Senior Project Manager-New Business & Expansion Projects at H&M Beauty

Company Description
Do you want to be a key player in creating a new and disruptive global beauty brand at H&M BEAUTY?
Within the newly created Business Unit H&M Lifestyle Brands, we apply the strong heritage of H&M to new industries, to add excitement and energy to our offer and to strengthen the H&M brand. H&M Lifestyle Brands includes H&M HOME, H&M BEAUTY and H&M SPORT.
At H&M BEAUTY, we will throw the beauty parties no one wants to miss, be featured in beauty bags worldwide — and be that favorite lipstick on your bathroom shelf.
Through our knowledge, experience, and pure passion for what we do, we aim to deliver excellence to our customers — and we want to get even better at it. We believe that different perspectives are an asset in every team, and that's why we're looking for new mindsets and norm-challenging viewpoints to join us!
Job Description
As Senior project manager within the New Business and Expansion projects team, you are strategically and operationally responsible for several projects, which includes set up of pre-studies, project structures, organization and resources to deliver successful launches. You will also be working with setting way of working, developing methods and structure for how we will, in most efficient way drive and deliver and follow up.
An essential part of the role is to secure understanding, motivation, and commitment for H&M Beauty’s expansion and growth journey with all relevant stakeholders, both internal and external. You will work close together with dedicated colleagues within Beauty and in other parts of the H&M such as regions and business tech
Main responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Work with leadership team and business functions to lead and drive critical business improvement initiatives end to end. Plan, define and structure projects, WOW, resource planning. Collaborate with key stakeholders to deliver results within the stipulated timelines
Manage multiple simultaneous projects requiring frequent communication, organization/time management and problem-solving skills.
Secure commitment, alignment, technical abilities, and resources for all projects with relevant stakeholders and enable a smooth and effective collaboration.
Follow up, evaluate, and identify organizational optimization, efficiency, and improvement projects
Manage, communicate, and secure a project pipeline in line with H&M Beauty overall strategy and goals, prioritization, and feasibility.
Act as a formal and informal leader, always having people and business growth in mind. Being the brand representative towards Group Expansion, H&M Regional expansion teams and, when needed, other brands and H&M functions
Develop, align, and implement ways of working in Project management.

Qualifications
We believe you are an ambitious team player who enjoys working with a variety of people, influencing, and driving results, hands on and through others while being an ambassador for H&M Beauty. To succeed in this role, you are solution-focused and curious with the ability to quickly shift from strategy to execution and being a master of understanding business dependencies. This position requires a talent with the proven leadership ability to facilitate, guide and drive projects resulting in process optimization and H&M Beauty delivering on key strategic goals.
Solid track record from leading retail/online expansion, business development projects, 5+ Years. You have gained this experience at a global retailer, ecommerce player or top-tier consulting firm.
Proven experience leading large scale complex, cross-functional, global projects with multiple internal/external stakeholders
Strong capabilities in communication, stakeholder management and change management
Proven experience and knowledge of process improvement tools, methods, and techniques.
Strong analytical skills and can explain complex processes and structures
Strong interest in customer experience.
Fluent in written and spoken English
Ability to travel

Additional information
We offer a great opportunity to be part of pushing the omni channel experience in a new direction in combination with a creative work environment where culture and values play a big part in everything we do.
The role is placed at our Head Office at Jakobsbergsgatan in Stockholm, Sweden. We do welcome applicants from other H&M Group countries/regions as international perspectives and experiences from multiple business disciplines and operating models are of great interest.
If you want to join our Beauty journey and a fantastic team, please upload your CV (English) as soon as possible but at the latest 3rd of July. Due to GDPR, we only accept applications through our career page.
At H&M Group we strive to have a fair and inclusive recruitment process. Therefore, we kindly ask you to not attach a cover letter in your application as they often contain information that can easily trigger unintentional biases.
We look forward to receiving your application!