Indirect Purchasing Specialist: Strategic Sourcing Savings

Genuine Parts Company; Rotherham; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Alliance Automotive Group is seeking an experienced Indirect Purchasing Buyer to support the establishment and delivery of an effective indirect procurement function across the group. You will source, negotiate, purchase, and manage suppliers for goods and services that support business operations.

You will work with internal stakeholders to ensure value, quality, service continuity, compliance and cost efficiency in purchasing activities across multiple sites.

Qualifications

• Experience in a purchasing, procurement, buying, or supply-chain role.
• Experience managing indirect spend categories, suppliers, quotations, and purchase orders.
• Strong negotiation and commercial awareness skills.
• Ability to analyse pricing, supplier proposals, and total-cost considerations.

Responsibilities

• Support end-to-end purchasing activities for indirect goods and services.
• Source, evaluate, and onboard suppliers in line with business requirements and procurement processes.
• Obtain and assess quotations, conduct supplier negotiations, and recommend best-value purchasing decisions.
• Manage purchase orders, ensuring accuracy, appropriate approvals, and timely delivery.
• Support the development of supplier agreements, including commercial terms, service levels, and pricing arrangements.
• Monitor supplier performance, delivery, quality, cost, and service issues; resolve or escalate concerns as required.
• Build effective working relationships with internal stakeholders across relevant functions.
• Identify opportunities to reduce costs, consolidate spend, improve processes, and standardise purchasing activity.
• Maintain accurate procurement records, contracts, pricing, supplier information, and purchasing documentation.
• Ensure purchasing activities comply with internal policies, delegated authority limits, and applicable governance requirements.
• Support spend analysis, reporting, budgeting, and procurement planning.
• Contribute to the development of indirect procurement processes, systems, controls, and best practices for the new function.

Skills

Purchasing experience

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Analytical

MS Office

Procurement systems

Education

Procurement qualification (desirable)

Tools

MS Excel

Procurement software

Job description

Alliance Automotive Group is seeking an experienced Indirect Purchasing Buyer to support the establishment and delivery of an effective indirect procurement function across the group. You will source, negotiate, purchase, and manage suppliers for goods and services that support business operations.

You will work with internal stakeholders to ensure value, quality, service continuity, compliance and cost efficiency in purchasing activities across multiple sites.