Junior Buyer to H&M External Brands

Company Description


Who are we?
H&M Group is a family of brands with the desire to make great design available to everyone in a sustainable and circular way. Rapid technological development is transforming the fashion retail industry. We seize this opportunity to not only challenge ourselves, but the whole industry with the aim to be the most impactful ecosystem.


We operate on a large scale across 74 markets. From AI to data-driven business development, user experience to engineering, we turn business challenges into innovative tech solutions – making H&M Group a global leader in combining tech, fashion, and design.


What we offer!
Besides the obvious perks such as staff discount card, flexible work life, learning communities, wellness benefits, parental benefits etc. you are joining a unique value driven culture, a large tech network and community where you can be yourself. There are endless opportunities to experiment and grow in any direction that you want and when you grow, we grow. Being a major player gives us countless opportunities to make a real impact and shape the future and we have fun every day.




Job Description


We are looking for you who want a challenge and get excited about taking part in continuing building our H&M External brands offer which is one of several top prioritized initiatives within the whole H&M Group!
At H&M External Brands, progress is our creed and passion are what drives us. Through our knowledge, experience and pure passion for what we do, we aim to deliver excellence to our customers — and we want to get even better at it. We believe that different perspectives are an asset in every team, and that's why we're looking for new mindsets and norm-challenging viewpoints to join us. Our enthusiasm is what makes the success of our team — join our H&M external brands journey because we really want you on board!
As Junior Buyer for the External Brands team you will be the buyer’s right hand and support them in their operational tasks in the daily work. You will make sure the product master data in our ERP system SAP is up to date as well as create orders & articles in the system. You will stay in close communication with our partners to make sure all orders arrive on time. Furthermore, you will be responsible for creating reorder proposals in close collaboration with other buyers and controllers.
You will also:
Administrate orders and make sure we have the right product, the right quantity at the right time. Ensure that the deliveries are according to order (delivery control). In case of deviations, ensure that the necessary actions are taken. Actively work to keep the timeline both internally and towards our suppliers
Prepare operational topics for buying meetings
Translate orders into our budget follow up tool



Qualifications


We are looking for a strong administrative team player who really thinks keeping well-structured is a key to success in the junior buyer role and we see that you are passionate about keeping up to date with the fast-paced and ever-changing fashion industry.
To be successful and thrive in this role we think that you have/are:
Structured, detail oriented and strong in administration, method and a dive to always improve processes and tools
Strong salesmanship and great commercial thinking
Business minded and want to drive development and progression in the assortment
Analytical skills and get it done attitude, not afraid to take actions
Have negotiations and communications skills and a professional approach towards external and internal stakeholders
Are flexible, solution oriented and a team player
Excellent skills in Excel, office 365 and other planning tools
Good skills in English both in written and oral



Additional Information


Do you find this position interesting and suitable for you?
This is a full-time permanent position and you will be located at the H&M Head Office in Stockholm and reporting to Dorian Blennmo, Head of External Brands. If you feel your experience, skills and ambitions are right for this role, please send your application including CV at the latest 9th of September, selection and interviews will be held continuously.
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.
H&M is committed to creating a Diverse & Inclusive environment and we are actively looking for qualified candidates irrespective of race, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, national origin, disability or age.
Look forward to hearing from you!