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...