COS offers a wardrobe of ready-to-wear and accessories rooted in exceptional quality and lasting design. The brand has an elevated aesthetic that embodies luxury with an emphasis on craftsmanship, innovation and compelling fashion movements.
As a Manger for Partner Growth, you will be responsible for driving growth and expanding COS's brand presence through strategic partnerships across digital marketplaces, concessions, shop-in-shops (SIS), branded spaces, and selective wholesale. This role combines strategic planning, partner development, and flawless execution to deliver profitable growth while maintaining brand consistency and standards.
What you will do:
Partner Strategy & Network Expansion
:Identify high-potential markets and partners, develop a three-year expansion roadmap with clear growth targets, and lead negotiations on partner agreements, including terms, formats, and roll-out plans. You will also implement end-to-end partner categorisation to ensure strategic alignment
.
Marketplace Growth
: Onboard strategic digital marketplaces and omnichannel retailers to boost visibility and conversion. Define brand standards and performance benchmarks for digital partners and collaborate with Buying and Merchandising on assortment and brand-building plans. Additionally, you will coordinate with cross-functional teams to optimise sell-in and sell-out.
Store & Space Development
: Support approvals for new spaces, ensuring they meet design standards and ROI thresholds. You will collaborate with Store Design and Visual Merchandising to define space typologies and investment frameworks. Additionally, you will track execution and opening timelines to deliver on-brand launches on time.
Commercial Performance & P&L Management
: Define and monitor channel KPIs such as sales per square meter, sell-through, and EBIT margin. Partner on P&L models for concessions, SIS, wholesale, and marketplaces. You will also support quarterly business reviews with top partners
Cross-functional Alignment & Governance
: Align with Product, Merchandising, Regions, and Legal on strategy, pricing, and terms. Maintain governance documentation, including business cases, term sheets, and approvals and contribute to quarterly reporting for leadership on pipeline, performance, and risks.
Qualifications
Alignment to our company values is the most important characteristic we look for in all new joiners. Our values are the behaviours that we appreciate above and beyond anything else. We are
open-minded
and
curious
, we dare to be
different
, we believe in
constant improvement
and we
empower and trust
you to take ownership. Our values are part of who we are, what we stand for and how we act.
What you need to succeed
:
Extensive years in fashion / retail expansion, digital partner commerce, business development, wholesale; global scope preferred
Experience in accessible luxury, premium, or contemporary fashion
Strong understanding of omnichannel commercial ecosystems
Proven ability to build business cases, negotiate partnerships, and manage P&Ls with clear ROI
Strong quantitative mindset; ability to assess market potential, ROI, and profitability drivers
Excellent stakeholder management and negotiation skills; experience dealing with senior retail partners
Willingness to travel internationally (up to 30%)
Additional Information
This is a
Full time permanent contract
based at our Head Office in
London .
Benefits
We offer all to of our employees attractive benefits with extensive development opportunities around the globe. All our employees receive a 25% staff discount usable on all our H&M Group brands in stores and online. In addition to our staff discount, all our employees are included in our H&M Incentive Program - HIP. You can read more about our H&M Incentive Program here.
In addition to this UK based colleagues also receive
25 days holiday
Annual health checks
25% staff discount
Pension scheme
Discounts on various activities and financial/lifestyle products via our benefits hub
Cycle to work scheme
Discounted gym membership
Employee assistance via retail trust
Private health & dental care
Ready to apply? Click on the I'M INTERESTED link where you can upload your CV securely. Once we have received your application, we will keep you updated regularly about the status of your application so please look out for our email.
We are looking forward to hearing from you!
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