Job Description
As Head of Growth at &Other Stories you will play a pivotal role in driving business growth and strategic development across multiple channels.
You will be responsible for building, driving, and executing the global expansion strategy for Other Stories across all sales channels as well as defining and developing new revenue streams, aligning with our overarching business targets and objectives.
Reporting to the Managing Director, you will be part of the senior management team.
Your Responsibilities include but not limited to:
- Drive growth in sales and profit through physical and digital sales channels, both own operated and with external partners, incl. stores, marketplaces, franchises, new business models and new revenue streams.
- Define and implement added omni growth strategy and targets, both mid- and long term.
- Develop, set and execute a strategic roadmap for new external partnerships.
- Identify, enable, and launch new revenue streams in line with our brand to strengthen and accelerate our growth plan.
- Manage our global store portfolio. Proactively working to enable new store openings, market launches, rebuilds, consolidations, improvements as well as store concept development.
- Overall responsible for CAPEX investments, ensuring strategic allocation and return on investment.
- Lead and develop the team working with growth and store development to enable operational excellence and strong results.
- Drive projects with relevant stakeholders, within & Other Stories and within the wider H&M Group as well as external stakeholders, to support both short and long-term business strategies.
WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH
You will collaborate with the Managing Director, Omni Sales, Brand and Marketing, Controlling team and H&M Group functions. You will lead a team of specialists and work closely with external partners to drive growth initiatives globally.
WHO YOU ARE
We are looking for people with…
- Sales driven and customer focused with a clear business mindset. Deep understanding of holistic customer journeys cross channels.
- Understanding of store operations and have been involved in some capacity in store openings, market launches, store portfolio optimization as well as relevant store related external stakeholder management, across markets and/or regions.
- Experience from expansion budgetary responsibilities as well as business case creation and evaluation.
- Experience in driving business through leaders, teams, key stakeholders and delivering strong results.
- Strong, motivating and proven leadership abilities.
- Good negotiation skills and experience in building impactful partnerships with external stakeholders.
- Deep understanding of global market dynamics, competitors and industry trends to uncover and act on growth opportunities.
- High ability to think and work strategically; able to plan ahead and foresee risks and opportunities.
And people who have/are...
- Good analytical abilities and understanding of customer behaviors.
- Work independently but enjoy being part of a team and achieving things together.
- Communicative, structured and organized as well as being a self-motivated problem solver that sees possibilities.
- Flexible and adaptable to change according to changing business needs.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
This is a full-time permanent position based at our Head Office in Stockholm.
If you feel this opportunity is exciting, feel free to apply by sending in your CV in English as soon as possible, but no later than the 17th of August. Due to data policies, we only accept applications through our career page.
In this role, you will be able to take advantage of a hybrid working arrangement. You will have the flexibility to work both remotely and from the office. While remote working is part of our offer, approx. 4 days per week office presence is required to foster strong collaborations and teamwork.
Please note this position is offered on a local contract, therefore you should have the legal right to work in Sweden before applying. Other candidates are welcome to register their interest, and we will keep you in mind for future opportunities.
WHO WE ARE
& Other Stories offers fashion-loving women a wide range of shoes, bags, accessories, beauty and ready-to-wear – all equally important for the whole look. We inspire women to create their own personal style and expression. Our ateliers design diverse collections with great attention to detail and quality, always with modern femininity in mind. Learn more about & Other Stories here.
WHY YOU’LL LOVE WORKING HERE
We offer all our employees attractive benefits and broad opportunities for growth. This includes:
- 25% staff discount across all H&M Group brands, both in-store and online
- Participation in our H&M Incentive Program (HIP)
- 30 days of holiday
- A collective agreement including pension and life insurance
- Wellness benefit of 3000 SEK/year
- Access to the Benify Benefits Portal
JOIN US
Our uniqueness comes from a combination of many things – our inclusive and collaborative culture, our strong values, and opportunities for growth. But most of all, it’s our people who make us who we are.
We are committed to a recruitment process that is fair, equitable, and based on competency. We therefore kindly ask you not to attach a cover letter in your application.