Department Manager - Cotton On Manukau Supa Centa (Outlet)

USA; Nelson; On-site; NZD 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

50% off Cotton On Group Brands

Competitive base salary

Local and global career growth

Wellness support 24/7

Family discounts

Parental transition support

Job summary

Cotton On is seeking a Store Department Manager to lead a brand department, drive commercial outcomes and create memorable customer experiences. You will own the department’s direction, coach your team and collaborate with Store Management to optimise VM, inventory, and presentation across our brand offering.

You’ll partner with the management team to deliver strong results, champion customer excellence, and contribute to Cotton On Group Foundation initiatives while supporting broader store

Responsibilities

• Own your department; execute Brand direction across VM, trade actions, inventory and presentation.
• Coach the team in partnership with Store Management.
• Share feedback with your Manager to grow department performance.
• Apply commercial focus to spot trade opportunities and improve customer experience.
• Drive customer excellence while growing department results with clear planning.
• Advocate for Cotton On Group Foundation and lead team on social impact projects.
• Step up to support the wider day-to-day store operations.

Job description

Born in Australia, loved around the world.

Do you speak fashion? We're hiring, let's chat!

At Cotton On, we know good style goes well beyond what's in your wardrobe. We're here to inspire, spark joy and bolster self-expression and creativity. We want our community to feel seen, heard and celebrated, and as a brand, we want to use our voice to make a positive difference in people's lives.

We're playfully rebellious and always optimistic. Join our world and let's do good things together.

Benefits You Will Love

• 50% off Cotton On Group Brands | Cotton On, Cotton On Body, Cotton On Kids, Typo, Factorie and Supre
• Competitive base salary
• Local and Global career growth -progress your career across our 7 Brands
• Wellness support 24/7 - mental health, relationships, family + more
• Discounts for you and your family - medical, travel, financial + more
• Returning from maternity leave (or primary carer parental leave)? Work part-time and get paid full-time for 2 months, all part of supporting you during your transition back to work
• Create meaningful change and make a positive difference in people's lives

The Role

Department Managers support the Store Manager and enable their team to create great experiences for our customer and drive business outcomes for their Brand Department.

• Own your department and focus on executing Brand direction across VM, trade actions, inventory processes and presentation
• Coach the team to work together in your department in partnership with your Store Management team
• Share feedback with your Manager and team to grow your department performance
• Bring your commercial eye to your department, spot trade opportunities, and find solutions to improve the customer experience and department results
• Embed customer excellence whilst growing Department results through clear planning and direction
• Advocate for the Cotton On Group Foundation, leading the team on how they can make life changing impact on our projects around the world
• Step-up and support your management team in the wider day-today running of the store as required

Who are we?

Cotton On's purpose is to make a positive difference in people's lives. Born in Australia, Cotton On is a global fashion and lifestyle retailer with eight brands across 22 countries and 1,500 stores. Powered by 20,000 team members, who together with our customers, are making a positive impact through one life-changing Foundation. Taking their Aussie lifestyle to the world and delivering Good along the way, Cotton On brands offer youthful fashion and lifestyle products across women's, men's, kids, body, accessories and stationery.

We are proud of our diverse global workforce of 20,000 team members from countless nationalities, and we strongly welcome and encourage individuals of all backgrounds to apply with us.

We are focused on bringing more voices, experiences and backgrounds to our workforce as we drive diverse and inclusive outcomes for our team and our customers.

If you have any individual needs in order to fully participate in the recruitment process, please contact us at [e-mail] we may support you in completing the job application process.