Buyer/Planner – Heritage and TPC

Atlassian Williams F1 Team; Witney; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equal opportunity employer

Reasonable job adjustments

Job summary

Atlassian Williams F1 Team in Witney is seeking a lead Buyer to procure components and services for Heritage and TPC, aligning lead times, quality and price with production needs.

You will negotiate terms, coordinate forecasts and manage the high-paced order book, acting as the single point of contact for TPC integration within Car Programme Management.

Qualifications

• At least 2 years’ experience in a procurement role, preferably motorsport.
• Ability to manage a large, high-paced order book.
• Experience of planning or scheduling material demand in manufacturing.
• Working knowledge of manufacturing processes in a high-performance engineering setting.
• Competent Excel skills, with working knowledge of Microsoft Project or an equivalent planning tool.

Responsibilities

• Procure components and services for Heritage and TPC, balancing lead time, quality and price.
• Process purchase orders ensuring heritage engineering specs and approvals.
• Negotiate supplier quotes to secure favourable terms and maintain records.
• Check supplier acknowledgements and resolve non-conformances quickly.
• Lead tender process and create new contracts with clear deliverables.
• Conduct supplier audits across Heritage and TPC.
• Forecast demand translating build/test/event calendars into material requirements.
• Maintain the supply plan and manage delivery risk proactively.
• Engage with internal stakeholders to keep them informed of progress on outsourced parts.
• Act as the single point of contact for TPC integration with the Car Programme Management function.

Skills

Procurement and supplier management

Planning and scheduling

Technical understanding

Stakeholder management

Continuous improvement

Tools

Excel

Microsoft Project

Job description

Main Duties

• Procure components and services for Heritage and TPC, working closely with production and engineering to ensure sourcing achieves the optimum balance between lead time, quality and price.
• Process purchase orders for Heritage and TPC goods and services, ensuring heritage engineering specifications, processes and engineering issues are fully communicated, and the purchase requirement is appropriately authorised.
• Negotiate the commercial aspects of supplier quotes to secure favourable business terms, maintaining accurate purchase system records for the Heritage and TPC commodities.
• Check supplier acknowledgements and challenge where required, resolving non-conformances quickly to minimise delay to the Heritage manufacturing process and the TPC programme.
• Lead the tender process and create new contracts with clear deliverables, terms and conditions, driving suppliers and contractors to achieve the required outcomes.
• Conduct supplier audits across Heritage and TPC.
• Forecast Heritage and TPC demand, translating the build, test and event calendars into material requirements, order dates and delivery timelines.
• Maintain the supply plan against those calendars, managing delivery risk proactively, holding stakeholders to account for plan dates and reporting status against relevant metrics.
• Engage and communicate with internal stakeholders across heritage, creative and parts logistics to keep them informed of progress on outsourced Heritage and TPC parts.
• Act as the single point of contact for TPC integration with the wider Car Programme Management function, maintaining clear segregation of out-of-cap Heritage and TPC activity in line with cost cap requirements.

Key Accountabilities

• Understand and work in line with Williams Values & Behaviours, encouraging others to do the same.
• Ensure understanding of and compliance with health and safety obligations.
• Maintain personal high standards of behaviour and conduct, being a positive ambassador for the department.
• Ensure you adhere to brand rules and maintain high standards of department presentation.
• Work to quality standards and identify and contribute ways to continuously improve department and personal performance.
• Ensure understanding of cost cap rules and requirements.

Core Competencies

• Procurement and supplier management – sourcing, negotiation and management of a large, high-paced order book.
• Planning and scheduling – translating build, test and event demand into material requirements and delivery dates.
• Technical understanding – a strong understanding of technical drawings and basic manufacturing techniques.
• Stakeholder management and communication.
• Continuous improvement.

Qualifications and Experience Level

• A minimum of 2 years’ experience within a procurement role, preferably motorsport.
• Demonstrable ability to manage an extremely large and high-paced order book.
• Working knowledge of manufacturing processes in a high-performance engineering setting.
• Experience of planning or scheduling material demand in a manufacturing environment.
• Competent Excel skills, with working knowledge of Microsoft Project or an equivalent planning tool.

Company Description

To procure components and services from suppliers to support internal demand from Heritage and TPC (Testing of a Previous Car), and to plan that supply against the Heritage and TPC build, test and event calendars. The role acts as lead buyer across both programmes and as the single point of contact for TPC integration with the wider Car Programme Management function, working closely with production and engineering to secure parts at the optimum balance between lead time, quality and price, whilst maintaining clear segregation from in-cap Direct Procurement resource and cost cap workstreams. Location: Williams Heritage, Witney. Role scope: Heritage and TPC (Testing of a Previous Car). Additional Information

Atlassian Williams F1 Team is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and inclusion. We are happy to discuss reasonable job adjustments.