Job Description
At H&M, our purpose is to liberate fashion for the many. We want to shape a new world in Fashion. A world with one ultimate goal: to unleash your self-expression. As an H&M colleague, you’re encouraged to be yourself & more. You’ll take on new responsibilities from day one, learn skills for life, and find new ways to make your big dreams come true.
Our company is committed to fostering a culture of inclusion and belonging, and we actively seek colleagues who share our commitment.
About the Role
As a Sales Market Construction & Facilities Manager USA & PR & CA in the Expansion function, you are responsible for all the C&F activities within the market, and you set the C&F strategy for your market together with the Construction and Facilities (C&F) Manager. This role will drive goals and set targets for the US market to ensure the long-term strategy is achieved.
This hybrid role reports to our Regional Head of Construction and Facilities Manager and is based out of New York, NY or Los Angeles, CA, with the following direct reports: NCG Specialist, Area Facility Manager, Construction Project Manager, Facilities Project Manager.
A Day in the Life
Working at H&M means no two days are ever the same, but a typical day will include the following responsibilities*
- Maintain a good understanding of the construction, facilities and real estate market and ensure that all processes in the USA & PR & CA markets are optimized and adapted to local needs/risks
- Based on expansion plans and historical information, set ambitious short- and long-term goals and strategy together with the Regional Head of C&F
- Secure sufficient partners in order to enable expansion, service delivery and optimize overall investment and cost levels
- Set ambitious department goals and motivate the team to achieve them
- Understand the business case behind each project in order to be able to drive negotiations and budgeting process in targeted direction
- Align department goals with other departments’ goals securing yearly expansion plan & KPI’s
- Secure that the long-term regional strategy is reflected in all procurement- and sustainability activities by working closely with your team members
- Set smart targets with actions and deliverables together with the team and follow up on their implementation
- Distribute projects and service scope workload to the team taking into consideration project complexity, size of service scope, opening dates and geographical/logistic aspects
- Delegate tasks and responsibilities efficiently and follows up on their completion
- Secure that projects are managed in a professional way and ready in time, with expected quality, at the best cost, in a sustainable and compliant way
- Drive alignment of quality expectations for stores and projects within the market and ensure that the service scope delivery is meeting brand requirements and cost expectations
- Secure health and safety for all projects and stores
- Work in close collaboration with the Regional Head of Construction and Facilities to set and implement the strategy in your market
- Work in close collaboration with Expansion Manager and Sales Market Controller to secure the best overall result for the business
- Meet regularly with the internal partners (I.e.: store managers, Area sales managers and Regional sales manager) communicating all on-going maintenance activities and on current projects
- Liaise with key suppliers to ensure that parts supply and subcontracted services are delivered within industry standard(s), contract(s) and to budget
Additional Accountabilities :
- C&F budget overview for 175 – 225 store locations
- Create conditions to enable performance of teams and individuals
- Identify and develop talents in order to build (future) organization and diverse teams
- Strengthen teamwork and foster cross functional collaboration
- Provide 24-hour emergency services call-out cover to H&M brands
- Required domestic and international travel up to 40% of time
Job Description
Who You Are:
- Degree in Construction, Civil Engineering, Architecture or Business Administration or equivalent work experience
- At least 5 years of relevant working experience in Facility Management, Construction and/or real estate, preferably within the retail industry.
- Experience leading a team
- Experience working in an international, matrix organization with several stakeholders and seniority levels
- Have a good understanding about technical installations (such as HVAC, Fire Safety systems, electrical installations etc.), procurement, health & safety, facility or construction management techniques
- Must be able to read and interpret Lease agreements and Landlord work letters.
- Demonstrated ability to negotiate with external partners including but not limited to vendors, general contractors and Landlords
- Have a strong business mindset, communicate well and are comfortable in making decisions
- Ability to work strategically, by planning ahead and foresee opportunities and improvements
- Effectively collaborate with groups of diverse people and you communicate in an inspiring way to motivate colleagues and teams
Additional Information
Why You’ll Love Working at H&M
- We value diverse backgrounds, including but not limited to race, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, and disability
- We pride ourselves on being a values-driven organization, guided by our 7 unique values that have been part of our success story for over 75 years
- You’ll have access to our Colleague Resource Groups (CRGs) to find community and networking opportunities among colleagues
- We are an inclusive company where you’re encouraged to be yourself at work
- You will have access to a large global talent community, where career growth and aspirations have no limits
- We believe in supporting your overall wellbeing and offer comprehensive benefits inclusive of health insurance, wellness and family support programs, company match 401k, paid leave programs, and paid time off, including a community day to serve your local community
- You’ll be able to express your personal style with our employee discount at H&M, & Other Stories, and COS
Compensation: salary range is $125,822-$144,699 annually**
*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.
EEOC Code: OFM
Job Status: Salary, Exempt
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Job Tags
Full time, Contract work, Temporary work, For contractors, Work experience placement, Local area,