Technical Buyer

Overview

2025 sees MoneyGram Haas F1 Team celebrate its tenth season in the FIA Formula 1 World Championship. We’re here to challenge the competition and invite you to join us. We are the first American Formula 1 team to compete since 1986, with a points-scoring debut in 2016 and continued growth as we aim for a successful future. We are a racing team with three HQs — Kannapolis (US), Banbury (UK) and Maranello (Italy) — and a team culture known in the paddock as the ‘family team’, offering broad visibility across the business and clear contribution from every member.

Yes, you’ll learn from us, but we also expect to learn from you.

Responsibilities

• Promote teamwork and effective communications to develop working relationships between all personnel and departments.
• Follow procurement guidelines, policies and procedures, continually challenging cost, quality and lead time.
• Support the Procurement Director and their designee in ensuring individual tasks are completed in line with programme requirements.
• Compile agreements with external partners ready for internal submission and review within Haas F1 and ensure subsequent adherence to these agreements by both parties.
• Support the project management of vendor-supplied projects that require cross-functional collaboration.
• Foresee potential quality and delivery risks, and implement corrective actions.
• Possess relevant engineering skills to determine supplier selection, understand manufacturing processes and negotiate costs.
• Provide feedback to engineering on changes that could reduce cost or improve quality without compromising part integrity.
• Audit vendor capability, capacity and sustainability and consider solutions beyond the current motorsport community for best outcomes.
• Offer multiple supply options and select the optimum solution per situation.
• Develop and maintain relationships with parts vendors to obtain and purchase parts.
• Handle invoice queries and liaise with the finance department to resolve them.
• Participate in developing specifications for equipment and products.
• Support indirect procurement activities as required.
• Follow all safety regulations in all venues.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Procurement Director or their designee.

Education and Work Experience

• High School diploma or equivalent required. Further education such as an apprenticeship or University degree is desirable.
• 3 or more years of technical procurement experience including bought-out-to-drawing parts.
• Experience working in a dynamic and fast-paced environment with time-critical deadlines.

Specialized Knowledge and Skills

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Fluent Italian with excellent understanding of English.
• Strong technical background in engineering or manufacturing environments.
• Ability to translate Design Office requirements to suppliers for a range of commodities including composite and machined parts.
• Ability to work to a consistently high standard in dynamic and time-sensitive situations.
• Quick, scientific and analytical decision-making skills.
• Ability to work well within a team and integrate with colleagues at all levels.
• A can-do, positive approach and willingness to help others is essential.

Equipment and Applications

• Microsoft Office 365 suite (Excel, SharePoint, Teams, Power BI).
• Experience with ERP systems (e.g., Microsoft Dynamics 365).
• Ability to navigate PLM systems (e.g., Dassault Systems 3DX).

Work Environment and Physical Demands

• Ability to work under high pressure and adhere to time-critical deadlines with a methodical approach.
• Occasional domestic and international travel; willingness to work long and flexible hours including weekends.
• May require lifting up to 50 pounds, frequent bending, squatting and manual dexterity.
• Fast-paced environment involving machinery, race cars, testing rigs, debris, and hazardous fluids.
• All employees must comply with the Company Health and Safety Policy and applicable laws.

Core Company Values

• Integrity: Uphold the highest standards of integrity in all actions.
• Innovation: Embrace and drive change through innovative solutions.
• Excellence: Strive for excellence in every aspect of work.
• Collaboration: Foster a collaborative environment to achieve collective goals.
• Customer Focus: Prioritize the needs and satisfaction of customers and partners.
• Sustainability: Commit to sustainable practices and social responsibility.

Notice

Due to the nature of the organisation, all employees are required to be security cleared to National Security Vetting standards. If successful, we would support you with the NSV process. You would normally need to have been a UK resident for the last 5 consecutive years. Further information can be found at https://www.caa.co.uk/Commercial-industry/Security/Vetting/National-security-vetting/.

If you have not been a UK resident for the last 5 consecutive years, please be prepared to request an Overseas Criminal Records Check as part of referencing and security checks if you are successful. For more detail on salary and company information, use the apply link.