Department Manager - Tanger Outlets Fort Worth

H&M Group•Fort Worth, TX

5h•Onsite

About The Position

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. At H&M, our purpose is to liberate fashion for the many. We want to shape a new world in Fashion. A world with one ultimate goal: to unleash your self-expression. As an H&M colleague, you’re encouraged to be yourself & more. You’ll take on new responsibilities from day one, learn skills for life, and find new ways to make your big dreams come true. Our company is committed to fostering a culture of inclusion and belonging, and we actively seek colleagues who share our commitment.

Requirements

Be a strong leader who enjoys taking responsibility for others.
Be ambitious
Be an effective communicator
Be supportive
Be an analytical solution finder
Capable of working with numbers and managing statistics.
Be achievement-oriented, motivated by performance and competition to be truly customer centric.

Responsibilities

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
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
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
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

Benefits

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, paid leave programs, and paid time off, including a community day to serve your local community
You’ll be able to express your personal style with our employee discount at H&M, & Other Stories, and COS
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.
all our employees are included in our H&M Incentive Program – HIP.
25% Staff Discount
Medical, Pharmacy Vision and Dental Coverage
Employee Assistance Program
Vacation, Wellness, Holiday and Parental Pay
401K
Commuter Benefits
Health and Dependent Care FSA
additional Voluntary Benefits