Packaging Solution Business Expert, H&M Group

Job Description
Are you eager to develop sustainable, innovative solutions for our packaging? Do you understand the full life cycle of a package from manufacturer to the customer and have an excellent understanding of the tech tools within the field? Great! We are now looking for a Business Expert to strengthen our team!
You will be part of a high performing and motivated team that listens to each other, embraces diverse perspectives, and always finds a way forward together. The mission is defined as planning our capacity and optimizing allocation with a high degree of automation, integration and transparency in our collaborative network. You will be working closely with Product Owners, development teams and other stakeholders, helping to make sure that the product development is in line with the business need.
Responsibilities
As a Business Expert, you will support the Optimized Packing and Packaging product team and help them derive actionable insights and product requirements by applying your deep expertise of packaging solution. You will help improve products that solve business problems for customers and identify new product features based on business opportunities. You will also support the product owner in developing and testing hypotheses to explain both macro and micro trends and opportunities. You are a vital part of helping the product owner to develop a strong understanding of the product and define appropriate metrics and key success indicators. You will also:
Further develop a deep understanding of existing business within the area using data and user insights to build material that will make business decisions/initiatives critical to scale
Test the efficacy of new product releases and features
Support in the definition of acceptance criteria & perform UAT
Support the product team with feature testing when needed
Work with continuous quality improvement.

Who are you?
To contribute as a Business Expert, we believe you have the ability to apply innovative solutions for packaging related to sustainability, package material and optimization of the sizing and protection. You understand the full flow and life cycle of a package from manufacturer to the customer and have an excellent understanding of the tech tools and software within the field. With your communicative ability you align with stakeholders to release and roll out solutions to meet end users’ expectations to achieve desired outcome. In order to reach our aim of eliminating plastic and overflow packaging, you have excellent understanding of different materials used for packaging. We also believe you have:
Excellent understanding of organizational setup for packaging organization as well as different roles
Understanding of important packaging data which will enable us to make informed decisions and find improvements
Ability to develop requirement specifications for packaging and to communicate it with stakeholders
Experience with packaging optimization by providing the proper primary, secondary and tertiary packaging to ensure the quality and security of the product but at the same eliminate air in our packaging
Knowledge of selecting the right amount and type of packaging for the environment & supply chain
Knowledge to develop solution from ideation to release. This includes the ability to collect, analyze business needs and users’ insights into product requirements and ensure the quality of the delivery by setting acceptance criteria and perform end-user testing
Knowledge of the supply chain
A relevant degree in Packaging would be an added advantage.

Who are we?
H&M Group is a family of brands with the desire to make great design available to everyone in a sustainable and circular way. Rapid technological development is transforming the fashion retail industry. We are seizing this opportunity to not only challenge ourselves, but the whole industry with the aim to be the most impactful ecosystem. We operate on a large scale across 74 markets. From AI to data-driven business development, user experience to engineering, we turn business challenges into innovative tech solutions – making H&M Group a global leader in combining tech, fashion, and design.
What we offer!
Besides the obvious perks such as staff discount card, flexible work life, learning communities, wellness benefits, parental benefits etc. you are joining a unique value driven culture, a large tech network and community where you can be yourself. There are endless opportunities to experiment and grow in any direction that you want and when you grow, we grow. Being a major player gives us countless opportunities to make a real impact and shape the future.
Additional Information 
This is a fulltime position with placement in one of our tech locations and/or hubs. Apply with CV and Cover Letter as soon as possible but no later than 3rd of March 2022. For any questions about the recruitment process, please contact Tove Tapper (tove.tapper@hm.com).
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.