Job Description

Overall Job Summary: Working at the heart of a fast-paced fashion business, a Visual Keyholder is responsible for creating an environment that inspires customers to explore their personal style. The role will support and guide the store team to deliver the most inspiring and exciting Customer Experience in line with the H&M. You will actively drive sales in the store and are responsible to implement the Visual Identity. The Visual Keyholder will always meet the expectations of customers and colleagues, as well as follow H&M procedures and standards.

This position reports to our Store Visual Manager (Based on volume).

Your Day to Day*

Sales and profit

The Visual Keyholder will set the garment presentation on the Sales Floor & Windows according to the Commercial Handbook. Together with the Department Manager, the Visual Keyholder will determine additional commercial opportunities in the store within the H&M brand guidelines. The role will execute floor moves based on those joint discussions.

Fashion Knowledge

• Ensure you are up to date with current fashion trends
• Share, inspire and educate the store team on seasonal trend information, upcoming campaigns, and brand standards

Direct Customer Service

• Ensure you meet customer expectations on direct service according to H&M standards.
• Support the store to achieve an excellent customer experience.

Indirect Customer Service

• Follow up on the H&M Visual Identity through the implementation of the Commercial Handbook and secure well-styled mannequins in windows and in-store.
• Create a clear red thread from windows to A-area with wearable buying suggestions.
• Ensure high-quality garment presentation every day together with the store team
• Maintain clear customer flow through fixture placement and navigation in line with H&M standards
• Launch and maintain all sales campaigns and activities on time and according to H&M standards.

Commercial Routines

• Together with the Department Manager, follow up on store KPIs and initiate actions to reach store goals and budgets
• Adapt the store planning according to store needs and budget from the Commercial plan
• Complete and take action on the Best Brand portion of the Customer Audit Tool to maximize commercial opportunities

Visual Store Operational Routines

• Complete the sample picking as well as execute the floor moves in a way that creates clear stories and wearable buying suggestions
• Complete all sales floor and window morning routines daily before the store is open
• Ensure quantity and maintain the condition of all incoming visual props and marketing material with a sustainability mindset.
• Keep visual room organized and safe.
• Keep all Visual materials in the store current and share information with the team on seasonal changes.
• Paint & maintain the windows as necessary.

TEAM

The Visual Keyholder will support the Store team to enhance the customer and working experience in-store through coaching and Development. Together with the Store Management team, the Visual Keyholder will ensure that all legal requirements and H&M policies are fulfilled.

Training and Development

• Evaluate & develop the visual and commercial skills of the store team through regular visual training for all colleagues to support garment presentation in line with the Commercial Handbook
• Maintain overview, follow up, and give feedback while executing floor moves together with the store team.
• Seek Visual Merchandiser potential for succession

Communication and Legal Requirements

• Ensure that all communication in the windows and sales floor complies with local legislation

Back of House Routines

• Perform all store routines, including the opening and closing of the store, by following all Company practices and procedures
• Work with timekeeping and scheduling system including approving timesheets
• May be assigned overall store responsibility in absence of Store Manager or Department manager when opening and closing store

Security

• Promote employee and customer safety
• Resolve health & safety, legal, and security issues
• Address any loss prevention and safety issues that may occur while on duty and bring any escalated employee issues to the management team

Financial Accountability

• None

Qualifications

For the role of Visual Merchandiser, we seek individuals who embody the spirit of Teamwork, Entrepreneurship and Constant Improvement, fostering an environment of collaboration and shared achievements. Your optimistic outlook and flexibility in adapting to evolving circumstances and customer preferences are key attributes we value. You take independent initiative, addressing business & customer demands with both efficiency and effectiveness.

What You Need to Succeed:

Knowledge

• An understanding of the latest trends, fashion and silhouettes
• Experience working with visual-merchandising guidelines, including window display and mannequin styling.
• Experience taking informed VM actions based on commercial KPIs and sales data.

Motivation

• You have a strong interest in fashion, VM strategy and trends
• You should be motivated by elevating customer experience in-store through visual outputs and direct customer service
• You are open to learning new things and developing professionally and personally

Behavior

• You listen to and show interest in all colleagues' ideas and opinions
• You support others to grow by giving constructive feedback and sharing product knowledge
• You express your own opinions and are willing to accept and contribute to agreed outcomes
• You are self-aware, understand that actions have consequences and are respectful and non-judgemental in your interactions
• You prioritise efficiently and adapt to sudden changes
• You get results through trial and error
• You come up with new ideas
• You communicate clearly and concisely
• You see opportunities to improve everyday processes

Past achievements

• You have a proven track record of delivering high standards of VM that is both commercial and inspirational
• You have experience managing store VM activations including window and mannequin changes, promotional set-ups and season-start layouts
• You have experienced success in collaborating with other managers/colleagues to achieve store goals

Compensation: $21.34-$23.72

Additional Information

This is a Full-Time position offering 32-40 hours a week.
Apply by sending in your CV in English as soon as possible. Due to data policies, we only accept applications through the career page.

Benefits:

We offer all our employees attractive benefits with extensive development opportunities around the globe. All our employees receive a 25% staff discount usable on all our H&M Group brands in stores and online. 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 this US based colleagues also receive:

• 25% Staff Discount
• Medical, Vision and Dental Coverage
• Employee Assistance Program
• Vacation, Wellness, Holiday, and Parental Pay
• Health, and Dependent Care FSA.
• Plus, additional Voluntary Benefits.

**Inclusion & Diversity **

COS 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 organization. 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 possible and on how we choose to relate to our colleagues and customers all over the world. Hence all diversity dimensions are taken into consideration 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 easily can trigger unintentional biases.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.