Sales is a global function within the H&M brand with the mission of growing and engaging our customer base, as well as growing and developing our sales channels.  By holding the responsibility for our regions and bringing together expertise from both business and digital & tech perspectives, Sales plays a key role in delivering on our brand plan - to elevate H&M through product, experience, and brand providing aspirational fashion at an unbeatable price.  

The mission of the Merchandising unit in Sales is to meet and create customer and consumer demand through product offer optimization and activation.   

Key Responsibilities:

• Create business development strategies and tactics for commercial and relevant product offer and category management to increase profitable growth
• Develop and set vision for future method, tools and best practices in areas of connecting customer insights and product offer, product activation and optimization, product performance
• Foresee future business analytical needs and drive the development of these together with relevant stakeholders
• Be at the forefront of future trends connected to both existing and new channels which impact merchandising way of working
• Combines functional expertise with a holistic business perspective to be able to identify and drive new business opportunities
• Support bigger projects and initiatives bringing merchandising experience and competences
• Actively assure that our developments are aligned with commercial priorities, product focuses as well as current customer demands and needs

What you need to succeed:

• A University degree in Business, Economics/ Finance, or similar knowledge from experience
• 3+ years of experience in roles within merchandising, e-commerce, business development, business strategy or similar field.
• Strong communication and coordination skills to set processes, identify new possibilities and engage community to share best practices.
• Strong business understanding
• Previous experience within leadership, and have a strong interest for people and developing others
• Project Management skills
• The drive to shape something new, to further develop methods and WoW within merchandising to ensure we are in the forefront in how we enable and support stakeholders
• Analytical skills and ability to translate data into clear insights as a base for decisions

This is a fulltime permanent position, starting as soon as possible according to agreement. The role is an on-site position, based in our office in Stockholm, Sweden.

Apply by sending in your CV in English as soon as possible, but no later than the 15th of February. Due to data policies, we only accept applications through 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
H&M is a part of H&M Group. At H&M Group, we’re determined to create and maintain inclusive, diverse and equitable workplaces throughout our organisation. Our teams should consist of a variety of people that share and combine their knowledge, experience and ideas. Having a diverse workforce leads to a positive impact on how we address challenges, on what we perceive possible and on how we choose to relate to our colleagues and customers all over the world. Hence all diversity dimensions are taken into consideration in our recruitment process.  

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. 

Company Description

H&M is a fashion brand that offers the latest styles and inspiration, from fashion pieces and unique designer collaborations to affordable wardrobe essentials. Our business idea is fashion & quality at the best price in a sustainable way. Learn more about H&M here