Senior Buyer

About the Role:

Working in an extremely agile purchasing department you will be reporting into the Head of Purchasing. Your role will be vital to the day to day running of the department, ensuring parts are supplied into programmed on time and to budget. You will be managing a range of highly technical components and their supply chains. Reporting into the business status and resolving issues. You will help lead the day-today supplier management activities and you will have the ability to identify risks and put in place risk mitigation strategies to enable continuous supply.

Key Responsibilities:

• To manage multiple suppliers across nominated commodities supplying highly technical components and assemblies into the business.
• Plan, Negotiate and procure direct materials into the business.
• Working with and reporting to the Head of Purchasing and programme teams, you will be responsible for all aspects of the purchasing process into projects.
• Ability to develop/manage and maintain supply schedules.
• Manage and solve complex supply issues using teamwork and collaboration across the business.
• You will help develop and maintain purchasing strategies for chosen commodities.
• Commercial negotiations including supply contracts, DFM cost down activities and QAF (quotation analysis)
• Liaison with SQE to ensure issues are documented and resolved efficiently.
• Recording detailed data via ERP and build documentation.
• Managing the MRP system daily. Ensuring accuracy.
• Using the Microsoft suite of products, support departmental reporting. Help develop new and innovative ways to support the growing business needs.
• Support and develop the purchasing team and purchase to pay processes.

Person Specification

Essential:

All applicants are required to have;

• Experience in a similar environment.
• Minimum 3-5 years purchasing experience.
• Extensive supplier management experience ideally in automotive/motorsport environment.
• Have excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to communicate to key stakeholders within the business.
• Have the ability to prioritise / understanding of the need to prioritise
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Confident use of MS-Office applications
• Proven skills in detailed analysis and problem solving from first principles
• Follow, create, and disseminate good working practices and processes
• Thrive operating in small team environments
• Able to positively contribute to developing processes based on changing project requirements

Personal Attributes:

• Problem solver with strong lateral thinking skills.
• Flexible, proactive, and able to adapt to changing environments.
• High attention to detail with a hands-on approach.
• Ability to work effectively under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Self-motivated with a commitment to quality and customer satisfaction.
• Proactive in health and safety best practices.
• Continuous improvement mindset.

How to Apply:

Interested candidates should submit their resume, cover letter, and salary expectations to . Please include "Senior Commodity Buyer" in the subject line.