Indirect Procurement Buyer

Volkswagen Group UK Ltd; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car scheme

Enhanced pension contributions

Healthcare cash plan

27 days holiday + bank holidays

Life insurance & wellbeing support

Job summary

Volkswagen Group UK is recruiting a full-time indirect Buyer to join the Procurement team and report into the Procurement Category Manager. You will lead on delivery of projects and value generation within indirect spend, provide commercial guidance, coach stakeholders, and drive tender activity to leverage spend across brands and entities.

We offer a competitive salary, car schemes, enhanced pension contributions, healthcare cash plan, 27 days holiday plus bank holidays, life insurance and

Qualifications

• Experience working in an indirect Procurement Buyer role.
• Confident and effective communicator with strong stakeholder management skills.
• A keen eye for detail, excellent analytical skills and a strong commercial acumen.
• A self-starter, who can operate independently in accordance to the category strategies agreed with your line manager.
• Resilience and curiosity: someone who is keen to learn and contribute within a continuous improvement environment

Responsibilities

• Lead on the delivery of projects and value generation within an indirect spend area.
• Provide commercial guidance and coaching on Procurement process and policy.
• Lead tender activity to leverage spend across brands and entities; scope review, supplier due diligence, negotiation and recommendation for approval.
• Proactively identify and implement improvements, build stakeholder relationships and ensure best practice across core processes.

Skills

Indirect procurement

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Commercial acumen

Independent work

Job description

About The Role

The Procurement team at Volkswagen Group UK are recruiting for an indirectBuyer on a full time permanent basis. This role will report into the Procurement Category Manager.

What you could be doing

• You will lead on the delivery of projects and value generation within an indirect spend area.
• You will be providing commercial guidance and where necessary coaching and supporting your stakeholders on Procurement process and policy.
• You'll take the lead on tender activity to leverage spend across our different brands and entities; including scope review, supplier due diligence, negotiation and recommendation for approval via presentation.
• You’ll proactively identify and implement areas of improvement, building strong stakeholder relationships while adding value to our core processes and ensure best practice is met at all times.

Skills and experience you can bring to role

• Experience workingin an indirect Procurement Buyer role.
• Confident and effective communicator with strong stakeholder management skills.
• A keen eye for detail, excellent analytical skills and a strong commercial acumen.
• A self-starter, who can operate independently in accordance to the category strategies agreed with your line manager.
• Resilience and curiosity: someone who is keen to learn and contribute within a continuous improvement environment

What can we offer you

Along with a competitive salary, car schemes (including cars for family members), enhanced pension contributions, healthcare cash plan, 27 days holiday plus bank holidays, 4 x life insurance & health & wellbeing support, we also offer a wide range of flexible benefits to suit you and your lifestyle.

Procurement

Our centralised Procurement team sits at the heart of our dynamic business, working with all brands, functions as well as with Volkswagen Financial Services and Volkswagen Group Ireland and our other sister companies within the UK to achieve long term sustainable quality and added value through commercial excellence. The team is incredibly fast-paced and you'll be joining at an exciting time, with the team collaborating with their stakeholders on a variety of important activity after a record breaking 2025.

About The Company

We’re driven by difference. With six big brands under one roof – each with its own history, designs and innovations – we’ve created some of the world’s most iconic vehicles, from luxury sports cars to family camper vans. Here, you’ll discover opportunities, explore ideas and tackle challenges that you won’t find anywhere else.

It takes a range of teams to make the Group successful. We all share the same aim: to deliver sustainable mobility for generations to come, while keeping the customer and their changing demands at the heart of everything we do.

There’s never been a more exciting time to join our industry as it undergoes the biggest transformation for over 100 years. With digitalisation, electrification and driverless mobility all coming to the market, we’re actively looking for people with new skills, knowledge and outlooks. A brave new world demands brave, new, diverse people; so whatever your background, we would love to hear from you. We know that different perspectives and thought processes are vital as our industry goes through an exciting period of change.