Group Senior Buyer

Group Senior Buyer
£40,000 - £49,000
Coventry

The Recruitment Bunker are recruiting exclusively for a Senior Buyer for a leading group of companies based in Coventry.

The DRVN group are looking for an experienced Senior Buyer with a deep understanding of the Automotive Engineering industry to join our procurement team. The Senior Buyer will play a critical role in sourcing, negotiating, and managing the supply chain for our automotive projects. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in procurement, excellent negotiation skills, and a passion for delivering high-quality products to our customers.

Overview of the Role

• Group Senior Buyer
• Salary - £40,000 – £49,000
• Holidays: 25 days plus 8 Bank Holidays
• Pension
• Location: Coventry

Company Overview

DRVN are a sector leading automotive group, specialising in the design, manufacture, and distribution of luxury automotive brands, recognised globally for our commitment to innovation, quality and engineering, centred around a world-class customer experience.

Responsibilities

• Purchase goods, materials, components, or services in line with specified cost, quality, and delivery targets
• Responsible for commercial dealings with suppliers and supporting the Commercial Director in making key commercial decisions
• To support in managing the procurement and expediting of established production and prototype parts within all functions of the business including the Offices, Electronics, Trim Shop, Production, and for low volume manufacturing, including ad hoc scheduled parts
• Prepare, define, and execute innovative purchasing strategies in order to deliver the required value
• Stay current and up to date on any changes that may affect the supply and demand of needed products and materials and advise others of any impact on the business
• Manage supplier relationships and evaluate suppliers and undertake performance reviews to ensure contract compliance and manage performance improvement activities
• To support in service part management and warranty; supporting capital expenditure purchasing activity and site service procurement needs
• Support the ECRs process. (Engineering Change Requests in relation to purchasing)
• To develop current and future new product strategies with Engineering and Manufacturing to optimise costs
• To meet the Quality standards as required under ISO9001.

Essential Skills

• Proven ability of working as a Senior Buyer within an Automotive or Manufacturing purchasing function
• Strong sense of ‘business acumen’ and analytical skills
• Experience in supplier relationship management, negotiations, and cost down activities
• Strong leadership and influencing skills, along with excellent stakeholder management and relationship management.
• An excellent negotiator with a proven track record of successful commercial negotiations
• Ability to demonstrate high organisational skills and continually focus on attention to detail and continuous improvement.
• Evidence of meeting deliverables in a fast-paced working environment
• Strong interpersonal skills, and communication skills both verbal and written.
• Decisive, dynamic, pro-active, and assertive qualities
• IT literate – Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Good knowledge of NPI
• MRP/ERP system experience.

Desirable Skills

• CIPS Degree Qualified.