Production Manager - Singular Society

Singular Society is a new business venture within the H&M Group. It is a membership-based brand that offers an alternative to traditional retail. For a monthly fee Singular Society gives members access to uncompromised life essentials at the price of what they cost to make. Singular Society offers a carefully curated range of responsibly made high-quality home and wardrobe essentials. The ambition is to expand the assortment with new categories over time, to fulfil the needs and wants of its members. Always with a timeless design, responsible production and quality that stands the test of time. At the price of what it costs to make.
We are now recruiting a Production Manager to join our team. Are you an experienced Production Manager with a broad competence? Then we would love to meet you!
Job Description
As Production Manager for Singular Society, you will work with all product groups including Home, Personal Care and Men's and Women's clothing. You will be part of and work very closely with a small team of four Buyers/Product Developers, a Junior Buyer, a Designer, a Pattern Maker and an Assortment Manager. This will give you a great opportunity to take ownership and have an impact while driving the production development in a responsible and sustainable way.
Singular Societyis a young brand in its early stages of development, and we do not work with production offices, which means that as a Production Manager, you are responsible for the whole process, all the way from idea to going live in store. You, together with the rest of the team, constantly follow, identify and react on assortment opportunities and risks, based on selling, customer insights, feedback and surrounding analysis in order to create the best assortment for current and future members.
Your main responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Sourcing, onboarding, and maintaining great relationships with suppliers.
• Securing all products meet our Quality Standards & Requirements (supplier control, fabric testing, product testing, production quality control including labels and packaging).
• Overall responsibility for all supplier management including onboarding package, certifications, supplier manual etc etc.
• Monitoring the Labelling and Packaging library. This means being the point of contact for Nilörn Label supplier as well as suppliers.
• Overall responsibility for Regulatory and Compliance issues, including Chemical, Cosmetic, Food Contact issues. This requires close collaboration with H&M Legal department as well as with External Laboratories and Suppliers.
• Making sure that the production plan is kept with suppliers and monitoring on-time delivery. Clear communication of the time plan to assortment team, supplier, forwarder etc.
• Close collaboration with freight forwarders to secure on-time and on budget shipments.
• Communicating directly with the suppliers to solve problems quickly in line with our methods and approach.
• Driving and communicating the sustainability agenda.

Qualifications
To be successful in this role you have previous experience working with a broad variety of product groups. You have a passion for premium products, and you are not satisfied until the product is perfect. You thrive in a fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment with a lot of responsibility. We believe you can drive your work independently and lead the way to improve supplier relations and product quality.
Furthermore, we believe you:

• Have a minimum of 3-5 years' experience from production management.
• Are an expert in finding the right supplier for the right product, using your big network within and outside of H&M Group.
• Have extensive knowledge about product quality.
• Always see possibilities and simple solutions. Experience from working in a small company or startup outside of the H&M Group is a plus.
• Are unprestigious, independent, and flexible.
• Have great communication and team collaboration skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work calmly and maintain good judgment in fast-paced, high-stress environments.
• Have the capacity to manage multiple projects and deliverables simultaneously.

Additional Information
This is a full-time permanent position working for our Head Office in Stockholm. There is no relocation and remote work outside of Stockholm is not an option for this position. If you feel your experience, skills and ambitions are right for this role, please send your application, including CV latest by 31st March 2024.
At H&M Group, we're determined to create and maintain inclusive, diverse and equitable workplaces throughout our organization. Our teams should consist of a variety of people that share and combine their knowledge, experience and ideas. Having a diverse workforce leads to a positive impact on how we address challenges, on what we perceive possible and on how we choose to relate to our colleagues and customers all over the world. Hence all diversity dimensions are taken into consideration in our recruitment process.
We look forward to hearing from you!
We strive to have a fair and equal process and therefore kindly ask you not to attach a cover letter in your application as they often contain information that easily can trigger unintentional biases.
Location
Mäster Samuelsgatan, Stockholm, Sweden