Inventory Optimization Lead

As Inventory Optimization Lead, you are a key contributor to our merchandising unit, focused on achieving the optimal balance between inventory levels and customer demand between markets, warehouses and selling channels. You will play a critical role in ensuring product availability, reducing carrying costs, and maximizing operational efficiency as well as drive efficient regional demand fulfilment, spurring sales growth. You work cross functionally mainly but not limited to the stakeholders within the regional merch-team & logistic team.

You are customer and sales-driven professional with a strategic mindset. You are a detail-oriented professional with expertise in inventory management, data analysis, and with a strong supply chain understanding. You thrive working in a fast pace, in and agile environment. You are natural team player that strives to foster collaboration across channels, roles and functions.

Key responsibilities

• Responsible for overall allocation, you execute strategy, ways of working and is accountable for execution of initial allocation parameters to be correctly set at all times. You own and drive PM level execution and follow up of allocation parameters.
• You drive inventory optimization through following up on inventory targets for warehouse, store segments and support with actionable direction e.g replenishment and push strategy, setting deliver schedules to store with logistics counterpart, monitor and improve stock accuracy by supporting RFID routines.
• Execute, monitor and follow up on system set-ups to secure warehouse stock composition, optimize SKU and enable stocking and storage management in collaboration with demand & supply unit, merchandise managers and logistics.
• Optimize supple to minimize constrains and driver impacting sales in line with inventory optimization strategy as well as monitor and act on inbound/ outbound garment flow to support logistic planning.
• Follow up on execution of framework for prioritization of articles for allocation to secure commerciality in stores.

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Qualifications

To be successful in the role as Inventory Optimization Lead, you should have strong commercial focus and are insight and data driven, with proven ability to drive results and work towards goals. You should have a broad merchandising knowledge and commercial experience that understands the total picture from customer demands on our offers.

What you need to succeed:

• Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in Economics or Business degree/relevant qualifications.
• Deep understanding of inventory optimization, merchandising, stock management strategies and influencing commercial agenda in the region.
• Good knowledge of logistics, allocation, store operations and omni sales along with effective collaboration skills
• High level of salesmanship and analytical proficiency; is an advance excel user.
• Prior experience, a 5 plus years’, in merchandising, supply chain planning, inventory optimization, buying or planning would be preferred.

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Additional Information

This is a full-time position, reporting to the Regional Head of Merchandising for India.

This position is based at the Support Office in Bangalore, Karnataka, India.

Apply by sending in your CV in English as soon as possible, but no later than February 17, 2025. Due to data policies, we only accept applications through career page.

Global Benefits

We offer all our employees at H&M Group attractive benefits with extensive development opportunities around the globe. All our employees receive a staff discount card, usable on all our H&M Group brands in stores and online. Brands covered by the discount are H&M (Beauty and Move included), COS, Weekday, Monki, H&M HOME, & Other Stories, ARKET, Afound. In addition to our staff discount, all our employees are included in our H&M Incentive Program – HIP. You can read more about our H&M Incentive Program here.

In addition to our global benefits, all our local markets offer different competitive perks and benefits. Please note that they may differ between employment type and countries.

Inclusion & Diversity

H&M is a part of H&M Group. At H&M Group, we’re determined to create and maintain inclusive, diverse and equitable workplaces throughout our organisation. Our teams should consist of a variety of people that share and combine their knowledge, experience and ideas. Having a diverse workforce leads to a positive impact on how we address challenges, on what we perceive possible and on how we choose to relate to our colleagues and customers all over the world. Hence all diversity dimensions are taken into consideration in our recruitment process.

We strive to have a fair and equal process and therefore kindly ask you not to attach a cover letter in your application as they often contain information that easily can trigger unintentional biases.

Company Description

H&M is a fashion brand that offers the latest styles and inspiration, from fashion pieces and unique designer collaborations to affordable wardrobe essentials. Our business idea is fashion & quality at the best price in a sustainable way. Learn more about H&M here.