Area Controller

Are you looking for a company that pushes the boundaries and creates a community inclusive of everyone? A shared vision beyond only us?
If you answered yes, why not join us? This could be your first step toward a new and exciting career at COS!
About COS: Offering innovative design, elevated essentials and wardrobe icons, COS is a fashion brand rooted in contemporary culture. From the beginning, our design ethos has always put lasting style, quality and sustainability first. Today 92% of the materials in our collection are more sustainably sourced.
Job Description
As an Area Controller, you are responsible to secure the best possible customer experience throughout the stores in your area, while delivering expected profitability by setting and analysing financial goals, planning and forecasting sales figures and expenses.
What you will do:
Work with the area manager/store managers to create annual and quarterly sales budgets, utilizing historical data, known events and benchmarking.
Monitor, analyze, and benchmark weekly / daily sales plans and results for each store.
Work in partnership with each store manager to ensure an effective schedule is in place to guarantee a high level of customer service.
Work with selling reports, budgets and other available tools to make business decisions regarding allocations and stock levels.
Perform a monthly review of all variable costs and investigate any irregularities.
Ensure each store is following the correct operational routines, including delivery, replenishment and cash handling.
Partner with each store manager and cash office responsible to coordinate annual inventories.
Partner with the area HR manager to Identify future talent and formulate clear and challenging goals to assist with their development
Train and develop store teams in staff planning, profit & loss and scheduling.



Qualifications
At least 1 year of past retail management experience
Bachelor’s degree, within finance, business or economics major (preferable)
Fluent in English both written and verbal
Strong leadership and interpersonal skills
Fashion Awareness
Proven organizational, analytical and decision-making abilities
Sales-driven and result oriented
Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Excel
Willingness to travel ( 50% of time)
Ability to use own initiative and work as part of a team
Excellent communication skills



Additional information
COS, alongside Arket, Monki, Weekday, Afound, & Other Stories and H&M, is one of several unique brands that make up the H&M group. The H&M Group employs over 170,000 people in 74 markets across the globe, and we are the 2nd largest fashion company in the world. Since launching COS in 2007, we have opened more than 200 stores worldwide.
At COS we love welcoming new people and work hard to provide an environment where everyone feels appreciated and valued. We celebrate individual differences and recognise the contribution that all our colleagues make, regardless of their background.
When you first join COS, you will have a full introduction, excellent training, and a team that will support you during your first days, weeks and months. In addition to this you will also receive lots of fantastic benefits including.
25% staff discount on all H&M Group brands.
A generous holiday entitlement
Pension Scheme
Annual health check



We are looking forward to hearing from you!