About The Role The Procurement team at Volkswagen Group UK are recruiting for an indirect Buyer on a full time permanent basis. This role will report into the Procurement Category Manager.
What you could be doing:
* You will lead on the delivery of projects and value generation within a particular indirect spend area.
* You will be providing commercial guidance and where necessary coaching and supporting your stakeholders on Procurement process and policy.
* You'll take the lead on tender activity to leverage spend across our different brands and entities; including scope review, supplier due diligence, negotiation and recommendation for approval via presentation.
* You’ll proactively identify and implement areas of improvement, building strong stakeholder relationships while adding value to our core processes and ensure best practice is met at all times.
Skills and experience you can bring to role:
* Experience working in an indirect Procurement role.
* Confident and effective communicator with strong stakeholder management skills.
* A keen eye for detail, excellent analytical skills and a strong commercial acumen.
* A self-starter, who can operate independently in accordance to the category strategies agreed with your line manager.
* Resilience and curiosity: someone who is keen to learn and contribute within a continuous improvement environment
What can we offer you?
Along with a competitive salary, car schemes (including cars for family members), enhanced pension contributions, healthcare cash plan, 27 days holiday plus bank holidays, 4 x life insurance & health & wellbeing support, we also offer a wide range of flexible benefits to suit you and your lifestyle.
Procurement
Our centralised Procurement team sits at the heart of our dynamic business, working with all brands, functions as well as with Volkswagen Financial Services and Volkswagen Group Ireland and our other sister companies within the UK to achieve long term sustainable quality and added value through commercial excellence. The team is incredibly fast-paced and you'll be joining at an exciting time, with the team collaborating with their stakeholders on a variety of important activity after record breaking 2025.
About Us
We’re driven by difference. With six big brands under one roof – each with its own history, designs and innovations – we’ve created some of the world’s most iconic vehicles, from luxury sports cars to family camper vans. Here, you’ll discover opportunities, explore ideas and tackle challenges that you won’t find anywhere else.
It takes a range of teams to make the Group successful. We all share the same aim: to deliver sustainable mobility for generations to come, while keeping the customer and their changing demands at the heart of everything we do.
There’s never been a more exciting time to join our industry as it undergoes the biggest transformation for over 100 years. With digitalisation, electrification and driverless mobility all coming to the market, we’re actively looking for people with new skills, knowledge and outlooks. A brave new world demands brave, new, diverse people; so whatever your background, we would love to hear from you. We know that different perspectives and thought processes are vital as our industry goes through an exciting period of change.