Indirect Buyer
Brackley, UK
At the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team, a group of passionate and determined people work to design, develop, manufacture and race the cars with the aim of fighting for world championships each and every year.
Whether working in our Operations, Technical, Race or Business Support functions, we are all in and aspire to build the greatest team in the history of our sport.
Every individual plays their part. No stone is left unturned in the chase for every tenth of a second. The history of our sport is long and rich, and we are continuing our journey with renewed effort year on year. Record books remember the names of a few, but history is written by the many.
About the Role:
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Buyer within our Indirect Purchasing department.
The ideal candidate will have indirect purchasing experience across multiple commodities, with a focus on Brand Marketing, events, and strong stakeholder management skills. Experience in Marketing, Legal, and Venues is beneficial, as is familiarity with SAP. Commitment, motivation, and self-discipline are essential.
Flexibility in hours and approach is required, along with appropriate supportive team behaviours, and abilities to work with minimal supervision to tight deadlines in a high throughput environment.
The Buyer will collaborate with various stakeholders across indirect departments including Marketing, Communications, Finance & Commercial to expand the scale and scope of indirect purchasing activities; maximising value for money and ensuring professional process and control of expenditure.
Key Accountabilities (Duties):
Participating in high value purchasing activities in line with company policy including:
* Lead Projects drive communications, manage multiple stakeholders and workflows to keep projects on time, on brand and on budget.
* Provide key purchasing expertise to Marketing, Communications, Finance & Commercial stakeholder to optimise purchasing activities.
* Prepare commercial specifications for requests and proposals with relevant stakeholders, including Terms and Conditions and evaluation criteria. (with Support from Legal).
* Oversee the end-to-end project delivery, ensuring timelines, budgets, and quality standards are met.
* Request competitive quotations and negotiate best value with suppliers for a variety of indirect goods and services.
* Produce and run sourcing exercises create purchasing recommendation documentation with respect to quality, suitability, delivery and pricing.
* Responsible for awarding contracts and purchase orders with consensus from the respective stakeholders.
* Recommend achievable changes to related company practices; interpret policies and procedures to stakeholders in their need to purchase goods and services.
* Analyse current procurement activities and recommend improvement through more efficient procurement methods, quantity discounts, standardisation, value analysis and cooperative purchasing.
* Prepare and maintain accurate records and documentation on all request for quotes, responses, purchases, contracts, correspondence and related follow up.
* Regularly meet with stakeholders and suppliers to discuss the purchase of goods or services and determine best value approach.
* Proactively liaise between suppliers and stakeholders to resolve purchasing supply issues, ensuring an accurate and timely provision of information and supply.
* Expedite outstanding purchase orders to ensure delivery requirements are met.
* Manage supplier performance to ensure cost, quality, delivery expectations are achieved and maintained.
* Evaluate and monitor contracts to be sure that suppliers comply with the terms and conditions of the contract and to determine the need for relevant contract changes.
* Coordinate and resolve contractual problems/queries with stakeholders and suppliers.
* Ensure that all purchasing activity is compliant with the company’s policies and procedures.
* Keep apprised of economic/business situations as they affect purchasing strategy; make recommendations to stakeholders to adequately meet those changing conditions.
* Assist in resolving Accounts Payable invoice discrepancies and variances.
* Accurately maintain the purchasing databases to a high standard.
* Perform other related duties such as special assignments and annual major objectives as required.
The Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One leads with PRIDE, our overarching values to drive the Team to continued success and aspiring to become unbeatable in every challenge we undertake. The successful candidate will demonstrate Passion, Respect, Innovation, Determination and Excellence in how they approach their work and become an asset to the company.
Benefits:
Our riverside campus is powered by 100% renewably sourced energy and features an on-site gym and exercise studio, subsidised restaurant and on-site parking with EV chargers available.
We offer a competitive and attractive package of benefits including a generous bonus scheme, Mercedes car lease scheme, private medical cover, life assurance and 25 days holiday. We pride ourselves on our family-friendly environment and employee well-being programmes.
Why Us:
We believe that building a more inclusive and diverse culture helps us go faster and further.
From recruitment and building our future talent pipeline to internal communications and leadership training, we’re building a team where everyone can thrive and contribute to our shared success.
Our aim is to attract, develop and retain exceptional people from all backgrounds, creating a workplace where all team members feel respected, supported and able to fulfil their potential.
Your Application:
We will ask you to complete a questionnaire as well as submitting a cover letter and CV. Please upload your cover letter and CV as one single PDF file.