Quick Response Business Lead GCN (Fashion Retail)

Location: Shanghai, China; onsite at 5th Floor and 6th Floor, No. 645–659 Middle Huaihai Road, Huangpu District

Company

hirify.global operates global fashion brands focused on accessible design, sustainable solutions, and inclusive fashion.

What you will do

• Create and lead Quick Response as a growth engine for GCN.
• Own the business end to end, from customer and trend insight through product, production, launch, selling, and scale-up.
• Own the business plan, sales ambition, investment choices, margin, inventory exposure, and profitability.
• Build an end-to-end fast product creation and production model connecting design, sourcing, capacity, quality, logistics, and channel launch.
• Establish a test-and-scale engine that launches controlled quantities, identifies demand signals, and scales winning products quickly.
• Build and lead a cross-functional China team while aligning commercial, sourcing, supply chain, digital, retail, marketing, controlling, and central Quick Response stakeholders.

Requirements

• Senior leadership experience building, turning around, or scaling a commercial business, venture, category, or operating model.
• Demonstrated ownership of a P&L or substantial business budget, including sales, margin, inventory, and profitability.
• Experience in fast product creation or production, ideally in fashion, apparel, consumer goods, or another trend-led industry.
• Ability to connect customer insight and trend detection with product decisions, sourcing or production, and commercial execution.
• Experience building and leading cross-functional teams in complex or matrix organisations.
• Strong commercial judgement, influence, communication, and decisive execution under uncertainty.

Nice to have

• Experience with a high-speed local fashion, e-commerce, or on-demand production player.
• Experience launching a business or initiative from zero to scale in China.
• Understanding of Greater China customers, local digital commerce, and trend ecosystems.
• An existing network across fast-production suppliers, product development, or local fashion ecosystems.

Culture & Benefits

• 25% staff discount across H&M Group brands in stores and online.
• Health insurance, wellness and family support programs, paid leave, and paid time off.
• Inclusive, values-driven workplace with colleague resource groups and global networking opportunities.
• Development opportunities and access to a global talent community.
• Recruitment is competency-based; no cover letter is requested.