Component/Product Developer (Pipeline)

Company Description

H&M Production is the place where design ideas are transformed into actual products. We are in over 20 sourcing markets and are the direct point of contact for local suppliers. We work to ensure our products are of good quality and produced at the best price and in a sustainable way.

Job Description

As a Component Developer, you identify and develop your local market for our sourcing missions. You closely work with T1/T2 suppliers, drive material and component development, and lead materials and component price negotiations to secure material and component sourced with best options, quality, price and lead-time aligned with our product strategies and customers’ expectations. You maintain our digital and physical library of material and component, and capture the updates and innovations in materials and components. You interpret trends and concepts into materials and components trends, and share with suppliers and stakeholders in a clear way. You work with suppliers and gain a clear understanding of the local capability on materials and components, educate and develop suppliers to leverage local capability and minimize risks.

Key responsibilities:

• In line with our product strategies, identify and develop local market for our product sourcing

• Drive material and component development, and secure best options, quality, price and lead-time

• Maintain and update digital and physical library of material and component

• Interpret trends and concepts into materials and components trends

• Educate and develop suppliers, get a clear understanding of local capability, and minimize risks

Qualifications

To succeed as a Component Developer, you have to have technical knowledge and experience of material and component development, price, lead time and quality. You have understanding in material and component capabilities. You understand H&M trends, concepts and customers needs, and identify the right supplier capabilities and skills, educate them with customer understanding, and guide suppliers to develop the right products. You are collaborative and adaptive to teamwork, and work closely with various stakeholders to co-execute the set strategies and activities. You are business minded. You work as a role model of our H&M values.