Area Manager Trainee, Sales Market AT (m/f/d), different locations

Job Description

WHAT YOU’LL DO​ 
As an Area Manager Trainee, you’ll take your first steps toward becoming a strategic and inspiring business leader at H&M. You’ll gain hands-on experience in key retail and business processes, from driving sales and profitability to team leadership, store operations, and customer experience. 

You will develop a deep understanding of how to lead and support a business area, how to plan for future growth, and how to empower store teams to deliver both commercial results and an outstanding shopping experience. With a focus on leadership and business acumen, you’ll be guided by mentors and given the opportunity to take responsibility in real-life projects. 

Throughout your trainee program, you will be based in one of our Sales Market AT locations, in Austria, the Netherlands or Switzerland, giving you the opportunity to gain valuable experience across different areas and store teams.

You Will Learn To:

• Support the Area Team in achieving sales and profit targets by analyzing KPIs, identifying loss prevention opportunities, and initiating
• Ensure all stores in the area deliver an excellent customer experience by implementing H&M’s commercial and operational guidelines.
• Collaborate with Area HR and Area Controller to align staffing with financial performance and support Store Managers in hiring and budgeting decisions.
• Oversee store operations, layouts and visual merchandising standards to maximize the customer offering and overall sales.
• Work cross-functionally to ensure compliance with H&M policies, routines, and legal requirements.
• Act as a role model for H&M’s values and leadership expectations and help build a performance-driven, inclusive team culture 

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH​ 
You’ll work closely with experienced Area Teams, including Area Manager, Area Controller, Area HR, and Area Visual, as well as with Store Management Teams and colleagues from various support office functions. 

• WHO YOU ARE​ 
• We are looking for people with... 
• 3+ years of proven leadership experience with a history of achieving measurable business results.
• Strong results in the areas of people development and engagement
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills
• Proven organizational, analytical, and decision-making abilities
• Strong commercial vision to set a strategy to maximize sales and profitability
• Communication skills, including fluent written and spoken English

And people who are …​ 

• Sales-driven and result oriented
• A creative team player with love for fashion and drive to constantly develop customer experience in stores and our business
• Focused on our customers to optimize our results and fulfill the customers’ expectations
• Able to plan, prioritize monitor and respond to changes, quickly and effectively
• Clear and inspiring in communication with excellent organizational, time management and presentation skills
• Ambassadors for the company culture and values

Join Us​

This is a full-time position, starting as soon as possible. You will be based in one of our offices in Vienna, Amsterdam, or Zurich and spend time traveling within your assigned country.

The trainee program is designed to prepare you for a future role as Area Manager. For this reason, we ask you to be open and flexible in terms of location within at least one of our Sales Market AT countries (Austria, Switzerland, or the Netherlands) once you complete the program. If you are flexible to work across multiple countries, this will be considered a strong advantage.

The minimum gross monthly salary for this role is 2.807.- EUR, based on the applicable collective agreement. The actual salary may be higher, depending on your qualifications and professional experience.

If you think your experience, skills and ambitions fit this position, please send your application as soon as possible, but no later than October 1st, 2025.  

Due to data privacy policies, we only accept applications via our career page.  

We look forward to receiving your application! 

Our uniqueness comes from a combination of many things – our inclusive and collaborative culture, our strong values, and opportunities for growth. But most of all, it’s our people who make us who we are.​​ 

Take the next step in your career together with us. The journey starts here.​ 

*We are committed to a recruitment process that is fair, equitable, and based on competency. We therefore kindly ask you to not attach a cover letter in your application.