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🥝 Indirect Buyer

William Scott Consulting Ltd | ashby de la zouch, United-Kingdom | Posted June 20, 2026

Job Description

Indirect Buyer - Automotive Manufacturing

Midlands (multi-site responsibility across three plants)

GBP50,000 (up to GBP55k if you're exceptional) + 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 requi...

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