Commercial Specialist at Group Logistics, H&M Group

Company Description
Do you have a passion for fashion and supply chain? Join us on our exciting journey! We are looking for a Commercial Specialist, who wants to join the Global Logistics Commercial team, at our Head Office in Stockholm.
H&M Group is on an exciting journey to meet and exceed our customers' expectations today and tomorrow. Within the H&M Group, Logistics is responsible to make our fashion flow in a sustainable, cost effective, qualitative, and efficient way. We put the customer in focus and our job is about fulfilling the customer promise, through a wide network of stores, warehouses, and business partners.
The Logistics Commercial team supports in building a strong portfolio of logistics partners (3PL, MHE/Automation, Transportation, etc.) to achieve business results, drive value, ensure compliance and optimize performance in cost and customer service. Our main responsibility areas are connected to strategic vendor selection, deal setup, negotiations, contract life cycle management, vendor relationship management, strategic partnerships, risk management and compliance. The team collaborates closely with other global and regional stakeholders, maintains a global perspective, acts as a strategic sparring partner, and focuses on creating clear standards for commercial activities.
Job Description
The job of a Commercial Specialist comes with lots of responsibility and lots of fun. Your main responsibilities will include:
Develop and set standards for procurement, contract life cycle management and vendor performance/relationship management globally within logistics
Support in developing, implementing, and monitoring success criteria for deals
Develop/co-develop routines, system requirements, tools, standards, templates and processes for strategic sourcing, negotiation, contracts evaluation, storage & access, and performance management of business partners
Collaborate closely with relevant stakeholders and provide global cross-benchmarking, insights, and analysis to support decision making and prioritization
Organize workshops and training sessions to align and improve ways of working globally
Drive and be part of cross-functional collaborations connected to development initiatives
Understand your impact to others and contribution to the bigger picture
Analyze contract strength, pricing models, risks, and recommend improvement opportunities
Ensure that contracts meet H&M group requirements, legal, compliance, and sustainability standards
Collect and share global best practices connected to the commercial models, contractual risks, flexibility, terminations, amendments, prolongations, etc.

Qualifications
We believe you are analytical, data and result driven. You have a strong sense of ownership in your work and constantly look forward to taking initiatives and strive for improvement. You have excellent self-management skills.
You are a team player and a positive person who is characterized by optimism, persistence, and hard work. Your great communication skills instill trust and commitment among those you meet in your everyday work. For you it´s important that you are a responsible member of the team, acting as a role model. You lead with vision and collaborate effectively with groups of diverse people, encouraging an open, trustful, and innovative culture.
Moreover, we see that you bring with you the following:
B.Sc., M.Sc. in relevant academic field
Strong contract, commercial, legal, category/vendor management expertise
Good understanding of supply chain and logistics with focus on service, cost, and sustainability
Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills
Resilient, decisive and action oriented
Comfortable to challenge people and processes
Comfortable to work within a matrix organization and a changing environment
Open mindset with strong desire to learn, improve and lead in change

Additional Information
This is a permanent position starting as soon as possible, based at our Head Office in Marievik, Stockholm. Do you feel you have the competence and ambitions for this role and want to join our exciting journey, please upload your resume (in English) as soon as possible but at the latest September 15th, 2022.
Due to GDPR, we only accept applications through our career page.
We know that diversity is what makes us strong. Our teams should consist of great mix of people that share and combine their knowledge, experiences, and ideas. It leads to a positive impact on how we address challenges, what we perceive possible and how we choose to relate to our colleagues and customers all over the world.
At H&M Group we strive to have a fair and inclusive recruitment process. Why kindly ask you to not attach cover letter in your application as they often contain information that can easily trigger unintentional biases.
We look forward to receiving your application!