Do you want to be a key player in creating a new and disruptive global beauty destination & brand where your actions and decisions really make a difference? Then you might be our new Production Merchandiser 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 strengthening the H&M brand. H&M Lifestyle Brands includes H&M HOME, H&M BEAUTY and H&M MOVE.
At H&M BEAUTY, our aim is to capture the enormous market potential of the beauty business by making it possible for everyone to look, feel and do good. We are pioneering a new business model for the group where our own in-house beauty assortment is complemented with the latest external Beauty brands, allowing our customers to complete their fashion look with the best in beauty.
We are in the starting point of building Beauty as its own Lifestyle Brand and are working on launching external brands in more markets and channels, doing a full makeover of our in-house assortment and elevating the shopping experience in all channels, just to name a few of the things that we are excited about!
As a Merchandiser at H&M BEAUTY, you will be an essential part of building the new brand as well as securing its future growth and profitability.
The assignment and focus areas include:
- As a merchandiser, you have the ownership over the whole purchasing workflow to secure the global best buy, best price and on time delivery in your assigned markets.
- After receiving the product briefs from Brand Managers, you have responsibility in driving development, quotation and order follow up processes per the set strategy to secure the best deal for our customers.
- You are responsible for making the necessary assessments to ensure the best markets & best suppliers are selected for each requested product.
- Finally you are responsible for managing requests and orders, following the company routines/methods and ensuring best deals and on time delivery.
- 3-5 years of work experience on cosmetics and other beauty products (filled products preferred) at a global brand or a full service supplier.
- Cost knowledge of filling, primary packaging, and secondary packaging.
- Commercial acumen – negotiation skills and good product and market trend awareness.
- Strong communication skills in terms of presenting, influencing and working in a global network.
- Stakeholder management skills.
- High level of ownership, flexibility & entrepreneurial spirit.
- Team player and ability to connect with people in an effective way.
- Knowledge of the European supplier base would be meritorious.
- High level of Excel and Powerpoint skills.
- Strong interest of working within production or beauty.
Additional Information
Thinking about applying?
If all of this sounds like it might be your kind of thing then you should definitely get in touch. We’re more about personality and competence than qualifications, so don’t worry if your skills aren’t a perfect match. If your CV is selected then our talent acquisition team in Shanghai will invite you for a phone call, followed by a couple of interviews at one or more of our offices.
H&M Group 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 strive to have a fair and inclusive recruitment process.
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