About Us:
We are brand builders who focus our passion and creativity to build Calvin Klein and TOMMY HILFIGER into the most desirable lifestyle brands in the world and at the same time position PVH as one of the best-performing brand groups in our sector. Guided by our values and enabled by our scale and global reach, we are driving fashion forward for good, as one team with one vision and one plan. That’s the Power of Us, that’s the Power of PVH+.
One of PVH’s greatest strengths is our people. Our collective desire is to create a workplace environment where every individual is valued, and every voice is heard, and we are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse community of associates with a strong sense of belonging. Learn more about Inclusion & Diversity at PVH here.
PVH is one of the most successful fashion and lifestyle companies in the world. Our brand portfolio includes the iconic brands CALVIN KLEIN and TOMMY HILFIGER, with more than 30.000 employees operating in over 40 countries. PVH stands for development and innovation like no other company with the ongoing digitalization and integration of all channels.
One of PVH's greatest strengths is our people and our shared desire to create an inclusive work environment where every individual is valued, and every voice is heard. Together, we are committed to a more diverse and fair fashion industry to drive sustainable change both at PVH and in our industry.
The head office for the DACH and EEC markets, covering 13 countries with more than 2.700 employees, is in Düsseldorf and is the main location of around 500 employees.
Reporting to the Director Retail, you will be responsible for leading multiple Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein Outlet stores across South-West Germany. Your priorities will be to deliver a best-in-class PVH customer experience, drive operational excellence, develop high-performing store teams, strengthen omnichannel capabilities, and achieve sustainable and profitable growth.
A day in the life of a Retail Area Manager (m/f/x):
- Leadership: You will inspire and lead your store teams, fostering an inclusive, high-performing culture that empowers people to succeed
- People Development: You will recruit, coach, develop, and manage store teams to drive engagement, performance, and talent growth
- Performance Management: You will drive commercial success by monitoring KPIs, analysing business performance, and implementing action plans to achieve sales and profitability targets
- Customer Experience: You will ensure your teams deliver a best-in-class PVH customer experience through excellent service standards and strong omnichannel execution
- Visual Merchandising: You will ensure consistent implementation of PVH visual merchandising standards and continuously optimize store presentation with key business partners
- Operations & Finance: You will oversee P&L performance, workforce planning, retail budgets, operational excellence, and support store openings and refits
- Stakeholder Management: You will collaborate closely with internal and external stakeholders to drive business performance and operational excellence
- Continuous Improvement: You will identify opportunities to improve store operations while promoting innovation, collaboration, diversity, and sustainability
What do we need from you? You have:
- A university degree in Business Management or a comparable qualification, or equivalent professional experience within the fashion retail industry
- 3–5 years of experience in retail management, preferably within a multi-store environment
- Proven experience leading, coaching, and developing high-performing teams.
- Strong commercial acumen with the ability to analyse KPIs, P&L performance, and retail data to drive business decisions
- Good knowledge of the fashion retail market, consumer trends, omnichannel retail, and customer behaviour
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across multiple functions
- A proactive mindset with a passion for continuous improvement across people, processes, and systems
- Fluency in English and German
- Good digital skills, including Microsoft Office and retail systems such as SAP/Fiori, Workday, Storeforce, or similar
- A valid driver's licence and willingness to travel frequently across the assigned region
What you can expect from us:
- Lead Yourself. Lead Together. Lead the Way. The PVH Leadership Behaviors are the actions that unlock the potential of each of us. Whether you lead a team, a project or contribute your own expertise, everyone is a leader at PVH.
- We promote a culture of development and offer training and learning opportunities through our own PVH University
- Multiple employee benefits such as employee discounts, mobility offers, internal sports classes and other initiatives
- Our employees come together from all areas of life and all corners of the world. Inclusion and diversity is a key pillar of our corporate culture. We know that diversity makes us stronger. Regardless of your origin, nationality, faith, disability, age, marital status, partnership status, sexual orientation or gender you are welcome here.
Our employees come together from all areas of life and all corners of the world. Inclusion and diversity are a key pillar of our corporate culture. We know that diversity makes us stronger. Regardless of your origin, nationality, faith, disability, age, marital status, partnership status, sexual orientation, or gender you are welcome here.
PVH Corp. or its subsidiary ("PVH") is an equal opportunity employer and considers all applicants for employment on the basis of their individual capabilities and qualifications without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, sexual orientation, genetic information, physical or mental disability, military status or any other characteristic protected under federal, state or local law. In addition to complying with all applicable laws, PVH is also committed to ensuring that all current and future PVH associates are compensated solely on job-related factors such as skill, ability, educational background, work quality, experience and potential.
