Electronics & Control Systems Sourcing Lead

Motorsport Network, LLC; Wantage; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Williams F1 Team is seeking a procurement professional to manage electronics and control systems purchasing for a fast-paced racing environment. Responsibilities include generating purchase orders, expediting deliveries, and ensuring compliance with engineering specifications.

The role involves handling supplier terms, tender processes, and continuous improvement in obsolescence management and traceability to support race operations.

Qualifications

• Previous procurement experience in fast-changing engineering or manufacturing environments, ideally electronics or control systems commodities.
• Understanding of technical drawings, schematics and BOMs, with procurement experience of electronic components, wiring looms, sensors, PCBs or control systems hardware.
• Excellent communication, negotiation and influencing skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Generate Purchase Orders for the supply of electronic components, control systems hardware and related services, ensuring specifications are communicated and that the purchase requirement is properly authorised.
• Expedite and progress deliveries from suppliers and maintain timely reporting of delivery status of parts, feeding back status to internal stakeholders.
• Deal with non-conformances quickly and efficiently to minimise delays.
• Take the lead on tender processes for electronics and control systems commodities, creating new contracts with clear deliverables, lead times and terms and conditions.
• Negotiate contracts with suppliers that provide best value to the business and contribute to obsolescence management and traceability.

Job description

Williams F1 Team is seeking a procurement professional to manage electronics and control systems purchasing for a fast-paced racing environment. Responsibilities include generating purchase orders, expediting deliveries, and ensuring compliance with engineering specifications.

The role involves handling supplier terms, tender processes, and continuous improvement in obsolescence management and traceability to support race operations.