Buyer

Unipart Technologies Group; Coventry; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 33 days

Pension

Life assurance

Employee Assistance Programme

Wellbeing support

Cycle to work scheme

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Volunteer days

Job summary

Unipart Manufacturing Limited is seeking a proactive buyer assistant to support Senior Buyers in developing and implementing commodity and supply chain strategies, ensuring supply continuity for the business. You will purchase goods and services, negotiate contracts, monitor supplier performance, and provide spend analysis and reports to drive continuous improvement.

The role offers circa £40,000 per annum, 39 hours per week, 33 days' annual leave including bank holidays, pension, life

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic and results-driven with a can-do attitude.
• Developing strong working relationships with project teams and customers.
• Good communication skills across levels inside and outside the business.
• Ability to plan and organise effectively.
• Willingness to learn Unipart Way principles and tools.

Responsibilities

• Purchase goods, materials, components, or services to meet cost, quality and delivery targets.
• Negotiate contracts, improve prices and terms with suppliers, seek savings.
• Facilitate between suppliers and Unipart Manufacturing on projects and activities.
• Provide supplier spend analysis and costs for new and existing activities.
• Prepare reports and updates and monitor supplier performance.

Skills

Self-motivation

Communication

Planning

Teamwork

Job description

Circa £40,000 per annum, plus 33 days' annual leave (including bank holidays), pension, life assurance, Employee Assistance Programme, wellbeing support, and a flexible benefits package including a cycle to work scheme, health and dental insurance, and two paid volunteering days per year.

What we are looking for

Your role will be responsible for supporting Senior Buyers with the development and implementation of their commodity/supply chain strategy throughout Unipart Manufacturing Limited. Your role will aid with the complete range of strategic and new product introduction sourcing activities, including purchase goods, materials, and services to ensure that the company operational needs are met, considering price, quality, and delivery and to ensure continuity of supply.

About the Role

• Purchase goods, materials, components, or services in line with specified cost, quality, and delivery targets.
• Support other relevant departments as required.
• Negotiate contracts, improve prices and terms of business with suppliers and investigate opportunities to make business savings utilising negotiation and purchasing best practice tools and methods.
• Facilitate between suppliers and other Unipart Manufacturing departments on new projects and activities.
• Monitor and advise on any issues which present risk or opportunity to the organisation.
• Provide supplier spend analysis and costs for new and existing activities.
• Prepare reports and updates as required.
• Work closely with others in the purchasing function and review opportunities for continuous improvement and business improvements.
• Raise and manage business system data such as new supplier set up, contracts, purchase orders etc.
• Build, maintain and manage supplier relationships in a professional and consistent manner.
• Compile departmental KPI data and supplier performance to enable evaluation.
• Assess and evaluate suppliers and support performance reviews.
• Fully embrace the tools and techniques utilised through the Unipart Way

About you:

• Enthusiastic, conscientious, results orientated, self-motivated with a ‘can do’ attitude.
• Developing strong working relationships with the project team and customers
• Good communicator to all levels in and outside of the business
• Ability to work well under pressure in a demanding environment.
• Good planning and organisational skills
• Willingness to learn and apply the Unipart Way principles and tools

About Unipart

We are a supply chain performance improvement partner. We Design, Make, Move, and Improve components in our customers’ supply chains, keeping their operations and assets moving and working better, for longer. Through our commitment to continuously driving operational efficiencies, we improve performance - saving time, cost, and carbon. Our ambition is to be the driving force behind efficient, resilient, and sustainable supply chains.

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

We believe that a great workplace is one where you can bring your whole self to work. Our recruitment process is designed to be accessible, inclusive, and based entirely on merit. We define merit through a combination of technical skills and the core behaviours that help our people thrive at Unipart. We welcome applications from everyone, regardless of background or circumstances. We are committed to a policy of equal opportunity that exceeds our statutory obligations under the Equality Act 2010 and subsequent legislation. Whether it’s your age, disability, neurodiversity, gender identity, family status, or any other characteristic that makes you ‘you’ - it is your talent and potential that we value most. Adjustments for you: We want you to perform at your best. If you require any reasonable adjustments or have specific accessibility needs at any stage of the application or interview process, please let us know. We are here to support you.

39 hours per week, Monday to Thursday 8 - 5pm, Friday 8-1pm

Registered Office: Unipart House, Garsington Road, Cowley, Oxford, OX4 2PG, United Kingdom | ICO Registration: Z7250768