Unit Manager Assortment Build & Plan - H&M

Company Description
The H&M Head Office based in Stockholm, Sweden, is where we design and develop our fashion collections for a wide variety of customers. H&M is a dynamic and international workplace where high pace and rapid changes are a natural part of our day. We want to make it possible for everyone to look, feel and do good and take pride in our history of making fashion accessible to everyone. Our ambition for tomorrow is to make fashion even more sustainable, inclusive, and welcoming to all.
Job Description
In this role, you will be part of the management team at Product Offer Development & Support. This is a key function that enables H&M creating desirable products our customers love, combining fashion and quality at the best price in a sustainable way. The function is a center of excellence for product creation and assortment planning, drives business development using forward-leaning work methods and tools, as well as tech development, change and innovation.
As a Unit Manager for Assortment Build & Plan at H&M you are responsible for enabling the Business Units to set an assortment strategy based on insights & data, execute demand & supply planning, and build an assortment of external products. You are accountable for best practice and work methods in this area and for ensuring change and implementation in the assortment organizations, to capture business effects and return on investments.
You set the vision, strategic direction, and targets of way of working & tech development, in close collaboration with stakeholders to achieve measurable business outcome and impact. You lead the unit of 70+ people with a clear vision & direction as well as coach and develop the unit’s management team.
This role covers methods & tools to support the Business Units, specifically within:
Consumer & market analysis
Assortment strategy
Assortment planning
Build & visualize assortment
Demand planning
Assortment supply planning
Product offer external brands & partner connectivity

As Unit Manager, you have strong leadership skills, believe in a non-hierarchical culture and lead using collaboration, transparency, safety, and trust. You work with a focus on value creation, growth, and a customer-first mindset, expecting ownership and accountability from your team. You always strive to deliver exceptional business results.
Qualifications
Skills & Abilities
+10 years of business experience within assortment planning, incl. experience from leading a +20 people unit in this field.
Knowledge of building healthy, maintainable, and scalable technology
Ability to lead major change efforts including work method & tech impacting several dimensions of business, people, and organizations
Proven track record of setting, executing, and following a clear and strong strategy to reach overall vision
Strong strategic abilities combined with full commercial awareness and a customer centric approach, balancing development & commercial returns
Experience of managing a complex stakeholder map
Experience of coaching and developing team and direct reports, creating high engagement, performance, and growth across the unit
Experience from leading large diverse teams and other leaders, preferably in a global organization
Ability to communicate in an inspiring, engaging, and clear way, creating alignment around direction and expectations


Additional Information
This is a permanent role based in Stockholm, Sweden, reporting to Head of Function.
Does this sound like your next challenge? If you feel that your experience, skills, and ambitions are right for this role, please send your CV by latest 11th December 2022.
Recruitment process:
Applicants will continually be screened until closing date on 11th Dec.
In this application process we will use a selection of interview methods, and we are aiming to finalize the recruitment process January 2023.
We look forward to receiving your application!
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.