Head of Admin & Governance at Business Tech

Company Description
H&M Group is on a journey to meet and exceed our customers' expectations today and tomorrow. Through collaboration, innovation, and technology we challenge ourselves and the industry. To cater to the individual needs and desires of our millions of customers, our tech organization delivers solutions for the entire value chain for all our brands. We are accelerating digitalization and to stay relevant, we need to ensure we have strong leaders in place to bring our best capabilities, innovation ideas and talented technologists to support the transformation of H&M Group.
The Head of Admin & Governance’s main objective is to provide commercial expertise to the Business Tech organization, to deliver expected business value throughout the product life cycle. Based on tech expertise and strong ability/extensive experience in Tech sourcing & procurement, you support by bringing rigor to business cases, executing deals that are qualitative, price-competitive in relation to the market and achieve business objectives, while identifying ways to optimize ongoing relationships with external partners. Furthermore, you have great leadership skills and are focused on value creation and growth by delivering commercial expertise that enables excellent customer experience and business results. Whilst being an expert in a specific commercial area (admin and governance), you are also a strong leader and work closely with other stakeholders both within and outside H&M to ensure that we are doing the right thing at the right time.
Your responsibilities include to support in defining of Tech sourcing strategy, incl. category management/planning, policies, and guardrails. Lead, develop and support a team of commercial specialists, managing the hiring, staffing and maintenance of a diverse and effective workforce and the career development and performance management of the team.


As the Head of Admin and Governance your responsibilities will include but not be limited to:
• Drive and support in the implementation of the sourcing strategy.
• Accountable for processes, tools, policies, and strategies within the Commercial function.
•Maximize value from our supplier relationships and ensure our internal customers have the goods and services they need to succeed.
•Together with Head of Commercial and Procurement, drive realization of synergies across the group by aligning sourcing requirements and vendor selection processes.
•Support in vendor selection/negotiation processes for strategic contracts.
•Define and implement strategic parameters for the partner portfolio and ensure its optimal long-term management.
•Ensure our vendors and partner follows corporate tech strategy and bring their the best capabilities, innovation ideas and talented technologists to support the transformation of H&M and BT.


Qualification
•Highly skilled and proven contract/price negotiator with good relationships with technology manufacturers and service providers.
•Strong skills and experience in managing people, vendors & technology in a global environment.
•Good interpersonal skills with experience in procurement and people leadership roles. (Preferred procurement related certification).
•Strong financial background and a bottom-line thinker.
•Strong ability to organize and structure complex matters.
•Solid foundation in procurement, market analysis & supplier management best practice.
•Ability to develop, establish and train on processes.
•Experience in designing and managing multi-vendor setups including cross-vendor incentives and penalty schemes.
•Experience in shaping, negotiating and managing vendor performance under different constructs (e.g., RFP/RFI, Service-based ARC/RRC, Fixed Price, Fixed Outcome).
•Advocate agile methods in working style.
Direct knowledge of at least 3 Technology areas and related challenges across:
•ITIL and Service Management–Agile Engineering, including CI/CD disciplines.
•Core infrastructure components (e.g., Cloud, DC) and main challenge.
•Data platforms and analytics –Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.
•Modern Tech stacks for front-end development –SAP and core RDBMS platforms.
•SaaS/Cloud Based products.


As a role model for our values and putting them into action, you are expected to demonstrate excellent cognitive, social, and emotional skills and know how to nurture them in others by having the ability to commit to directional decisions, take ownership of the whole and collaborate across boundaries, create trust, and dare to lead. Furthermore, communicate in a timely and clear way, strive for speed, reduce complexity, and focus on the outcome. We also believe that you stay curious and are open to new perspectives.


Working with tech at H&M Group 
Shaping the future of fashion with people, data, and tech. The fashion and retail industries are going through a transformation, driven by customers' technology and sustainability expectations. At H&M Group, we want to shape the future of fashion and lifestyle by harnessing the power of smart tech and data. With our 75-year history of innovation, we understand the need to collaborate and co-create with engineers and tech specialists around the world to achieve our vision.


What we offer 
You are joining a unique value-driven culture, a large tech network and community where you can be yourself. Besides the obvious perks such as staff discount card, learning communities, wellness benefits, parental benefits and a flexible work life, there are a lot of opportunities to experiment and grow in the direction you want. Being a major player gives us countless opportunities to make a real impact and shape the future.
Learn more about our I&D work https://youtu.be/veRbl9Cijts


Additional Information
H&M Group is a value-driven company that wants to lead the way to a more inclusive environment. We are committed to create an inclusive & diverse workplace with a culture that is dynamic and innovative.


This is a full-time position with placement in Stockholm. Please apply as soon as possible but no later than the 12th of March. We will review and interview applicants on-going. If you have questions, for more information contact Talent Acquisition Avan Shali (Avan.shali@hm.com)