a broad audience worldwide, we offer contemporary products that are made and selected with care, designed to be used, lived with and returned to over time. Learn more about Arket here. COS offers a wardrobe of ready-to-wear and accessories rooted in exceptional quality and lasting design. The brand has an elevated aesthetic that embodies luxury with an emphasis on craftsmanship, innovation and compelling fashion movements. Weekday is a creative multi-space featuring Weekday, Cheap Monday, Monki, exclusive drops, second hand and more. A mix of culture-inspired brands that evolve with the now and embrace the many true expressions of youth. Weekday is more than fashion - it's a platform for moods, moments, and culture in motion. Ready to apply? Click "I'm Interested" to securely upload your CV. Our recruitment team will review your application and get in touch with you shortly for an initial conversation. It's a chance for us to learn more about your experience, career aspirations, and discuss the opportunity to join our Talent Community for future Store Management opportunities across our Portfolio Brands. An integrity check via the warning register of the stichting Fraude Aanpak Detailhandel is part of the application procedure.