As one of the world’s largest fashion companies with more than 171,000 employees worldwide, H&M is an exciting and dynamic place to pursue a career within the fashion industry. Our business concept is to offer fashion and quality at the best price in a sustainable way and with our fast expansion we are always looking for new talents. Would you like to be part of our team? H&M group comprises of nine independent brands: H&M, COS, Weekday, Monki, H&M Home, & Other Stories, ARKET and Afound. We have over 4,900 stores across more than 73 markets worldwide. Our values reflect the heart and soul of H&M. They define what it takes to work here and how we do things. When we interact with colleagues and customers around the world, our values help us develop and grow. We want to be at the forefront of both fashion and sustainability. Our employees play a key role and can contribute to more sustainable fashion, today and in the future.

Do you want to join H&M Group? If you have a genuine passion for growing business and see yourself in a role contributing to added customer value and strong brands – join us and take part in setting how we work to deliver an outstanding offer for our customers.

Job Description  

On this journey we´re all collaborating to create the best customer offer for our customers and as a Distribution Center Controller you will be responsible for maximizing efficiency and profitability, you support all departments and the management team with all controlling aspects to achieve the goals.

Key responsibilities including areas such as:

• Creates and monitors budgets for the distribution center.

• Reviews, evaluates and compares monthly actual-to-budget figures for all logistic cost centers

• Creates, monitors, and evaluates staff planning on a weekly, monthly, and yearly basis with particular emphasis on actual-to-budgeted ratios

• Prepares weekly financial & performance reports for the distributions center

• Authorizes and negotiates all vendor contracts in partnership with appropriate Logistics team manager pertaining to logistic cost centers

• Identifies cost savings opportunities

• Identifies operational efficiency opportunities

• Works with all levels of the logistics team on issues including budgeting, assessment of cost reduction recommendations and comparison of actuals to plan

• Provides management with various reports on a daily, weekly, and/or monthly basis

• Responsible for creating, approving and monitoring the budget for the CO logistics function

And as a person we believe you have the following qualities:

We see that you have a strong business mindset, communicate well and you are comfortable in making decisions. You have the ability to work strategically, by planning ahead and foresee opportunities and improvements. As a person you are probably analytical, methodical and conscientious.

You enjoy teamwork and effectively collaborates with a group of diverse people in order to achieve set goals and targets. 

Besides your personality we see that you have:

• Requires a minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Business or management related field. CPA or CMA a plus
• 6+ years experience in logistics, accounting and finance as a controller or assistant controller
• Preferably experience working in a distribution center environment
• Advanced PC skills with Excel and Access
• 2-3 years of budgeting experience, including P&L, forecasting, etc.
• Must have up-to-date knowledge and understanding of accounting and finance practices
• Ability to look at business need and cost consciousness
• Excellent people and communication skills
• Ability to work independently and in a high pressure, multi-personality, fast-paced, deadline oriented environment
• Demonstrates flexible and efficient time management and ability to prioritize workload.
• Ability to protect confidential information
• Excellent organizational skills
• Fluent written and spoken English.

This is a full-time assignment based in Tenjo, Cundinamarca and you will report to the Logistic Manager.  

 H&M 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 look forward receiving your application, CV and cover letter both written in English.