Visual Merchandiser Manager - Reading in London

This is a permanent position offering 39 hours per week. The position is based in the H&M Reading store. Visual Merchandiser Managers do more than just style our fashion according to H&M guidelines. They also work with the Store Management team to maximise sales alongside coaching and identifying new talent through their leadership. The VM’s make our stores inspirational as well as create the best shopping experience, for both our customers and colleagues.

Key responsibilities:

• Ensure your visual team follows up the visual identity through the implementation according to H&M guidelines, business needs, and budget.
• Lead the store team to ensure high-quality, commercial garment presentation.
• Quality assure the launch and maintenance of all sales campaigns and activities are on time, in line with H&M standards, and optimise for the store.
• Follow up, evaluate, and give feedback on sales KPIs to the management team.
• Initiate changes to improve the business together with the Store Manager.
• Execute and ensure store visual recruitment with the Store Manager and ensure succession within the store team.

We are looking for people who have:

• Visual Merchandising and management experience
• Previous experience of leading and managing teams
• Knowledge and passion for driving goals forward
• A passion for profitability, people, and fashion
• Availability 7 days fully flexible, weekends included.

We offer all our employees at H&M Group attractive benefits with extensive development opportunities around the globe. 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, and Afound. 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 our global benefits, all our local markets offer different competitive perks and benefits. Please note that they may differ between employment type and countries.

Inclusion & Diversity

H&M is a part of H&M Group. At H&M Group, 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 as possible, and on how we relate to colleagues and customers worldwide. Hence, all diversity dimensions are considered in our recruitment process. We strive to have a fair and equal process and therefore kindly ask you not to attach a cover letter in your application as they often contain information that can trigger unintentional biases.