Regional Public Affairs & Sustainability Manager

India continues to be an important focus market for the H&M brand with significant growth potential and unique characteristics. Establishing India as its own H&M Region was first step to cater for the unique needs of India and to improve our local customer relevance.

As the next step to accelerate our business impact, we are bringing together all the Region India teams (Sales, Production and Tech) together at Bangalore. We see a great opportunity to create a strong presence in Bangalore with the combined competences of the teams to increase cross-functional collaboration and to enable a strong local perspective for the Indian customer in the new Region India setup.

Our colleagues will play a critical role to elevate the full H&M experience in the eyes of our consumers through Product, Experience and Brand, guided by our brand plan.

And that starts the mission to build a superstar-team of local talents mixed with global experience. As part of Region India, You will have an exciting opportunity to widen skillset, grow and make an impact in a brand-new Region whilst also exploring everything India has to offer!!!

As the Regional Public Affairs & Sustainability Manager, you hold the regional public affairs and sustainability agenda together by monitoring, prioritizing, initiating and executing appropriate public affairs and sustainability strategies aligned with regional business goals and global PA approach. 

You drive added customer value through sustainability and an improved sustainability perception together with relevant stakeholders and ensuring strategies and positions are internally aligned, both regionally and globally, and appropriate to external stakeholder landscape and dynamics.

Key responsibilities include:

Monitoring the regional political & sustainability agenda

• Follow and stay up to date with internal goals & agendas and external policy & sustainability agendas in your region
• Coordinate analysis and possible impact in upcoming policies and legislations together with relevant functions and other internal experts both regionally and globally

Set and execute regional public affairs & sustainability strategies through proactive and/or reactive engagement

• Assess and plan influencing opportunities
• Develop company responses and positions

Effective collaboration through engagement with internal stakeholders for aligned strategies and positions

• Where relevant be a stakeholder in internal strategies to ensure public affairs & sustainability perspective is considered and aligned goals.
• Ensure cross functional collaboration for holistic and aligned strategies.

Contribute to Public Affairs tools and ways of working, including internal knowledge sharing

• Ensure alignment of regional PA & Sustainability strategies with global strategies/positions
• Contribute to development of tools, materials, processes and collaboration among functions for effective and aligned PA & Sustainability work throughout H&M Group organization

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Being part of our journey means there is not one clear path. We ask of you to be open to change and take part in creating an organization for the future. This is an opportunity for open minded team players that by being curious, innovative and forward-thinking, want to change our business and the whole industry. We ask you to be yourself, drive results, work towards goals and go for it with everything you’ve got.  

Besides your personality we see that:

• 8-10 years of experience with Public Affairs, Corporate Communications or Stakeholder Engagement with a background (desired) in Politics, Law, Sustainability, Communications, Business or any related field
• Previous experience in working for a think tank, NGO's or textile industry would be beneficial
• Strong and proven leadership experience with a focus to build high performing teams in a dynamic environment
• Able to work independently and be self-motivated while still working within a team environment and fostering a strong team collaboration
• Flexibility and adaptable to change, a strategic mindset

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This is a full-time position, reporting to the Regional 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 August 31st, 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.