Indirect Buyer - Automotive Manufacturing
Midlands (multi-site responsibility across three plants)
£50,000 - £55,000 DOE + excellent benefits
Most buying jobs are predictable. This one isn't.
One day you're negotiating a supplier on forklift tyres, the next you're locking in a multi-million-pound site-services deal across multiple plants. It's fast, it's varied, it's challenging, but nobody breathes down your neck, and you're treated like an adult.
Day-to-day you'll:
* Own the entire supply strategy for maintenance, repair, services and consumables
* Deliver (and beat) serious savings targets that hit the bottom line
* Benchmark, run RFQs, negotiate contracts like a pro
* Chase down non-conformities and make sure they stay fixed
* Keep the plants, engineering and finance all pointing the same direction
* Identify market opportunities to satisfy the plants requirements
* Improve and implement the cost reduction programs through price reductions / optimisations
You'll thrive here if you have:
1. Real indirect/MRO/plant buying experience inside manufacturing (advantageous if this has come from within Automotive)
2. CIPS is advantageous; proven results are essential
3. A track record of real savings and juggling multiple projects without dropping an...