Company Description

ARKET is a modern-day market with a Nordic soul, offering a mix of fashion, homeware and a café while having quality, sustainability and transparency at the core of our business. ARKET’s mission is to democratise quality through widely accessible, well-made, durable products, designed to be used and loved for a long time. Learn more about ARKET here.

Job Description

We are currently looking for a Cafe Manager for our store, opening in Oslo, Norway

As the Café Manager, you ensure that your team delivers the best customer experience for everyone that visits the café. You secure high quality in all operational aspects of the café and you lead by example. You lead and develop the café team and optimize the café to achieve sales targets and budget, maximize profitability, make sure the café team is up to date on products and sales activities. Your role is essential in creating welcoming experiences that showcase the best of our brand.

Key Responsibilities:

Create an inspiring and engaging Café environment with a unique local feeling for customersResponsible for recruitment, training and development of your team together with Store Experience ManagerSupport, motivate and lead the café team to increase sales and maintain customer service levels according to guidelinesOrganise and plan according to the café concept including order routines and daily stock levelsPromote the culture, values and mission of the café and brand as a whole.Driving café according to sustainability goals

Qualifications

For the role of Café Manager, 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 have the ability to take independent initiative, addressing business and customer demands with both efficiency and effectiveness.

 

 

What You Need to Succeed:

 

Knowledge

You understand what makes a great customer experiencePrior operation experience in food and beverage industry  Fluent in Norwegian and English
 

Motivation

You enjoy creating a positive work environment and leading a teamYou are results-focused & enjoy multitaskingYou enjoy developing yourself & others
 

Behaviour

You contribute to building a well-functioning team and embrace different points of viewYou stay up to date with customer needs/competitor activity and put forward ideas on how to maximise selling and the customer experienceYou support others to grow by giving constructive feedbackYou are self-aware, understand that actions have consequences and are respectful and non-judgemental in your interactionsYou take initiative and personal responsibility for achieving set tasks and providing our customers with a great experienceYou are able to prioritise efficiently and adapt to sudden changesYou communicate clearly & concisely, actively listening to other perspectivesYou see opportunities to improve everyday processes

Past Achievements                  

Proven management experience in café or restaurant operationExperience in recruiting; managing talent, performance and developing team members is an advantage

 

Additional Information

This is a full-time position with a contract of 37,5 hours a week. Apply by uploading your CV in English as soon as possible. Due to data policies, we only accept applications through our career page.

Benefits 

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, 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 

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.