Department Manager- South Coast Plaza 1

Hmgroup; Costa Mesa (CA); Presencial; USD 55 000 - 75 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Health insurance

Wellness programs

Retirement plan

Colleague Resource Groups (CRGs)

Resumo da oferta

H&M, Costa Mesa, seeks a Department Manager to lead a high-performing team in delivering an exceptional Omni customer experience and visually compelling store presentation.

You will analyze sales data, set goals, and develop plans to optimize profits, while ensuring customer service excellence and adherence to company standards. This role requires strong leadership, communication, and a focus on teamwork and results.

Qualificações

• Experience leading a team in a retail environment.
• Strong communication and coaching skills.
• Analytical mindset with ability to review sales data.

Responsabilidades

• Lead and develop your store team to deliver an outstanding Omni customer experience.
• Drive visual standards and commercial execution following global guidelines.
• Set sales and budget goals and implement action plans to improve results.
• Ensure customer service is strong, team delivers loyalty programs, and store operations run smoothly.

Descrição da oferta de emprego

About the Role

As a Department Manager, you'll be the leader supporting and encouraging your whole team. By bringing everyone together, you'll be able to create an inclusive culture that promotes collaboration and an entrepreneurial spirit, helping you, your team, and H&M succeed. Ensuring an excellent operational & visual experience for your store, customers & colleagues. You'll be aware of your store's strengths, opportunities, and competitors. Analyze and follow up on sales, and create plans to optimize results and profits.

A Day in the Life

Customer Sales & Profit

• You are responsible for the total OMNI customer experience in your store, ensuring visual and commercial curation according to global guidelines
• Representing yourself and the H&M brand positively during customer interactions
• Be aware of and take responsibility of your department's strengths and identifying commercial opportunities and acting on them
• Establish & analyze sales and budget goals, creating plans to optimize results
• Ensure customer service is provided in all areas of the store and that your team has the ability to work towards actively promoting and selling products to customers
• Following up that your team is actively promoting our Customer Loyalty App (Hello Member) & in-store sustainability initiatives
• Manage your department in a cost-efficient way
• Ensure correct routines in fitting room and checkout, including transaction, returns and exchanges
• Ensure all admin routines for both people and operations are handled in a correct way

Fashion & Trend Awareness

• Keep up-to-date with fashion scene, trends, tendencies, styles, brands, products, competitors and relevant influencers, etc
• Ensure your team provides product and fashion knowledge as well as other relevant information during customer interactions

Team & Development

• Responsible for recruitment, onboarding, performance management, upskilling & developing your team in-store
• Complete performance evaluations and succession planning to support business & team needs
• Retain and share your knowledge and skills with your team
• Collaboration, planning & teamwork with in-store Visual Merchandiser team
• Give & receive feedback with your colleagues to learn, develop & support each other
• Responsible for the teams planning & scheduling
• Regular communication to store colleagues to inform, motivate and inspire - daily, weekly meetings, etc
• Ensure all procedures, routines, and legal requirements in all areas of the store are followed
• Participate in relevant available Onboarding & introduction processes, trainings and courses relevant for your role & future development

Retail Operations/ Visual & Commercial Execution

• Secure a clean and tidy sales floor and back of house including stockroom areas
• Ensure high fashion quality, visual and commercial product presentation, with good garment care
• Secure good stock levels and provide input on allocation to Area team
• Ensure the full garment cycle - from delivery to garment presentation - and fitting room routines are according to our standards and routines set internally, utilizing all tools and technology provided
• Upkeep & follow best practice for any in-store OMNI Services & in-store tech services/tools, etc (Instore Care App, Click & Collect, Smart Store etc)
• Secure a strong balance and the maintenance of price signs in-store and throughout the sales floor/store following guidelines according to global and local strategies & sales market/regional requirements to ensure a strong and consistent price perception throughout store
• Updating & upkeep of BOH Areas for all colleagues (key information, health & safety, tidiness etc)
• Responsible for opening & closing of store daily

Who You Are

To be a successful and effective Department Manager, you'll be a strong leader who enjoys taking responsibility for others. You must be ambitious, an effective communicator, supportive, an analytical solution finder, capable of working with numbers and managing statistics. You are achievement-oriented, motivated by performance and competition to be truly customer centric.

Why You'll Love Working at H&M

• We value diverse backgrounds, including but not limited to race, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, and disability
• We pride ourselves on being a values-driven organization, guided by our 7 unique values that have been part of our success story for over 75 years
• You'll have access to our Colleague Resource Groups (CRGs) to find community and networking opportunities among colleagues
• We are an inclusive company where you're encouraged to be yourself at work
• You will have access to a large global talent community, where career growth and aspirations have no limits
• We believe in supporting your overall wellbeing and offer comprehensive benefits inclusive of health insurance, wellness and family support programs, company match retirement plan, p