Company Description

COS offers a wardrobe of ready-to-wear and accessories for a well-dressed. Rooted in luxury design and compelling fashion movements, the collection pays meticulous attention to sustainable craftsmanship, quality and a superior color palette that transcends time. The creative soul of the brand is visualized through original storytelling, seasonal runway shows and contemporary culture to create an experience beyond the expected.

Job Description

 

As a Global Senior Merchandiser, you are customer centric, and you are responsible for creating the best product for your customer group.

• You have end-to-end ownership over from sourcing, product development, order execution and follow-up, ensuring delivery of the best customer offer.

• You are responsible for understanding competitive environment and getting the correct balance between the expectations of the customer and the objectives of the company's strategy.

• You act as a critical link between buying office and suppliers. Understand how to optimize supplier performance and work on contingency plan in all aspects. In day-to-day communication with buying office, you set strategy and plan.

• You continuously focus, what is next, conduct market research for innovative ideas and implement to all stakeholders and you are willing to try to make a difference – work towards 3D product (must understand) development and component development flow.

• You are a source of contact with existing and new suppliers, building and maintaining strong relationships with them.

• You monitor suppliers' performance and manage supplier relations related to short and long-term goals of production by considering all success factors such as price, fashion, speed, sustainable material and innovation.

• You are the point of contact and fully responsible for developing the supplier for the customer and product look and details.

• You are in charge of on-time deliveries, sample process, prices, fashion, speed along with a focus of quality and sustainability.

• You work in cooperation with Supply Chain, other brand/assortment groups to secure best production and to optimize procurement procedures.

• You feed the Supply Chain team with your customer group strategy in your country/region and give them the vision to build required capacity. During the business execution, you build cooperation with Supply Chain to align and secure optimized procurement procedures.

• You work independently in any project within a timeline.

Qualifications

As Global Senior Merchandiser, you work closely with the Global Merchandising Manager towards achieving team goals and establishing and maintaining the lines of communication within the team.

• You maintain direct partnership and effective cooperation with all merchandising teams and internal stakeholders. You understand the supply chain strategy and secure a seamless production flow for COS.

• You seek opportunities for cooperation and consolidation in your region and across other production offices.

• You own and communicate the seasonal timeline and critical path, ensuring all milestones from concept to shipment are met.

• You set and manage the short and long-term purchasing strategy and supplier strategy in line with business goals.

• You ensure the merchandising workflow is executed effectively and supports the overall product and brand strategy.

• You are a strategic thinker with a hands-on approach to problem-solving and process optimization.

Additional Information

This is a permanent position based in Shanghai, China under local employment terms and reports to the Omni Sales Manager.

We offer all our employees attractive benefits with extensive development opportunities around the globe. All our employees receive a 25% staff discount usable on all our H&M Group brands in stores and online. 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 this colleagues also receive:

H&M Group staff discountFlexible work arrangementsCelebration of Long Service AwardHIP - H&M Incentive Program for Long service employeeHealth checkup Paid leave / Sick leaveSupplementary Medical Insurance

Inclusion & Diversity

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 who share and combine their knowledge, experience and ideas. Having a diverse workforce leads to a positive impact on how we address challenges, what we perceive as possible and how we choose to relate to our colleagues and customers all over the world, therefore all diversity dimensions are taken into consideration in our recruitment process. 

Ready to apply? Click on the I'M INTERESTED link where you can upload your CV securely. Once we have received your application, we will keep you updated regularly about the status of your application so please look out for our email.

Kindly note this position is offered on a local contract, therefore you should have the legal right to work in Mainland China before applying. Other candidates are welcome to register their interest and we will keep you in mind for future opportunities.

We are looking forward to hearing from you!