In this role of Procurement Specialist, Facilities Management & Construction, you drive the Sales Market strategy to secure an efficient, compliant, and future-ready supplier base aligned with Global Construction & Facilities Management standards. You lead sourcing, contracting, supplier performance, and commercial governance to ensure strong partnerships, consistent compliance, and cost-efficient, high-quality operations across markets. With a primary focus on Facilities Management and Construction spend, you support a retail portfolio of 240+ locations across the UK and Ireland, ensuring commercial value, effective supplier governance, and operational excellence.
You are a strategic and structured procurement professional with strong analytical ability, negotiation skills, and a deep understanding of procurement processes and standards. Working closely with Facilities Management and Construction teams, you bring commercial expertise to complex contracts, pricing, supplier risk, and project delivery, while influencing cross-functional stakeholders and ensuring compliance with global guidelines. This is a specialist individual contributor role with no direct reports, responsible for building sustainable supplier partnerships that balance cost, quality, risk, and long-term business needs.
Some of your responsibilities include:
- Develop and execute the procurement strategy for the Sales Market in close collaboration with Global C&F Strategists and in line with the global C&F strategy and vision.
- Set and follow up on procurement goals and KPIs, ensuring strong supplier performance, effective governance, and continuous improvement.
- Secure an efficient C&F supplier base that enables expansion, FM service delivery, and project execution, while driving optimized investments, running costs, and operational efficiency.
- Provide commercial support and expertise across Facilities Management and Construction contracts, including contract portfolio management, supplier risk, pricing reviews, and cost optimization.
- Review, update, and draft procurement documentation in partnership with Legal, ensuring full alignment with global standards and correct implementation in the Sales Market.
- Implement and reinforce global procurement guidelines, ensuring the Sales Market stays fully compliant with the latest global requirements.
- Support Sales Markets across the full procurement cycle, including sourcing, tenders, negotiations, contractor onboarding, and contract management, ensuring risk is managed and value is delivered.
- Partner closely with Facilities Management Contract Managers and Project Managers on budgets, forecasting, cost analysis, and commercial decision-making, providing challenge, insight, and assurance.
- Support the governance and performance management of integrated FM providers, including performance frameworks, change control processes, and supplier development.
- Plan and secure project delivery capacity through a combination of internal and external resources, supporting the successful execution of the Facilities and Construction project pipeline.
- Collaborate closely with C&F teams and Legal within the Sales Market, as well as with the Global Procurement Strategist.
- Lead or co-lead cross-market procurement activities initiated by Global Procurement Strategists, and support contract management for cross-market agreements.
WHO YOU ARE
We welcome applicants who are:
- Degree in Business Administration, Law, Commercial Management, Construction Management, or equivalent work experience.
- Experienced within Procurement, Facility Management, Construction, or the built environment.
- Proven in setting up and implementing procurement strategies, with strong procurement, commercial, and negotiation skills.
- Experienced in managing complex contracts, commercial structures, and supplier relationships.
- Strong in financial and cost analysis, with the confidence to challenge suppliers and internal stakeholders to drive value and efficiency.
- Excellent in supplier management, governance, and performance management.
- Analytical, strategic, and methodical in problem solving.
- Experienced in sourcing, tendering, contractor onboarding, and contract management.
- Knowledgeable in pass-through costs, managing agent arrangements, gain share mechanisms, and commercial contract models.
- Familiar with Facilities Management service contracts, construction procurement, and project delivery environments.
- Experienced in energy procurement and working with external consultants and service providers.
- Comfortable working across multiple stakeholders and seniority levels within an international organisation.
- Experienced in a multi-site retail environment or large property portfolio is highly advantageous.
- Proficient in MS Office (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint), Power BI, and MS Teams.
WHO WE ARE
H&M Group is a global company of strong fashion brands and ventures. Our goal is to prove that there is no compromise between exceptional design, affordable prices, and sustainable solutions. We want to liberate fashion for the many, and our customers are at the heart of every decision we make.
We are made up of thousands of passionate and talented colleagues united by our shared culture and values. Together, we want to use our power, our scale, and our knowledge to push the fashion industry towards a more inclusive and sustainable future.
WHY YOU’LL LOVE WORKING HERE
At H&M Group, we are proud to be a vibrant and welcoming company. We offer our employees attractive benefits with extensive development opportunities around the globe.
All our employees receive a staff discount card, usable on all our H&M Group brands in stores and online. Brands covered by the discount are H&M (Beauty and Move included), COS, Weekday, & Other Stories, ARKET, Singular Society and Sellpy. In addition to our staff discount, all our employees are included in our H&M Incentive Program – HIP. You can read more about our H&M Incentive Program here.
JOIN US
Our uniqueness comes from a combination of many things – our inclusive and collaborative culture, our strong values, and opportunities for growth. But most of all, it’s our people who make us who we are.
Take the next step in your career together with us. The journey starts here.
Additional information
This is a permanent position, based in our London Support Office.
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Skills Required
- Degree in Business Administration, Law, Commercial Management, Construction Management, or equivalent work experience
- Experience in procurement, facilities management, construction, or the built environment
- Experience developing and implementing procurement strategies
- Strong procurement, commercial, and negotiation skills
- Experience managing complex contracts, commercial structures, and supplier relationships
- Strong financial and cost analysis skills
- Experience in supplier management, governance, and performance management
- Analytical, strategic, and methodical problem-solving ability
- Experience with sourcing, tendering, contractor onboarding, and contract management
- Knowledge of pass-through costs, managing agent arrangements, gain share mechanisms, and commercial contract models
- Familiarity with Facilities Management service contracts, construction procurement, and project delivery environments
- Experience in energy procurement and working with external consultants and service providers
- Ability to work across multiple stakeholders and seniority levels in an international organization
- Experience in a multi-site retail environment or large property portfolio
- Proficiency in MS Office, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI, and MS Teams
H&M Group Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about H&M Group and has not been reviewed or approved by H&M Group.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, pharmacy and vision options with low employee costs and free dental are available, alongside telehealth and inclusive offerings such as transgender, bariatric and fertility coverage. These features are highlighted as solid for U.S. retail roles, with some availability for part‑time positions depending on eligibility.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Vacation, flexible wellness days, company‑paid holidays and a paid birthday off are offered, with some paid time off available to part‑time staff. The time‑off structure is presented as generous within the retail context.
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Parental & Family Support — Eight weeks of paid parental pay for mothers and fathers is provided, complemented by adoption assistance and healthy pregnancy/babies programs. These family supports add depth to the core medical coverage in the U.S. package.
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What We Do
Founded in 1947, H&M Group is a global design company with ~4,702 stores in 76 markets and 56 online markets. At H&M Group, we believe in making great design available to everyone. It’s essential in everything we do. Our family of brands and business ventures offer customers around the world a wealth of fashion, beauty, accessories and homeware, as well as modern menus with fresh and local produce at some of the brands’ in-store eateries. But design is so much more than just products; it’s about clever design processes, efficient product flows, creating experiences that enrich, and smart solutions that benefit all our customers. Sustainability is always at the core of our business. Not only because we like to do what’s right — but it’s also beneficial for our business. We will continue to push for change and lead the way towards a more inclusive and sustainable fashion future. Do you want to join us? We will trust you with great responsibility right from the start, reward a passionate mindset and encourage an entrepreneurial spirit. When you start a career with H&M Group, there’s no limit to where it can take you. H&M Group's Moderation Policy: Welcome to H&M Group’s official LinkedIn page. Ask questions, exchange ideas and meet members and employees from all over the world. This page is moderated daily and we always do our best to answer each one of you in a timely manner. Please remember to keep a friendly tone and in line with LinkedIn’s legal terms at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/user-agreement Comments and posts that contain foul language, are off-topic or unnecessarily rude will be deleted. We also encourage you to report any inappropriate content. We use an external tool to handle the comments on our page, so please note that your comments can be stored. For questions, please contact our team at [email protected].
