• Buyer
• £45,000-£49,000
• Coventry
• Direct Spend

We are proud to be recruiting a Buyer for our Automotive client who are looking to add some more horsepower to their Procurement team! The team is currently growing and so you would be joining at an exciting time of growth!

You will be working closely with engineering and prototype teams, as well as other departments, so strong procurement and stakeholder experience is required. Ideally you will come from an Automotive or Manufacturing background, with a track record in strategic procurement.

This opportunity will be focusing on negotiation of short-term costs, long-term contracts and supplier management, so a holistic view of the Procurement lifecycle would be desirable. Ideally you would also be CIPS qualified or working towards, with similar equivalent qualifications considered.

Responsibilities:

• Purchase goods, materials, components, or services in line with specified cost, quality and delivery targets.
• Responsible for commercial activities with suppliers on a short-term and long-term basis; negotiating costs, contracts, service agreements, rebates and other aspects relevant too.
• Manage supplier relationships and evaluate suppliers and undertake performance reviews to ensure contract compliance and manage performance improvement activities.
• To support in managing the procurement and expediting of established production and prototype parts within all functions of the business, while meeting quality standards throughout.
• Monitor market trends, competitor strategies, market suppliers and changes to these that may affect the supply and demand of goods.
• 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
• To establish and implement a robust schedule of production parts where applicable
• Responsible for planning, supply management, and inventory analysis
• Work on new initiatives to improve supplier relationships and identify best value for money practices
• To develop current and future new product strategies with Engineering and Manufacturing to optimise costs

Ideal Candidate:

• 5+ Years as a buyer
• Automotive or manufacturing background
• CIPS qualified or working towards
• Proven track record of strategic procurement
• Experience in negotiation and stakeholder management
• MRP/ERP system knowledge
• IT Proficient
• Strong commercial acumen

If this role is of interest, then please apply now with your latest CV!

Please put your home postcode on your CV when applying. Our recruitment tech uses this to make sure your CV is reviewed by the relevant consultant, for the relevant job(s), in the relevant geography.

Macildowie are a recruitment business working on behalf of a client to recruit this role. Your personal data may be forwarded to that client company as part of the application process.

If you would like information on how we will process your data please go to our website (macildowie.com) and view our fair processing notices which are located at the bottom of the page under privacy policies. Within the fair processing notice for Candidates there is guidance on how to amend your contact preferences or exercise your rights relating to personal data. We can't provide direct links as email address and website urls within our job adverts are removed by some of the websites on which we advertise.

Macildowie is a specialist recruitment consultancy with a rich history of enhancing the careers of professionals across the Midlands and the Northern Home Counties. We have an unrivalled understanding of the local market place and recruit for the majority of the region's premier employers. To search for all of our live jobs please visit us at macildowie.com.