Put your passion in sustainability and fashion at the center of our supply chain. H&M Group is looking for a Social & Environmental Validation Specialist based in Milan. Make your career possible!

At H&M Group, we believe in making great design available to everyone. It’s essential in everything we do. Our family of brands — H&M, COS, Monki, Weekday, & Other Stories, H&M Home, ARKET, Afound, and Itsapark — offer customers around the world a wealth of fashion, beauty, accessories and homeware, as well as modern menus with fresh and local produce at some of the brands’ in-store eateries.

What is Production? It's the place where design ideas are transformed into actual products. We are in multiple sourcing markets and are the direct point of contact for local suppliers. We work to ensure our products are of good quality and produced at the best price and in a sustainable way.

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As a Social & Environmental Validation Specialist, you are accountable for securing and continuously improving social & environmental performance index at H&M Group suppliers. You are accountable for ensuring our new and existing suppliers comply with H&M group’s sustainability standards/minimum requirements.

You work with suppliers to ensure they are equipped in carrying out H&M minimum requirements and self-assessments. You also make sure verifications are organized and completed that comply with our working methods and standards. You also monitor the quality of data and information provided through validation. You clearly communicate the areas for improvement with suppliers, guiding them through root cause analysis to secure their understanding. Support suppliers and internal teams on competence building both to mitigate risks and improve the performance in related areas. You are also responsible in providing trainings and workshops for internal teams and suppliers to update the improvement areas, best practices, and new guidelines.

The person we are looking for has a strong knowledge and experience in HIGG FEM & (Facility Environmental Module) FSLM (Facility Social Labor Module) or ISO 14001 and SA8000/SMeTA and experience of handling different sustainability projects. Minimum 3 years of experience in Audit/assessment in sustainability environment and social field is required. Master’s degree in sustainability related fields is preferred. Experience in textile industry is a big plus. Experience in cosmetic or pharmaceutical production, process knowledge and experience in EcoVadis will be preferred.  Fluent English and Italian language skills are must, Portuguese is a plus. Driver license and good driving skills is required for supplier visits locally and internationally.

Communication Skills are at the forefront of your mind as you continuously engage, negotiate, and influence your stakeholders to achieve desired states collaboratively. To be successful in this role you need strong Analytical Thinking Skills coupled with solution-oriented mindset and innovative thinking. You enjoy analyzing and interpreting data and using statistics to turn analysis into effective actions. You exhibit agility and flexibility in managing problems in ambiguity.

Contracts and Welfare

You will have a contract under National CBA “CCNL Commercio” and will have flexible working opportunities in a hybrid environment.

Some of our benefits are lunch ticket, discount on public transport, support for medical checkups and discount on H&M Group brands products.

You will be part of an international team where people from different countries and department work collaboratively. We have a nicely decorated office with kitchen, relax areas, and our office is reachable by public transport.

Last but not least our colleagues’ career development is supported by variety of in-class and digital training opportunities, annual development plan and annual evaluation on objective KPIs.

Is H&M right for me?

People who are happy and do well at H&M tend to thrive on using their intuition and common sense. We might be the place of possibility, but we’re also a place of ambiguity and constant change. This is not a company for micro-managers or people who operate on autopilot. This is a company where your opinions will inform business decisions, so you need to enjoy making them heard, questioning how things work, and trying things that you might not be familiar with.

Consequently, we depend on teamwork. And we have a pretty high tolerance for failure, provided you can show you’re learning. You can expect to take on new responsibilities and to move around a bit, too, so this could be the start of a varied and rewarding career if that’s what you’re looking for. Beyond that, it’s really up to you. 70% of our people manager roles are hired from within, so there’s not much of a limit to how far you can go. All we ask is that you be yourself, take ownership of your work and your career goals, and go for it with everything you’ve got.

Thinking about applying?

If all of this sounds like it might be your kind of thing then you should definitely apply by 31 March 2023.

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.