Job Title: Buyer
Location: Gaydon, Warwickshire
Rate: £38.57ph via an Umbrella Company (Inside IR35) or £28.72ph on a PAYE basis
Employment Type: Contract (Currently financed until January 2027 – Maternity Cover)
Hours: Standard 40 Hours Per Week
Reference: J37253769
Position Description
Reporting to the Regional Purchasing Manager, this role will manage the external supply chain from suppliers and ensure supplier performance meets Quality, Cost, Delivery, Innovation and Sustainability (QCDIS) requirements. The role handles post‑sourcing commercial contract and change management activities for designated commodities and suppliers, and interfaces with key functions including Production Purchasing, Product Engineering, Supplier Technical Assistance, Material Planning and Logistics, Cost Estimating and Manufacturing.
Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities
* Cost Management: Ensure effective cost management of particular commodities and suppliers, launch new products at target cost, achieve year‑on‑year cost reduction, resolve in‑contract commercial issues, lead negotiations with external suppliers.
* Supplier Relationship Management: Participate in and lead Supplier Business Reviews, support stakeholder engagement, act as primary interface with Product Engineering, develop global supplier relationships, validate commercial contracts, analyse supplier programme resources, manufacturing process and cost drivers, OEE, shift patterns, valuation and risk management.
* Other: Contribute to process improvement and best practice adoption, manage supplier and supply chain risk post SCPA, ensure compliance with client Way and KWS processes, maintain system integrity, and undertake other duties as directed.
Key Interactions
* Global Purchasing Finance
* Programme Teams
* STA
* Cost Engineering
* Product Engineering
* Supplier Base
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
* Degree qualified or equivalent experience.
* Delivering complex supply chain solutions in a fast‑paced, high‑pressure manufacturing environment.
* Ability to work independently, results driven, demonstrating tenacity and perseverance.
* Implementing and delivering purchasing strategies with a focus on total value chain delivery.
* Identify opportunities for creating value in a commodity or commodities.
* Resilient and enthusiastic, responds constructively to new ideas.
* Strong communicator with ability to influence cross‑functional engagement.
* Effective team player, actively develops and supports team members.
* Maintaining compliance with standard policies and procedures.
Desirable
* Proven track record in delivering results in favourable and unfavourable conditions.
* Positive challenger with credibility and trust.
* Experience working in a global, multi‑cultural environment.
Personal Profile
* Independent, results driven, demonstrates tenacity and perseverance, delivers operational plans in a complex environment.
* Combines short‑term pragmatic focus with medium‑term planning.
* Resilient and enthusiastic, responds constructively to new ideas.
* Good communicator of complex ideas.
* Effective team player, actively develops and supports team members.
Desirable Personal Profile
* Challenges existing thinking positively, builds credibility and trust.
THIS POSITION IS CONFIRMED INSIDE IR35
Our Clients are unable to provide sponsorship for Visas; therefore, only candidates eligible to work in the UK need apply.
No terminology within this advert is intended to unlawfully discriminate on the grounds of age, sex, race or disability and we welcome all applications.
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