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Job DescriptionAs an Inventory Optimization Project Lead in the Merchandising Function, your main focus will be to support and lead the creation and roll out of local and global projects for Region Americas. You align and execute on stock related strategies connected to future store and online projects from an allocation, replenishment, exit stock planning and new store components perspective. Your main responsibility will be the implementation and roll out of Project One in Canada and Gstore (smart store) for Region Americas from a merchandising point of view. You set and execute on assortment strategy for the Project One scope as well as partnership with Logistics to develop new ways of working. Your role will be in the Regional Demand and Supply and Inventory function but work broadly and have touchpoints with many different functions, both internal and external. In this role, you will work in a high paced and contribution heavy environment and we expect someone that can handle multiple deliverables simultaneous and is ready to contribute on a higher level.
This role reports into our Inventory Optimization Project Manager and can be based remotely within the USA or Canada.
This is a 1-year assignment project role.
A Day in the Life
Working at H&M means no two days are ever the same, but a typical day will include the following responsibilities*
Sales, Merchandising, and Inventory
Know your market: retail situation, inventory, and Logistics operation,
Collaborate with Logistics and Store Operations to secure inventory and sales
Monitor income plans and secure allocation
Analyze and follow up on important KPI´s (Key Performance Indicators) and P&L (Profit & Loss) expectations and create action plans to optimize the results and sales
Take part in developments towards external partners
Draw conclusions on inventory, logistics operation, selling and reduction strategies and secure that learnings are used for planning
Perform ad-hoc analysis
Create, drive and follow-up weekly focus for the project entities
Keep a close communication with all parts of the organization which influence garment distribution
Collaborate with logistics and project teams to secure inventory operations
Project One and SmartStore:
Plan store capacity within project scope
Together with project teams secure that relevant assortment is being sent to each entity. Take actions on performing and non-performing inventory (pushes, first allocation, stops, exit strategies etc.)
Set income, allocation & exit strategy plan for project entities
Ability to travel and work closely with store on new project openings
Maintain BOPIS, BOSS settings
Maintain OMNI availability settings
Allocation/ replenishment settings connected to new delivery options
Leading the SmartStore (gStore) development and implementation for merchandising (Higher if we have selected stores open for in-store replenishment)
Merchandising responsible for SmartStore roll-out in Brand city stores and Project One
Capacity management for re-setting SmartStores as well as governing capacity in project stores
QualificationsWho You Are:
University degree, preferably in Business, Economics, Finance or similar
5+ years of experience within merchandising or a sales function
Experienced in Project Management, business model, and data knowledge
Strong retail knowledge and operational best practices/ routines for physical store
Experience with allocation, replenishment and other inventory management systems is meriting
Eager to transform how we run operations and optimize the supply planning agenda
Strong communication skills toward relevant stakeholders
Strategic and visionary thinking, understands where retail is going and can drive the strategic agenda forward, set vision and enabling business area colleagues
Like taking responsibility and enjoy working in a changing environment cross- functionally
Drive and execute change management to support company direction
Create business cases for different projects
Proficient in MS Office, especially in Excel and PowerPoint
Customer-Centric and can use data and customer insights in decision-making
Additional Information
Why You’ll Love Working at H&M
We value diverse backgrounds, including but not limited to race, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, and disability
We pride ourselves on being a values-driven organization, guided by our 7 unique values that have been part of our success story for over 75 years
You’ll have access to our Colleague Resource Groups (CRGs) to find community and networking opportunities among colleagues
We are an inclusive company where you’re encouraged to be yourself at work
You will have access to a large global talent community, where career growth and aspirations have no limits
We believe in supporting your overall wellbeing and offer comprehensive benefits
You’ll be able to express your personal style with our employee discount at H&M, & Other Stories, and COS
Compensation: Hiring range $98,957 - $111,326 is annually** if role is based in the New York City Support Office
*This job posting highlights the most critical responsibilities and requirements of the job and is not all-inclusive. There may be additional duties, and responsibilities assigned for this job at the company’s discretion.
**H&M, in good faith, has assessed this posted range of compensation as the accurate range for this role and location at the time of this posting. H&M may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range depending on candidate qualifications. This range may be modified in the future.
EEOC Code: PRO