Department Manager Trainee

As a Department Manager Trainee, you’ll work closely with the Department Manager and other leaders to learn how to drive commercial success, lead a team, and create an inspiring store environment. You’ll be supported through structured training and real-time feedback, with the goal of stepping into a Department Manager role in the near future.

• Deliver a high level of customer service through styling advice, product knowledge, and an engaging store experience
• Learn to analyse sales data and contribute to strategies that maximise department performance
• Support and motivate Sales Advisors to consistently achieve service and presentation standards
• Assist in recruitment, onboarding, and training of new team members
• Contribute to identifying and developing future talent within the team
• Help oversee daily store operations, ensuring efficiency and alignment with brand standards
• Act as a brand ambassador, inspiring customers and colleagues with your enthusiasm for ARKET
• Step into leadership responsibilities when needed, with guidance and support from senior managers

Customer-Focused: You genuinely enjoy engaging with customers and lead by example

Product Passionate: You love sharing your enthusiasm for our products and values

Growth-Oriented: Open to feedback and eager to learn and develop

Communicative: Clear, confident, and empathetic in your interactions

Team-Driven: Ready to support and motivate others in a fast-paced environment

Analytical: Curious about retail KPIs and how they influence performance

Adaptable: Comfortable with change and quick to respond to customer and operational needs

Reliable: Flexible with working hours, including evenings, weekends, and holidays

This is a temporary part-time Sales Advisor position with a contract of 30 hours a week, starting as soon as possible and until end of June 2026. 

Apply by sending in your CV 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. 

Inclusion & Diversity  

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 who share and combine their knowledge, experience and ideas. Having a diverse workforce leads to a positive impact on how we address challenges, what we perceive as possible and how we choose to relate to our colleagues and customers all over the world, therefore all diversity dimensions are taken into consideration in our recruitment process.   

Company Description 

ARKET offers essential collections for women, men, children and the home, along with a seasonal vegetarian café and coffee shop. Inspired by simplicity, nature, and the aesthetics of slow living, the assortments features garments, objects, and food carefully made and artfully curated for a more beautiful everyday life.