H&M is a fashion brand that offers the latest styles and inspiration, from fashion pieces and unique designer collaborations to affordable wardrobe essentials. Our business idea is fashion & quality at the best price in a sustainable way. Learn more about H&M: About us - H&M Group (hmgroup.com)

The Group NCG Development and Procurement function is here to support our brands with Development and Procurement capabilities within Non-Commercial Goods. We develop our brands concepts from a design, quality, sustainability, and cost perspective aligned with brand DNA. The interior team is handling a range of products such as floor stands, shelfs, podium in wood, metal and plastic.

We are now looking to further strengthen our team by adding ambitious, structured and business driven Tactical Buyer.

In the role as Tactical Buyer, you are responsible for purchasing material that are connected to a variety of tactical tasks. You are responsible for driving project, negotiations, and supplier management.  You are also responsible for securing the running performance of a portfolio of Non-Commercial Goods (NCG) suppliers. This includes following-up on goals and KPIs, acting on escalated operational supply issues, and setting corrective and preventative supplier action and improvement plans.

You also work in close collaboration with the other Tactical Buyers, Strategic Buyers, the Operational Purchase team, Product Developers, Designers, Supply chain and multiple other roles across different parts of the H&M Group.

Areas of responsibility:

• Supplier quotation and negotiations
• Drive and participate in cross-functional improvement initiatives and projects.
• Analyses of KPIs and setting right business priorities
• Supply management (e.g. master data management, contract, coordination of product phase in and phase outs)
• Supplier performance management including escalated operational issue resolution.
• Forecasting (purchase forecast)
• Managing stock levels to avoid leftovers.

We believe that you are a strong communicator and a curious and self-motivated team player. Your inner drive makes you ambitious and passionate about what you do. You also enjoy working in a fast paced and everchanging environment were constant improvement is key. Furthermore, we believe that you have a strong sense of integrity and business ethics and that you enjoy analyzing complex and extensive data sets (e.g. in Excel) to support fact-based business decisions.

 In addition to matching the personal profile it is also a benefit if you have the following qualifications:

• Have a university degree relevant for the position
• Are a good communicator and have experience from stakeholder management
• Are fluent in English, written and spoken.
• Experience from analysing and setting plans according to key performance indicatrs
• Have a good understanding of buying processes and experience of working with suppliers
• Have material knowledge and production process awareness within shopfitting

This full-time temporary (11 months) position is based at our Head Office in Stockholm, starting as soon as possible.

Apply by sending in your CV in English as soon as possible, but no later than the 31st of July. Due to data policies, we only accept applications through our career page.  

Benefits
We offer all our employees at H&M Group attractive benefits with extensive development opportunities around the globe. All our employees receive a staff discount card, usable on all our H&M Group brands in stores and online. Brands covered by the discount are H&M (Beauty and Move included), COS, Weekday, Monki, H&M HOME, & Other Stories, ARKET, Afound. 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 our global benefits, all our local markets offer different competitive perks and benefits. Please note that they may differ between employment type and countries.

Inclusion & Diversity. 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 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.