BUYER KIDS (MATERNITY COVER)

Are you a buyer with a strong sense of production, suppliers and good neogtiations? And do you dream of taking ownership in a role on a team with both responsibility and development opportunities?

Then you might be our new Buyer, Kids at hummel!
 

A Quick Look at the Role

📍 Location: hummel headquarters, Balticagade 20, Aarhus C
👥 Team: Kids & Sportswear
🕓 Working hours: Full-time
📅 Application deadline: 29 November 2026
 

Join the Team!

As Buyer, you’ll become part of our Kids & Sportswear team – a team of around 15 dedicated colleagues with diverse backgrounds in buying, design and product development. 
We play on the team that has the most fun – and we always play offense! For us, it’s all about taking initiative, supporting each other, and celebrating both the small and big wins. In Kids & Sportswear, we are responsible for the hummel Group’s kids and sportswear business and we work closely with our colleagues in sales logistics and warehouse as well as our suppliers and merchandisers.
 

More About the Role and Your Responsibilities

As a Buyer, you’ll be responsible for securing the products in the right time within hummel Kids, playing a key role in delivering impactful results – both for our team and our customers:

  • Responsible for placing and following up on purchase orders, ensuring correct prices, quantities and delivery dates
  • Daily coordination and dialogue with suppliers and merchandisers on costing, samples, production and deliveries
  • Collaboration with design, product development and merchandising to ensure commercial collections with the right suppliers and deliveries
  • Follow-up on order status and delays, and analyses of purchasing data to support good decisions and continuous improvements
     

How to Make the Team

We’re looking for someone who is passionate about their field and a true team player. You take responsibility, thrive in collaboration, and are curious about how we can continuously improve – together.

To succeed in the role, we expect that you:

  • Have experience with buying or sourcing within fashion, sportswear or textiles, ideally including ERP systems and Excel
  • Are structured, proactive and detail-oriented and thrive on getting things done
  • Are motivated by an environment with high pace, deadlines and close cross-functional collaboration
  • Communicate fluently in English
  • Hold a relevant commercial education, e.g., within purchasing, supply chain or business– but most importantly, you have the courage and desire to learn and grow
  • Possibly have experience from an international company and from working with suppliers in Asia and/or Europe, where you've learned to navigate across cultures and disciplines
     

Welcome to hummel

Regardless of your background, we make sure we support each other from day one.

After 2 months:

  • You feel at home at Balticagade in Aarhus
  • You’re familiar with our systems and workflows
  • Maybe you’ve already joined a Friday bar, a professional event, or a team sports activity?

After 4 months:

  • You've taken ownership of the role and left your mark on your tasks
  • You’ve found your rhythm and contribute with insights that help develop and lift the team
  • You’ve built strong relationships – and make your teammates even better
     

Welcome to hummel 🐝

At hummel, we’re a strong community built on team spirit, passion, and the will to make a difference.
There’s room for those who take initiative, bring ideas to life, and want to create value – for both the business and their teammates.

With us, you get:

🤝 A strong community with an informal tone
🕓 Flexible working hours – including 1 hour of sport during work hours
🌍 A workplace with a strong brand DNA and proud cultural heritage
🐝 An active staff association, "hummelbien"
⚖️ Space for both ambition and balance
 

Want to Join the Team?

Send your application and CV via the link below no later than 29 November 2026.
We conduct interviews on an ongoing basis and may close the posting early if the right player joins the game.

We look forward to hearing from you!

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Deadline:
Contact person:
Tina Blach Holst Team Lead Operational Buying +45 2993 6602
Department:
Operational Buying, KIDS & Sportswear
Location: Headquarter / Balticagade 20, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark
Country: Denmark

About hummel

The story of hummel A/S is the story of the bumblebee, who started to fly back in 1923. Since then, we have conquered the sports business and grown to be an international brand operating in more than 35 markets – and together, we are on a mission to change the world through sport. We honor the camaraderie, celebrate the wins, and applaud the ability to play, share and enjoy sport throughout life. It is our heritage, and nothing makes us prouder. Through our continued pursuit of growth, we use sport as a universal driver to create a positive impact year after year. In short, we want to become the #1 sports challenger brand by growing our business to do more good. United in our diversity, we are one big team – and we cannot wait to welcome talented and ambitious players to our starting line-up.

hummel A/S
Balticagade 20, 8000 Aarhus C
Phone: +45 87344800
CVR: 43317032