Product Developer to H&M Group – open application!

Company Description
This is an open application for current and upcoming Product Developer openings at the different H&M Assortments – Women, Kids, Men, Divided, Beauty, Home, and Move. And positions within the H&M Group’s different brands – Monki, Weekday, Arket and &Other Stories. If you have a passion for fashion and love to do business and create growth, we want to meet you!
OUR COMPANY
The H&M Head Office is based in Stockholm, Sweden, where we design and develop our fashion collections for a wide variety of customers. H&M is a dynamic international workplace where high pace and rapid changes are a natural part of our day. Good communication skills, a flexible attitude and capacity to adapt to changes are essential. We have a sustainable mindset and always seek new ways to improve our sustainable working methods to achieve our goals. Together we offer fashion, design and services, that enable people to be inspired and to express their own personal style, making it easier to live in a more circular way.
The H&M Group - Portfolio Brands
Portfolio Brands is a portfolio consisting of COS, Monki, Weekday, & Other Stories and Arket, as well as development projects to broaden and improve the H&M Group's offering.
Each brand is commercially autonomous and set their own Customer Offering & Experience, Brand direction as well as sales operations. The Portfolio Brands is managed and supported by a small expert team in Stockholm focusing on supporting the existing businesses to reach their goals, creating a learning organization cross brand, where ideas, talents and new business opportunities are being shared.
This ad is an open application for positions at the Head Offices of H&M, Weekday, Arket and &OtherStories in Stockholm, and Monki in Gothenburg. For openings at the Cos Head Office in London, please visit the Cos career site.


Job Description
This is a general ad for all current and upcoming Product Developer position within the different H&M assortments of Women, Kids, Menswear, Divided, Home, Beauty and Move. Regardless of which assortment you work in, you will be part of a tight team including Product Developers, Designers, Pattern Makers, Planners, Controller and Section Head. Together as a team, you are responsible for the entire work process of developing new and exciting products that enable our customers to look and feel great. Your work will focus on developing the most current and commercial products at the best possible price in a sustainable way.
As a Product Developer you will set and drive assortment and development strategy for your department. This includes both short- and long-term strategies in line with the overall assortment goals. With a strong fashion intelligence, salesmanship, and sense of commerciality, you can identify seasonal keys and act on relevant tendencies. We believe that you are a natural project manager with excellent communication skills. You make things happen around you and make sure to stay organized even when the work pace is high.


Qualifications
We are always looking for new talent to join our team and especially people that have a big passion for fashion and love to keep up to date with the latest trends. As a Product Developer, we think that you love to do business and create growth by offering the customer great products. A sustainability mindset is something that drives you and we also see that you have great communication skills. We believe you are a team player who thrive in a fast-paced environment and when given a lot of responsibility. Finally, you always have the customer in mind in every step of your work.
Required qualifications
Experience from/currently working as Product Developer, or buyer in Fashion retail
Education within Textiles/Buying/Product Development
An eye for current fashion trends with strong fashion intelligence
Have passion for products and product development
Strong material knowledge
Driven, structured and take initiatives
Salesmanship and result orientated
Great communication skills
Strong team player with a flexible attitude
See possibilities, improvements, and efficient solutions
Commercial thinking
Team player



Additional Information
This is full-time temporary positions (length will vary from 6 month and longer) with placement in Stockholm. If you feel your experience, skills and ambitions are right for this role, please send your application including CV. Interviews will be held continuously.
At H&M Group we strive to have a fair and inclusive recruitment process. Why kindly ask you to not attach cover letter in your application as they often contain information that can easily trigger unintentional biases.
H&M is committed to creating a Diverse & Inclusive environment and we are actively looking for qualified candidates irrespective of race, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, national origin, disability or age.
We look forward to hearing from you!