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 at www.hmgroup.com
As Demand and Supply Lead (Merchandise Planning), you will play a pivotal role in optimizing the balance between customer demand and inventory supply. You will be responsible for ensuring product availability, minimizing excess inventory, and contributing to the overall success of the organization. You will drive efficient regional demand fulfilment, spurring sales growth. You will work cross functionally mainly but not limited to the stakeholders within the regional merch-team.
You are customer and sales-driven professional with a strategic mindset. You are a detail-oriented professional with a strong analytical mindset and expertise in demand & supply forecasting. You thrive working in a fast pace, in and agile environment. You are natural team player that strives to foster collaboration across channels, roles and functions.
Key Responsibilities:
Drive regional top-down demand and supple planning process for the region, by executing and being responsible for all functionality bringing plans from region to PM level and percentage market buying.
Analyze, follow up, localize and optimize buying, selling and stock plans with merchandiser leads, ensuring bottom-up plans matches top-down target following the regional strategy.
Ensure in and post season stock management, through localizing regional stock management strategies, forecast of reduction cost as well as ensuring necessary actions and follow up of performance is proactively identified.
Implement and execute developments via constant exploration and implementation of how to improve the field of buying and stock management in the region.
Be part of the global community by bringing successful examples and learnings, as well as rolling out ways of working of new initiatives.
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To be successful in the role as Demand and Supply Lead (Merchandise Planning) , you should have strong commercial focus and are insight and data driven, with proven ability to drive results and work towards goals. You should have a broad merchandising knowledge and commercial experience that understands the total picture from customer demands on our offers.
What you need to succeed:
Bachelor's degree/relevant qualifications, preferably in Business, Economics and Finance
1-3 years' experience merchandising, stock management, buying or planning, preferably experience from both retail and digital.
Deep understanding of buying, planning, stock management strategies and influencing commercial agenda in the region.
Good knowledge of logistics, allocation, store operations and omni sales combined with effective collaboration skills & stakeholder management.
High level of salesmanship and analytical proficiency; is an advance excel user.
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This is a full-time position, reporting to the Demand & Supply Manager for India.
This position is based at the Support Office in Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Apply by sending in your CV in English as soon as possible, but no later than June 30th, 2024. Due to data policies, we only accept applications through career page.
Global 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.
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