Tactical Buyers to Non-Commercial Goods consumer packaging (temporary role)

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Job Description
The Group Expansion function at H&M Group is responsible for all aspects of creating our H&M Group stores; to lease, develop, design, draw, buy, build and maintain each store. 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.
This role is within the consumer packaging team that are purchasing consumer packaging products for the stores including carrier bags, giftboxes and labels.
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, securing capacity at suppliers, acting on escalated operational supply issues, and setting corrective and preventative supplier action and improvement plans. You are also responsible for enabling running operations and driving improvements by setting up relevant supply control parameters and master data, and by coordinating phase in and phase out of products. You also work in close collaboration with the other Tactical Buyers, Strategic Buyers, the Operational Purchase team and Product Developers.
Areas of responsibility:
Supplier quotations and negotiations
Drive and participate in cross-functional improvement initiatives and projects
Supply management (e.g. master data management, contract, coordination of product phase in and phase outs)
Supplier performance management including escalated operational issue resolution
Supplier Relationship management
Project management
Forecasting (purchase forecast) and capacity planning

The focus differs slightly between the teams and purchasing categories.
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 where 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.
Qualifications
In addition to matching the personal profile we also seek the following qualifications:
Have a university degree relevant for the position (e.g. purchasing, business administration, economics)
Have 3 years of experience from purchasing roles (Production, capacity or demand planning is a plus)
Are a good communicator and have experience from stakeholder management
Are fluent in English, written and spoken.
Experience from Category Management in purchasing is a benefit
Have a good understanding of purchasing processes and experience of working with suppliers
Good knowledge in Excel (e.g. pivot tables, formulas, large data bases)

Additional Information
The roles advertised are full-time assignments based in Stockholm. The position is temporary until the end of March 2024
If you feel your experience, skills and ambitions are right for this role, please send your application, including CV in English
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.
Our teams at H&M Group should consist of great mix of people with different perspectives 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.
We look forward to hear from you!