Transport & Trade Contract Manager, Logistics Region Europe - Flexible Work Location

Logistics Region Europe comprises of three Clusters: Central-East, North and South Europe, where H&M operates logistics centres.
Responsible for Transport & Trade related Vendor and Contract Management, analysing existing contracts, ensuring proactive planning of contract renewals, and managing contract amendments in line with business goals to achieve the best possible contractual set-up for the Transport and Trade suppliers in the Logistics Region.
Responsibilities:
Contract Management

• Responsible for contract & vendor management for the Transport & Trade categories in the Logistics Region.
• Responsible for contract lifecycle management, including proactive planning of contracts renewals/terminations.
• Secure compliance with legal, regulatory, and internal policy requirements for commercials.
• Coordinate tactical and strategic Vendor Management meetings to track and evaluate supplier performance against contract terms and KPIs, in close collaboration with regional Transport & Trade Operations teams.
• Define, develop and follow-up the usage of Vendor Scorecards to improve supplier relationship and efficiency.
• Ensure regional commercial strategy in alignment with regional and global needs, objectives, and strategies.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date contract data, to enable benchmarking and continuous improvement.
• Manage contract amendments, including assessing the impact of proposed changes, securing proper documentation also following defined global and regional governance/approval processes.
• Ensure a clear understanding of contractual responsibilities by communicating contract terms, obligations, and requirements to relevant stakeholders.

Development / Analysis / Optimisation

• Evaluate insights and lead standardization of contracts, SLAs, and rate cards together with Transport and Trade Operations teams to improve decision-making and category strategy development.
• Analyse existing contracts (quality, cost, risk, liabilities, vendor performance, contract setup, etc.) with Regional Transport & Trade Operational teams and initiate appropriate actions.
• Provide training and guidance to regional teams on contract and vendor management procedures.
• Actively stay up-to-date on global logistics end-to-end operational status, KPIs, issues and risks.
• Contribute to defining the global Transport & Trade commercial categories goals together with Central teams.

Our ideal candidate showcases an outstanding ability to collaborate effectively, demonstrating adeptness in interacting and navigating diverse internal and external stakeholders. He/she embraces a structured work approach, skillfully balancing flexibility and pragmatism to achieve quick wins. With robust negotiation skills in dealing with vendors, the ideal candidate is known for being structured, organized, and excelling at managing substantial data. Analytical skills, coupled with valuable project management experience, enhance the proficiency in ensuring effective and efficient processes.
What you need to succeed:

• Deep expertise in Vendor and Contract management for Logistics related services and processes, also providing good understanding of global standards and local legislations.
• Good ability to collaborate, interact and navigate with central and regional teams and stakeholders, both internally and externally, with all level of seniority.
• Strong understanding of logistics supplier requirements as well as compliance-, sustainability- and performance criteria's.
• Good analytical and financial knowledge, consistently focusing on driving customer value and improving profitability to generate business value.
• Comprehensive experience of working with Transportation sourcing across markets in high complexity environment.
• Ability to independently draft and present deliverables, recommendations, and communications strategies

This role is a full-time position, starting as soon as possible with direct reporting to the Regional Transport & Trade Commercial Manager. The work location offers flexibility across European countries with own logistics operations (option of hybrid working). Business travel as required.
Apply by sending in your CV in English as soon as possible, but no later than the 15.02.2024 Due to data policies, we only accept applications through SmartRecruiters.
If you have any questions about the role, please contact Susanne via Susanne.reidl@hm.com .
Location
Mäster Samuelsgatan, Stockholm, Sweden