DFS Galleria - Your Career at DFS

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Rebecca Weitzman Assistant Merchandise Manager for European Lifestyle/Men’s Leather	“I first joined DFS as a summer intern while attending university. The internship was far from anything the general retail industry had to offer. Instead of performing administrative tasks, I was asked to work directly with senior management, help analyze my team’s business, and develop and drive department initiatives. The level of responsibility given to me as an intern, accompanied by my passion for the industry and respect for luxury product, fostered my desire to continue my career at DFS. Upon graduating from university, I returned to DFS as a Management Trainee (MT). As an MT I was offered a unique approach to learning the business. The program enhanced my management skills thru three different rotations: four months in Global Planning with the Fashion team in San Francisco, four months in Hong Kong with the Division Operations for the Luxury team, and four months with Global Merchandising with the Beauty team, again in San Francisco. The MT program not only fully satisfied my ambition but gave me a holistic view of the company and of how DFS maintains its position as the leading luxury retailer. At the completion of the program I joined the Fashion Global Merchandising team as the Assistant Merchandise Manager for European Lifestyle/Men’s Leather, where everyday I apply skill sets I learned from my exposures to the different sectors of the business. My experience with joining DFS as a university intern, participating in the Management Trainee program, and then becoming an Assistant Merchandise Manager has truly proven that with passion, ambition, and the ability to continue to learn, the opportunities to grow my career are endless . ”
Development and Growth at DFS DFS has always been passionate about our business. We tirelessly seek new frontiers to explore and ways to grow our business. This quest to expand provides enormous opportunities for our talent to grow along with the company. At DFS we believe that the development and growth of our talent is essential to our success as a company. We believe that the quality of our talent is the fuel which determines how fast and far we can go. The DFSLearning culture is one in which we are surrounded by learning and growing opportunities every where - every day. Our talent development philosophy is that “everyone is a teacher, everyone is a learner” and it is expected that each of us seeks ways to learn and to share what we have learned with others. These learning opportunities take the form of special assignments to leadership or team member roles where new skills are established or existing skills are sharpened; working on multi functional multi cultural teams whose members spread across oceans and continents; exposure to senior leaders, coaches and mentors during business meetings and workshops; participation in self study and online programs which broaden one’s perspectives and knowledge as well as participation in activities and training which sharpen skills essential for movement to next levels. DFS partners with employees in a commitment to developing themselves and others and taking full advantage of the unlimited opportunities to build our repertoire of skills as well as to contribute to the development of others. This is the basis of the DFSLearning culture.