Overview
Merchandising Lead – Digital Jobs in New York, NY at H&M
Title: Merchandising Lead – Digital
Company: H&M
Location: New York, NY
Company DescriptionAt H&M, our purpose is to liberate fashion for the many. We want to shape a new world in Fashion. A world with one ultimate goal: to unleash your self-expression. As an H&M colleague, you’re encouraged to be yourself & more. You’ll take on new responsibilities from day one, learn skills for life, and find new ways to make your big dreams come true.
Our company is committed to fostering a culture of inclusion and belonging, and we actively seek colleagues who share our commitment.
Job DescriptionAs a Digital Merchandise Lead in the Merchandising function, you drive execution of the commercial agenda and merchandising strategy together with Merchandise Managers in the digital channel to exceed business targets. The Lead will have a deep interest in the customer and consumer and stock management. The person in the role will have retail knowledge and an interest in product, strong analytical abilities, commercial skills, and will work to constantly improve customer shopping experience and offer in market.
This role reports into the Merchandise Manager for your respective concept and is based out of New York, NY.
A Day in the Life
Working at H&M means no two days are ever the same, but a typical day will include the following responsibilities*
Implement & execute regional merchandising strategy and commercial priorities:
Set the digital strategy for your concept and channel in connection with the Merchandising Manager
Owner of on-site ranking and pass on strategy to Digital team to execute
Set product and category must-wins for the digital channel which are shared with the Ecommerce Lead to optimize product exposure strategy
Optimize local selling peaks driven by calendar and customer shopping behavior
Be responsible to share information towards the digital team regarding availability, activation plan, deal structures to support excellent execution on site
Drive in and post season inventory management:
Pick all full price, discount, and sale activities in line with Merchandise Manager
Follow up on stock management, Sale and EOP in line with the regional strategy
Execute commercial reduction activation in line with regional guidelines
Follow-up on stock and resolve issues together with Merchandising Manager and E-commerce Lead
Execute regional strategy for commercial impact on key product categories and act based on in season performance
Follow up and inform about progress:
Provide commercial team with constant & structured sales follow-up for the channel
Review your commercial plan periodically and suggest improvements for next year
Follow up commercial initiatives in store (travel two days a week) to confirm or adjust actions needed to meet the regional merchandising strategy
Follow-up commercial results and KPIs and benchmark between areas, sales markets and other regions
Qualifications
Who You Are:
University degree, preferably in Business, Economics, Finance or similar
3+ years of experience within merchandising, digital or a sales function
Knowledge in operational best practices and routines for digital
Strong retail knowledge
Sales-driven and have a strong commercial awareness and salesmanship
Strong in driving commercial product excellence
Understanding of products, stock and product lifecycle management
Good skills in MS Office, especially in Excel and PowerPoint
Flexibility …
