Product Merchandising Lead

H&M Group•Toronto, ON

8d•Onsite

About The Position

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.

Requirements

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

Responsibilities

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
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