We are pleased to announce that we are now looking to recruit a Merchandise Manager for Sales Market Greece, based in Athens.

As a Merchandise Manager, you are responsible to drive your concept, optimize your stock and create the best customer offer. You ensure the commercial impact of key products by setting the right quantities in store, you create and execute reduction strategies that secure profitability and optimal composition of stock for your concept. You will be responsible for the execution of the Regional commercial strategy and act on opportunities to maximize growth, based on the commercial priorities within the Sales Market. 

You act in line with our Values and Leadership Mindset ‘’Everyone is a Leader’’. You contribute to our business success and meaningful growth by being results driven, business minded and a team player, acting as a true role model for H&M Group.

Responsibilities:

• Build your concept strategy to drive profitable growth by setting a commercial plan for your concept, identifying future potentials for profitable net growth
•  Act on selling opportunities together with your sales market team
• Optimize net selling on your concept by setting clear commercial focuses, qualitative goals, reviewing your commercial plan periodically and set improvement actions for next year
• Supply your market organization with commercial focuses to set the right priorities to drive your concept both short and long term
• Perform constant & structured sales follow up of your concept, commercial beliefs and quantified goals
• Secure impact in stores by matching the store stock levels with the local sales drivers and key products
• Responsible for reduction cost and optimization of the effect of reductions through sale and activities
• Know your market: retail situation, fashion level, competitors, your customer and adapt your decision according to the local needs
• Influence prices, quantities, income per period, assortment mix through fast, frequent and focused feedback to the region

Skills and Experience:

• Creative, flexible, and open-minded personality, easily to adapt to changes
• Strong analytical skills experience of working with figures/KPIs & set commercial priorities
• Self-motivation, values driven approach and enjoy working at a fast pace
• Inspirational and straight forward communication skills
• Customer centric Mindset
• Detail oriented, with strong organizational and time management skills
• At least 2 years’ experience working in a similar role
• Formal education within a quantitative field such as Business/Economics or Finance would be an asset
• Excellent skills in MS Office, especially in Excel and PowerPoint
• Excellent level of English, spoken and written

Here is your chance for a career out of the ordinary!

Sounds interesting?

If you are eligible for this position, and you want to join our exciting journey in this fantastic team, please upload your resume (English) as soon as possible but not later than 14th of October 2023.