Product Merchandising Lead

As a Product Merchandising Lead your main focus will be to act as the main link between product merchandising commercial teams and allocation functionsensuring accurate stock planning demand transparency and efficient replenishment across markets. You oversee allocation and inventory flows support decision-making with data insights and help deliver the right products to the right locations at the right time.

This role reports into our Planning Market Manager Supply Planning and is based out of Mexico Support Office.

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:

Product merchandising/ commercial support

• Act as Contact point and partner-up with Sales Market Commercial teams on stock and inventory topics to facilitate strong commercial execution in Sales Markets.
• Drive transparency/ consistency and secure sharing of best practices across Sales Markets on product merchandising/ commercial execution.
• Challenge Sales Markets bottom-up demand plans from a stock-level perspective (only if needed or upon request).
• Support Sales Markets in setting and adjusting price maps to reflect local competition and stock positions.
• Responsible for the forecasting of supply in relation to demand sharing insights and corrective measures.
• Decide and provide Sales Markets articles for final sale/ clearance as well as for special campaigns per channel.
• Decide and provide markdowns (pricing) in collaboration with Inventory Optimization Leads (who provide analyses) and other inventory management measures to Sales Markets (e.g. markdowns if sell-through deviates from other markets).
• Follow up and forecast R&D for Sales Markets 
• Capture learnings from exit and liquidation cycles to inform future pre-season plannings/ buying quantifications
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Allocation & replenishment

• Act as the key point of contact for assigned SMs and warehouses on all allocation replenishment and stock management topics.
• Follow up stock on Sales Market level and review stock-balancing scenarios within a Planning Market (based on analyses provided by Inventory Leads).
• Responsible for the initial allocation from warehouses to stores in line with Sales Market plans (in target state via AB2.0).
• Responsible for adjustments to replenishment speed and setting replenishment blocks or stops for seasonal stock/ predictable demand.
• Set backstock list for articles that needs to be removed from the shopfloor/ pick locations.
• Create transparency on incoming deliveries/ stock status to SM Commercial teams and Store Managers through regular stock update reports.

Qualifications :

Who You Are:

• Bachelors or Masters degree or similar in Supply Chain Management Logistics Business Administration Economics Data Analytics or a related quantitative field.
• 24 years in product merchandising retail planning or commercial operations within retail fashion or FMCG.
• Commercial expertise: Solid understanding of retail and product merchandising processes.
• Analytical capabilities: Able to interpret sell-through and stock reports to identify improvement areas. Communication skills: Clear communication and collaboration skills across Markets and Continent teams.
• Tool proficiency: Good command of Excel and interest in BI tools (e.g.; Power BI).
• Attention to detail: Detail-oriented; ensures high data accuracy in article tracking and reporting.
• Advanced proficiency in both English and Spanish. 

Información adicional :

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 YOULL LOVE WORKING HERE 

At H&M Group we are proud to be a vibrant and welcoming company. We offer our employees attractive benefits with extensive development opportunities around the globe.

• 25% Staff discount on all our H&M Group brands both in stores and online (H&M COS Weekday Monki H&M HOME & Other Stories and ARKET).
• In addition to our global benefits our local markets offer different competitive perks and benefits.

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 

• Youll have access to our Colleague Resource Groups (CRGs) to find community and networking opportunities among colleagues 

• We are an inclusive company where youre 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 inclusive of health insurance wellness and family support programs paid leave programs and paid time off including a community day to serve your local community              

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time