Senior Buyer - Indirect

JR United Kingdom; Leicester; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

JR United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Buyer to oversee indirect procurement activities within the automotive sector. The ideal candidate will lead supplier management, negotiate contracts, and ensure compliance with company policies. Candidates should possess strong procurement skills and a passion for high-quality product sourcing.

Benefits

Pension

Employee Referral Scheme

Qualifications

• Strong background in indirect procurement with excellent negotiation skills.
• Experience in supplier relationship management and strategic procurement.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage complex negotiations.

Responsibilities

• Leading procurement activities across various indirect areas of spend.
• Managing supplier relationships and performance to ensure compliance.
• Negotiating and administering contracts with suppliers.

Skills

Negotiation skills

Supplier relationship management

Analytical skills

Organisational skills

Interpersonal skills

Education

CIPS qualified or working towards

Degree Qualified

Tools

Office 365

e-Procurement tools

MRP/ERP system experience

Job description

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The DRVN Automotive Group are recruiting exclusively for an Senior Buyer to work across a wide range of indirect areas of spend. The Senior Buyer will be a confident individual to dive right in and be responsible for supporting the business in sourcing quality products and services.

The Senior Buyer will play a critical role in sourcing, negotiating, and managing the supply chain for indirect purchases and will have a strong background within indirect procurement, and possess excellent negotiation skills, and a passion for delivering high-quality products to our customers.

Overview of the Role

• Senior Buyer - Indirect
• Pension
• Employee Referral Scheme
• Location: Coventry

Company Overview

The DRVN Automotive Group are a sector leading automotive group, specialising in the design, manufacture, and distribution of luxury automotive brands, recognised globally for our commitment to innovation, quality, and engineering, centred around a world-class customer experience.

The DRVN group have made some major recent announcements to launch some of Ford Motor Company’s most historically significant icons kick starting with the RS200 and MK1 Escort, giving engineers an amazing platform to not only showcase their engineering and design skills across various disciplines, but to work on the most amazing modernisation programmes ever to be seen.

Responsibilities

• Company Policies: follow the quality, health, safety, and welfare policies of the company
• Leading the Procurement activities across a wide range of Indirect areas of spend; including but not limited to:
• Capital equipment
• Professional services
• Site services
• Software licenses
• Goods & materials
• Consumables
• Service / warranty parts
• Delivering Procurement activities in line with cost, quality, and delivery requirements
• Manage supplier relationships, evaluate new suppliers, and undertake performance reviews to ensure contract compliance and manage supplier performance improvement activities
• Ensure continuous supply of required goods and materials and communicate any supply problems which may pose a risk or impact on business operations
• Monitor market trends, competitor strategies and market suppliers
• Negotiate and administer robust contracts, prices, and terms of business with suppliers - both for long-term strategic and short-term transactional supplier relationships
• Define opportunities to realise business cost and efficiency savings utilising procurement best practice tools and methods
• Apply a 'Total Cost of Ownership/Acquisition' approach to opportunity appraisal and recommendations
• Will be required to think and act with strong commercial awareness and will use this skill across all functions of the business in an assertive yet professional manner.
• Prepare, define, and execute innovative purchasing strategies in order to deliver the required value
• Stay current and up to date on any changes that may affect the supply and demand of needed products and materials and advise others of any impact on the business.
• Collaborate closely with MP&L to ensure planning, supply management, and inventory analysis are aligned to business continuity needs
• Proven ability of working as an Indirect Senior Buyer within a purchasing function, preferably within the Automotive industry but not essential
• Strong sense of ‘business acumen’ and analytical skills
• Experience in supplier relationship management, negotiations, and cost saving / value generating activities
• Strong leadership and influencing skills, along with excellent stakeholder management and relationship management
• An excellent negotiator with a proven track record of successful commercial negotiations
• Able to manage and execute complex negotiations
• Ability to demonstrate high organisational skills and continually focus on attention to detail and continuous improvement
• Evidence of meeting deliverables in a fast-paced working environment
• Strong interpersonal skills, and communication skills both verbal and written
• Decisive, dynamic, pro-active, and assertive qualities
• IT literate – Office 365, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, use of e-Procurement tools an advantage
• Good knowledge of NPI
• MRP/ERP system experience
• Must have IDLR/Full Rights to work in UK. Sponsorship will not be provided.

DESIRABLE:

• CIPS qualified, or working towards
• Degree Qualified

Please note we do not provide sponsorships to those who require it and will only accept applications from those who have full rights to work in the UK with no restrictions and IDLR status. Please provide status on applications.

Our inclusive workplace welcomes and values all candidates from all backgrounds, we believe that diversity enhances our ability to innovate and serve our customers effectively. We are an equal opportunity employer and strive to create an environment where everyone feels respected, supported, and able to bring their authentic selves to work. If you require any reasonable adjustments to participate in the recruitment process, please let us know, and we will do our best to accommodate your needs.