Buyer

H & M Hennes & Mauritz Sverige AB; Stockholms kommun; On-site; SEK 600,000 - 760,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25% Staff discount on all H&M Group品牌及

HIP incentive program

Job summary

H&M Group in Stockholm is seeking a Buyer to manage end-to-end procurement for Window Campaigns and printed materials, collaborating with Product Developers, Category Buyers, and Supply Planners to ensure timely deliveries and strategic supplier relationships.

You will lead tactical sourcing, negotiate terms, monitor supplier performance, and maintain compliant procurement processes, while aligning with our marketing teams to deliver campaigns that drive traffic and sales.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management or a related field.
• 5 years of experience in procurement or supply chain, including 2+ years in operational buying and 2+ years in tactical sourcing.
• Experience from medium to large international companies, preferably with matrix structures.
• Background in indirect spend categories such as consultancy services, facility management or marketing.
• Strong negotiation and communication skills, with the ability to manage supplier relationships and regional coordination.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail.
• Proficiency in procurement systems (e.g. SAP Ariba, GEP, Coupa) and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Run campaigns and activations within a cross-functional team. Taking full ownership of the procurement part in Campaign Management.
• Manage contract setup, order placement, delivery follow-up, and issue resolution.
• Conduct tactical negotiations for material purchases. Ensure compliance with contractual terms.
• Monitoring supplier capacity and resolving delivery issues across markets.
• Maintain accurate process and documentation of procurement activities.
• Ensuring compliance with internal policies and regulatory requirements.
• Develop the supplier base, SRM and SPM. Tracking and evaluating supplier performance, implementing corrective actions when needed. Responsibility of Supplier admin connected to dedicated suppliers and SRM process.
• Identifying opportunities for process improvements, cost saving initiatives and contributing to best practices.
• Analysis of spend data and market analysis as part of the Category work.

Skills

Negotiation

Analytical thinking

English fluency

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management or related field

Tools

SAP Ariba

GEP

Coupa

Microsoft Office

Job description

WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN US

Are you passionate about procurement, supplier collaboration and driving operational excellence? As a Buyer within our team, you'll play a key role in securing timely and high-quality deliveries of Window Campaigns and printed materials that drive traffic to our stores, increase sales and strengthen our amazing Brand! If you're a skilled negotiator, a problem solver and a relationship builder - this is your chance to turn operational excellence into real business impact.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

In this role, you'll manage the end-to-end procurement process with a focus on operational and tactical buying. You'll work closely with Product Developers, Buyers, Category Buyers, Supply Planners as well as suppliers, internal stakeholders within Marketing, and local teams to ensure that our supply chain runs smoothly and, in a context, where we seek constant opportunities to create magic campaigns and activations.

As a Buyer in our team, you will have responsibility over several suppliers, working strategically to develop our supplier base throughout the SRM Process.

Your responsibilities include:

• Run Campaigns and activations within a cross-functional team. Taking full ownership of the procurement part in Campaign Management.
• Manage contract setup, order placement, delivery follow-up, and issue resolution.
• Conduct tactical negotiations for material purchases. Ensure compliance with contractual terms.
• Monitoring supplier capacity and resolving delivery issues across markets.
• Maintain accurate process and documentation of procurement activities.
• Ensuring compliance with internal policies and regulatory requirements.
• Develop the supplier base, SRM and SPM. Tracking and evaluating supplier performance, implementing corrective actions when needed. Responsibility of Supplier admin connected to dedicated suppliers and SRM process.
• Identifying opportunities for process improvements, cost saving initiatives and contributing to best practices.
• Analysis of spend data and market analysis as part of the Category work.

WHO YOU'LL WORK WITH

You'll be part of a dynamic and collaborative team, working closely with other Buyers, Category Buyer, Product Developers, and our Supply Planner. Our closest stakeholders and collaborative partners are Window Creators, Project Managers, and Production Leads. Other important stakeholders are our Suppliers and Non- commercial goods specialists in our Sales markets. Together, we ensure that our Campaign & Print operations support the business in delivering Traffic, Sales and Brand.

WHO YOU ARE

To succeed in this role, we believe you are an experienced buyer with a passion for delivering results and seeing the creative visions come to life within a short timeline. You have an inner drive to constantly find opportunities and solutions and your friendly personality act as a role model for others. You can shift between strategic thinking and analysis to executing activations within tight time-plans without compromising on critical quality and compliance. You are a team player, striving to understand the full End-to-End process to make constant improvements. You thrive in a fast-paced environment, are a trustworthy relationship builder and enjoy working with both data and people.

We also see that you have:

• A bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management or a related field.
• 5 years of experience in procurement or supply chain, including 2+ years in operational buying and 2+ year in tactical sourcing. Experience from Strategic Sourcing is considered meritorious.
• Experience from medium to large international companies, preferably with matrix structures.
• Background in indirect spend categories such as consultancy services, facility management or marketing.
• Strong negotiation and communication skills, with the ability to manage supplier relationships and regional coordination.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail.
• Proficiency in procurement systems (e.g. SAP Ariba, GEP, Coupa) and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken.

WHO WE ARE

H&M Group is a global company of strong fashion brands and ventures. Our goal is to prove that there is no compromise between exceptional design, affordable prices, and sustainable solutions. We want to liberate fashion for the many, and our customers are at the heart of every decision we make.

We are made up of thousands of passionate and talented colleagues united by our shared culture and values. Together, we want to use our power, our scale, and our knowledge to push the fashion industry towards a more inclusive and sustainable future.

WHY YOU'LL LOVE WORKING HERE

At H&M Group, we are proud to be a vibrant and welcoming company. We offer our employees attractive benefits with extensive development opportunities around the globe.

An example of our benefits:

• 25% Staff discount on all our H&M Group brands, both in stores and online (H&M, COS, Weekday, Monki, H&M HOME, & Other Stories and ARKET).
• H&M Incentive Program - HIP. Learn more about the program here.

This is a permanent position based in Stockholm

We are committed to a recruitment process that is fair, equitable, and based on competency.

Location Mäster Samuelsgatan 56, Stockholm, Sweden