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Store Experience Manager 40h

ARKET
Full-time
On-site
Vilnius, Lithuania

Job Description

As the Store Experience Manager, you’ll take full ownership of your store’s performance, with a strong focus on creating exceptional customer experiences that drive both sales and profitability. Your leadership will be the heartbeat of the store—guiding, inspiring, and empowering your team to deliver operational excellence and outstanding service.

By balancing front-of-house energy with behind-the-scenes efficiency, you’ll cultivate a vibrant, customer-first environment where every detail contributes to success. Through your strategic mindset and people-first approach, you’ll ensure the store not only meets its goals but becomes a destination that customers love to return to.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Driving exceptional customer service by guiding the store team to deliver personalized styling advice, expert product knowledge, and a memorable in-store experience
  • Interpreting sales data to drive performance and taking ownership of the store’s commercial success
  • Inspiring and leading a team of managers, visual merchandisers, and sales advisors to consistently exceed service and operational standards
  • Managing recruitment processes and ensuring effective onboarding and training for all new team members
  • Identifying high-potential individuals and creating tailored development plans to support their career growth
  • Managing all aspects of store operations—including compliance and visual merchandising—to ensure operational efficiency and uphold high standards of excellence
  • Fostering a positive, inclusive, and motivating work environment where people thrive

Qualifications

  • Customer-Focused: A strong customer-centric mindset, with a proven track record from past  retail experience of leveraging customer feedback to inform business decisions and drive performance
  • Business Acumen: Strong commercial awareness and a deep understanding of the broader retail landscape/KPI’s, with a proven ability to align business objectives with evolving customer needs
  • Team Leadership: Proven ability to lead teams / other leaders in fast-paced retail environments, consistently delivering high standards of customer service while driving sales and profitability 
  • Eager to Learn: Open to feedback and actively seek out opportunities for personal and professional development.
  • Excellent Communication: A clear, confident, and empathetic communicator, Strong in engaging with both customers and teams, while effectively conveying operational direction and articulating broader long terms goals /vision.
  • Coaching & Development: Experienced in giving constructive feedback and supporting others to grow and improve.
  • Adaptability & Flexibility: Responsive to shifting priorities, with the agility to embrace new opportunities and the openness to consider diverse perspectives when making decisions and future plans.
  • Operational Excellence: Strong understanding of store operations, compliance/security issues, and retail standards, with experience in leading and training teams.
  • Comfortable working varied hours, including evenings, weekends, and holidays.
  • Lithuanian language skill (at least A2 level is required)

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

  • This is a full-time position with a contract of 40 hours a week.  
  • Apply by sending in your CV in English as soon as possible, but no later than the 15.03.2026.
  • Compensation: starting with €2450 gross/month

Additional Information

We’re committed to supporting our employees with a range of attractive benefits and valuable development opportunities. As a member of our team, you’ll enjoy a 25% staff discount across all H&M Group brands—available both in-store and online. Additionally, every employee is included in our H&M Incentive Program (HIP), designed to reward your contributions and support your growth within the company. You can read more about our H&M Incentive Program here

In addition to this, Lithuania-based colleagues also receive:  

  • Clothing Allowance
  • Bonus for Referring a Friend 
  • Stebby Platform
  • Private Health Insurance 
  • Anniversary Gifts
  • Baby birth gift card 

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.  

About ARKET 

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.