Merchandising Manager to AB Lindex (substitute)

Are you data driven and have experience from working with retail sales? Would you like to be part of a fashion company with a higher purpose to empower and inspire women everywhere? We are looking for a Merchandising Manager to our head office located in the heart of Gothenburg (at the Central station!)

Your role in our team. You are part of Lindex Global Sales Performance department and working in the Sales Planning & Optimization team. Sales Planning & Optimization team is working closely with other teams within the Sales Performance department to drive profitable sales in all our Lindex sales channels with digital first mindset. This department is responsible for optimizing our customer offer, developing and implementing the global sales plan to deliver great customer experience.

As a Merchandising Manager you lead the Merchandising team consisting of seven merchandisers working with omni and online sales. The team is working cross functional with identifying and driving actions for a profitable off and online sales growth both with a local market and a global perspective. We understand that you want to know more about the role! Here are some examples of what’s included: sales analysis and insights, sales forecasting, sales & stock optimization, clearance strategy development.


Is this you? Is sales analysis, customer centric approach and leading a team right up your alley? Then we think you’ll be great for this job! We also see that you are comfortable when you get to use your operative mind-set and strategic approach, and when working in cross functional teams. You´ll also grow within your leadership by coaching colleagues.

You enjoy working in an ever-changing environment, where you get to grow, learn new things and work with colleagues from different parts of a company. Leading yourself, being active in your own development and giving and taking feedback are all things you know well. You are curious about digital tools and how they can support you and help you to improve your work. You believe in togetherness and you are motivated by the possibility to make an impact. Also, this probably sounds like you: 

Experience in leadership
Academic degree within business or economics
Fluent in English, both spoken and written
Experience in sales analysis and assortment merchandising on a global level in omni-channel organization
Experience of data driven, hypotheses and testing approach when identifying and executing actions
 

We are Lindex. A growing global fashion company from Sweden. We exist to empower and inspire women everywhere. It is our higher purpose as a company. Our dedication to women, sustainability and customer focus runs through everything. It is a mindset that is with us every step of our journey. A journey towards being a global, digital first, brand-led and sustainable fashion company.

At Lindex, everything we do is powered by people. We are like a big family here, with values to help us grow. And we believe in doing things together. Because two are more than one and together we can make a greater impact. If you feel the same, then we are probably a great match. We believe in flexibility, offering a hybrid work set-up meaning your primary work location is at our office in the heart of Gothenburg with the option to work remote when possible.

Do you have a good feeling about this and want to join our journey?
This is a substitute position for approximal one year, starting in September 2022.

Apply today, we can’t wait to get to know more about you. Since we are eager in finding the right person to join our team, we will apply continuous selection. This means we might close the process before the set ending date. Since we like to keep it simple, we ask you to apply online (and not by email.)