As a
Product Merchandising Lead, your main focus will be to act as the main link between product merchandising, commercial teams, and allocation functions-ensuring accurate stock planning, demand transparency, and efficient replenishment across markets. You oversee allocation and inventory flows, support decision-making with data insights, and help deliver the right products to the right locations at the right time.
This on-site role reports into our Planning Market Manager Supply Planning, North America and is based out of our Toronto, Canada Support Office.
A Day in the LifeWorking at H&M means no two days are ever the same, but a typical day will include the following responsibilities*
Product Merchandising/ Commercial Support- Act as Contact point and partner-up with Sales Market Commercial teams on stock and inventory topics to facilitate strong commercial execution in Sales Markets
- Drive transparency/ consistency and secure sharing of best practices across Sales Markets on product merchandising/ commercial execution
- Challenge Sales Markets' bottom-up demand plans from a stock-level perspective (only if needed or upon request)
- Support Sales Markets in setting and adjusting price maps to reflect local competition and stock positions
- Responsible for the forecasting of supply in relation to demand, sharing insights and corrective measures
- Decide and provide Sales Markets articles for final sale/ clearance, as well as for special campaigns per channel
- Decide and provide markdowns (pricing) in collaboration with Inventory Optimization Leads (who provide analyses) and other inventory management measures to Sales Markets (e.g., markdowns if sell-through deviates from other markets)
- Follow up and forecast R&D for Sales Markets
- Capture learnings from exit and liquidation cycles to inform future pre-season plannings/ buying quantifications
Allocation & Replenishment- Act as the key point of contact for assigned SMs and warehouses on all allocation, replenishment, and stock management topics
- Follow up stock on Sales Market level and review stock-balancing scenarios within a Planning Market (based on analyses provided by Inventory Leads)
- Responsible for the initial allocation from warehouses to stores in line with Sales Market plans (in target state, via AB2.0)
- Responsible for adjustments to replenishment speed and setting replenishment blocks or stops for seasonal stock/ predictable demand
- Set backstock list for articles that needs to be removed from the shopfloor/ pick locations
- Create transparency on incoming deliveries/ stock status to SM Commercial teams and Store Managers through regular stock update reports
Who You Are: - Bachelor's or Master's degree or similar in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business Administration, Economics, Data Analytics, or a related quantitative field
- 2-4 years in product merchandising, retail planning, or commercial operations within retail, fashion, or FMCG
- Solid understanding of retail and product merchandising processes
- Able to interpret sell-through and stock reports to identify improvement areas
- Clear communication and collaboration skills across Markets and Continent teams
- Good command of Excel and interest in BI tools (e.g.; Power BI)
- Detail-oriented; ensures high data accuracy in article tracking and reporting
Compensation: salary range is $113,994 in Toronto, CA**
*This job posting highlights the most critical responsibilities and requirements of the job and is not all-inclusive. There may be additional duties, and responsibilities assigned for this job at the company's discretion.
**H&M, in good faith, has assessed this posted range of compensation as the accurate range for this role and location at the time of this posting. H&M may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range depending on candidate qualifications. This range may be modified in the future.
Job Status: Salary, Exempt
Location 1 Dundas Street West, Toronto, Canada
