Regional Omni Merchandising Manager- CANADA

This is a rare opportunity to join ARKET at an exciting stage of growth and help shape our future in Canada. As our Regional Omni Merchandising Manager, you will take ownership of a newly established market, acting as the commercial voice of the region and influencing key decisions that drive sales, profitability, and customer relevance.

In this role, you won't be stepping into an established setup. You'll help define how we work, identify local opportunities, and ensure the needs of Canadian customers are reflected in our commercial strategies. Working closely with global and regional stakeholders, you'll play a pivotal role in building a strong foundation for ARKET's continued growth in Canada.

What you will do

• Own and drive the omni merchandising strategy for the Canadian market.
• Translate customer, sales, and stock insights into actionable commercial plans.
• Lead regional assortment, stock, and campaign performance to deliver profitable growth.
• Drive local market adaptations and ensure the right product offer for Canadian customers.
• Partner with Supply Chain to optimize stock availability and inventory health.
• Identify opportunities to improve sales, conversion, and customer relevance through data-driven decision making.
• Act as the commercial voice of Canada, influencing key stakeholders across the global organization.
• Support the launch and long-term growth of ARKET's business in a newly established market.

Who you’ll work with:

You will be part of the Merchandising function and report to the Global Head of Omni Merchandising. You will work closely with colleagues across Merchandising, Buying, Customer Experience, Supply Chain, Commercial Planning, and Market teams.

As the regional expert for Canada, you will collaborate with stakeholders across the global organization, ensuring local customer needs are reflected in commercial decisions and merchandising strategies.

We're looking for someone with:

• Extensive experience within Merchandising, Omni Merchandising, Online Merchandising, Buying, or a similar commercial fashion retail function.
• Strong commercial understanding of assortment planning, stock management, customer demand, and trading activities.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience working with Power BI.
• Proven ability to use commercial and performance data to drive business decisions and recommendations.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to collaborate across multiple functions and markets.
• Demonstrated leadership experience, either as a people manager or through successfully leading and influencing cross-functional teams and stakeholders in a matrix organization.
• Professional English language skills, both written and spoken.

Experience working as a Regional Merchandiser, supporting market expansion initiatives, or operating within the Canadian retail market will be highly valued. We also see experience building dashboards, reports, and data visualizations in Power BI as a strong advantage.

Behaviours based on our values

• Delivery & Execution: Ability to produce high-quality, accurate work, prioritise effectively and meet deadlines. You should also be able to demonstrate resilience under pressure.
• Problem Solving & Judgment: Ability to analyse issues logically, use data and evidence to guide decisions & anticipate and address issues before they arise.
• Communication: Able to communicate clearly in writing and verbally, you should be able to explain technical or complex points simply and keep stakeholders informed and updated.
• Collaboration: Abiloity to work constructively with other colleagues, share knowledge and support teammates. You should also be openminded and accept feedback professionally.
• Adaptable & Curious: You should be able to adjust to changing priorities, learns new tools and processes quickly and show curiosity and self-development

This is a full time temporary contract for 12 months based at our Head Office in Head Office at Stockholm, Södermalm

If you feel this opportunity is exciting feel free to apply by sending in your CV in English as soon as possible, but no later than 13/11/2026. Due to data policies, we only accept applications through our career page.

We value collaboration and believe that great ideas thrive when we work closely together. Therefore, this role is primarily office-based, with four days per week at the office to foster teamwork and engagement. One day per week, you’ll have the flexibility to work remotely.

WHO WE ARE

ARKET is a modern-day market for everyday life, bringing together clothing, design, food and ideas. With a modern Nordic perspective, shaped by closeness to nature, functionality and a clear sense of seasonality, our ambition is to inspire a simpler, more beautiful way of living. Available to a broad audience worldwide, we offer contemporary products that are made and selected with care, designed to be used, lived with and returned to over time. Learn more about & Arket here.

WHY YOU’LL LOVE WORKING HERE

We offer all our employees attractive benefits with broad development opportunities. All our employees receive a 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.

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

• 30 days holiday
• A collective agreement which includes pension and life insurance
• Wellness benefit 4000kr/year
• Benify Benefits Portal

JOIN US

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. 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.

We look forward to hearing from you