Merchandise Retail Lead

**Job Description** WHAT YOU’LL DO**

As a Merchandise Retail Lead, you need to drive commercial success and enhance customer shopping experiences Collaborate with Merchandise Managers to exceed company targets using your retail expertise and customer-centric approach.
- Implement and execute regional merchandising strategy and commercial priorities with close alignment to regional assortment direction.
- Optimize local selling peaks driven by optimizing product exposure strategy to calendar, customer shopping behavior and commercial plan; be responsible for all information including but not limited to kick off, sale packs, BF-information, etc.
- Drive in and post season inventory management by picking full price, discount and sale activities in line with regional merch direction, as well as executing stock management, sale, EOP and commercial reduction.
- Follow up on stock and resolve issues together with inventory optimization team; execute regional strategy for commercial impact on key product categories based on in season performance.
- Know your market retail situation and customer profile, providing commercial team with constant and structured sales follow up for the channel, as well as commercial initiatives in store (visit the site in all touchpoints several times a week) to confirm or adjust actions needed.

**WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH**

As Merchandise Retail Lead, you'll work closely with Visual Merchandising, Sales, Marketing team.

This role will be reporting to **Merchandise Manager.**

**WHO YOU ARE**

We are looking for people with
- Economics or Business degree/relevant qualifications.
- Strong in driving commercial product excellence, strategic and analytical, with deep experience in business case building and performance estimation.
- High level of salesmanship, advanced Excel skills, and effective collaboration with strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

And people who are
- The ability to be flexible and adapt easily to a rapidly changing environment.
- The ability to drive towards a common goal through flexible communication with other stakeholders.

**WHO WE ARE**

H&M Group is a global company of strong fashion brands and ventures. Our goal is to prove that there is no compromise between exceptional design, affordable prices, and sustainable solutions. We want to liberate fashion for the many, and our customers are at the heart of every decision we make.

We are made up of thousands of passionate and talented colleagues united by our shared culture and values. Together, we want to use our power, our scale, and our knowledge to push the fashion industry towards a more inclusive and sustainable future.

**WHY YOU’LL LOVE WORKING HERE**

We offer all our employees at H&M Group attractive benefits with extensive development opportunities around the globe. All our colleagues 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.

**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.

Take the next step in your career together with us. The journey starts here.

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