Project Manager for H&M Group Expansion (Business development)

Company Description
Group Expansion is responsible for all aspects of optimizing the H&M Group’s Real Estate Portfolio and will be responsible for enabling meaningful growth in our digital and physical channels. Each year we will expand into new markets through marketplaces and physical stores and optimize our existing portfolio through rebuilds, extensions, renegotiations, relocations and consolidations.
Would you thrive in a fast- paced and dynamic environment where you can play a key part in developing and supporting our organization to grow our business in a meaningful way and to generate long-term qualitative results? Then keep on reading!
We are a family of brands and businesses, driven by our desire to make great design available to everyone in a sustainable way. 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 operates more than 5000 stores in 70 countries under 9 distinct brands. We continue to expand worldwide, as one of the largest fashion companies in the world!
Job Description
Project Management Office is a team residing within the newly established Operations & Innovations team at Group Expansion. Our team is currently evolving so you will be part of building and developing our team and setup. You will join a highly ambitious team of skilled project managers driving and delivering a diverse portfolio of projects cross all our departments at Group Expansion including Store Design, NCG Purchase & Development, Construction & Facilities, Omnichannel Portfolio and Controlling. You will also work closely with all our brands as well as other business functions such as Business Tech or the Lab
We are now looking for Project Managers focusing on business development projects. You will drive and collaborate on challenging projects with team members from many backgrounds and disciplines, increasing your understanding of complex business problems from diverse perspectives. The projects are of different nature such as explorative, analytical, or investigative as well as implementation or change management focused. Your main responsibilities:

Project Management:
Responsible for the overall Project Management tasks of assigned projects
Drive the definition process of the business case including project scope, purpose, success criteria, expected results and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensure business and technical feasibility
Ensure project is set-up and managed in a professional manner following the agreed business case and evaluating the results post project completion.
Lead the project team including coaching team members to deliver on their responsibilities
Ensure that the project is delivered on time, within scope and budget
Perform risk management to minimize project risks and proactively work on mitigating them
Measure and track project performance, progress and outcome

Stakeholder Management & Communication:
Ensure professional and sufficient stakeholder management in a proactive manner. Manage dependencies & enablers connected to the project.
Work with key stakeholders in making sure the project is steered towards its goals, manage changes to project, and secure effective decision making
Ensure that there is ownership and clear responsibilities and expectations from each project member and key stakeholders
Be the spokesperson of the project together with key stakeholders and ensure professional communication flows and other change management activities

Qualifications
We believe that you are a true role model for H&M Group values and that you are an ambitious, flexible, and humble team player. If you like to have fun along the way, you’ll fit right in! You are an open-minded team player who enjoys working in an international environment and have the ability to handle complex projects. We believe you to be brave in your way of working, you get energy from trying the unfamiliar with an agile mindset and always welcoming the unexpected. You are a communicative person with a positive attitude, you take ownership of your work and always give it your best. Most importantly of all, we want you to be you, we encourage diversity and welcome candidates from all backgrounds! We also believe you have:
Master’s Degree in engineering, business administration or similar
2-5 years’ experience working as a Project Manager and/or as a Consultant (Management consulting is meriting)
Proven record within Agile or other project methodologies. Able to overlook and manage multiple projects in complex environments involving several stakeholders
Experience from employing analytical skills in developing, executing and following-up on strategic business cases
Experience from leading teams through change (either formal or informal leadership)
Experience from working with senior stakeholders as well as external parties
Experience from working in a changing environment with high speed where your skills in prioritization, delegating and understanding the business impact are key
Fluent in English
International working experience is meriting but not a must.
Professional experience from the Retail industry and understanding the industry trends is meriting.

Additional Information
If you want to join our exciting journey and a fantastic team, please upload your CV (English) as soon as possible but at the latest by 20 of June 2021 . Due to GDPR, we only accept applications through our career page. This is a permanent position staring as soon as possible, based at our Head Office in Stockholm/Marievik, Sweden. Start date as soon as possible.
We look forward to receiving your application!
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We know that diversity is what makes us strong. Our teams should consist of great mix of people that share and combine their knowledge, experiences and ideas. It leads to a positive impact on how we address challenges, what we perceive possible and how we choose to relate to our colleagues and customers all over the world.