Senior Buyer - Castings and Forgings

JCB; Rocester; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Onsite gym

In-house doctor

Dentist and visiting optician

ULEV car scheme

JCB Rewards Hub

Cycle to Work

Job summary

JCB is seeking a Senior Buyer for Castings and Forgings to lead global procurement strategies, optimise supplier portfolios and drive value across our manufacturing network in the UK. You will collaborate with engineering, operations and finance to deliver cost-effective, innovative sourcing solutions.

You will manage category strategies, champion continuous improvement, and act as a global leader interfacing with external partners, ensuring alignment with business goals and sustainability

Qualifications

• Experience in manufacturing environment with cost control, negotiation and stakeholder management.
• Thrives in a dynamic, global matrix organisation and can operate at all levels of the business.
• Excellent communication skills with a proactive, customer-focused mindset.
• Passion for procurement, continuous improvement, innovation and procurement processes.
• Comfortable dealing with a wide range of global suppliers and international business cultures.

Responsibilities

• Lead global procurement strategies and category management for casting and forging components.
• Support a broad portfolio of stakeholders from engineering, operations management to finance.
• Drive value creation and optimisation across procurement with continuous improvement and process development.
• Act as a global leader for categories, interfacing between engineering, operations and external supply partners.

Job description

Salary: Competitive

Contract Type: Full Time

Working Pattern: Permanent

Senior Buyer Role Castings and Forgings

About the role:

As a Senior Buyer for our materials procurement department, you'll be a part of a dynamic forward thinking, strategically focused procurement, managing a diverse supplier portfolio to maximise value creation for our stakeholders and customers. This role is pivotal in driving continuous improvement, commercial incentives, and process innovation supporting a world class team of procurement professionals. Collaborating closely with cross-functional teams across our diverse and enigmatic departments.

What does this role involve day to day?

• You'll be at the forefront of your field, delivering measurable, and tangible value as part of JCB. One global team, one connected team, one JCB.
• Leading global procurement strategies and category management of casting and forging components and strategies.
• Supporting a wide portfolio of stakeholders from engineering, operations management to finance.
• Drive value creation and optimization across procurement championing continuous improvement, process development and acting as a cost-conscious ambassador.
• Act as a global leader for your categories interfacing between engineering, operations, and external supply partners.

This will be suited to you if...

• Experience working in a manufacturing environment, proven capability in cost control, negotiation and stakeholder management.
• You thrive in a dynamic, global matrix organisation and are comfortable working at all levels within the business.
• You possess excellent communication skills and a proactive, customer-focused mindset.
• You're passionate about procurement, continuous improvement, innovation and procurement processes.
• Enjoy dealing with an array of global suppliers and are adaptable to international business cultures.

What Impact will you have?

• You will be at the heart of casting and forgings procurement shaping and defining the future landscape for your categories within JCB.
• You’ll drive innovation to support our commercial and growth targets alongside supporting our net zero ambitions whilst delivering world class products to our customers.
• You will create an arena of openness, honesty and integrity within our supply chain, right sizing it for tomorrow's growth.

What's in it for you?

This is your chance to join a company that values expertise not only in rewards but also in real employee care. At JCB you don't just get a competitive salary, 33 days' holiday and access to our company pension—you can also use our onsite gym, in-house doctor, dentist and visiting optician. We have an ULEV car scheme available for our employees too. Then there's the JCB Rewards Hub, which gives you discounts with high street retailers. Feel like biking to work? There's our Cycle to Work Scheme.

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