Senior Category Buyer - Leicester - £60k - Automotive

Senior Category Buyer - Leicester - £60k - Automotive

1st Executive is proud to release this Senior Category Buyer position for this Iconic Automotive Manufacturer who have built this "Worldwide" brand since the late 1800's. Point of sale has seen an incredible surge over the past 3 years taking the UK turnover to £1bn. This is double since 2021 due to worldwide marketing and online reach. Directly because of these new projections they need a career focused Procurement Category Buyer within this best of class Procurement Team.

This position is a pure Greenfield opportunity due to its amazing found growth and therefore gives this Procurement Professional a capped career path.

The company has an excellent open and honest career focussed / fun culture with flexible working offers and a clear Procurement management ladder to aim towards.

The Procurement Category Buyer will perform within Powertrain, Chassis Parts or Electrical Commodities to achieve best value through the supply chain for direct components.

The Category Buyer will design, develop, and implement category strategies and sourcing initiatives with the aim of:

1. Supporting Company's continued success and growth
2. Reducing BOM and development costs
3. Maintaining and building on the current high-quality standards
4. Reducing development lead-times and identifying efficiencies within the production process
5. Identifying new market technologies and driving their implementation to enhance product line up
6. Effectively managing risks and opportunities within the supply chain

The Category Buyer will collaborate with the wider product, design and Quality Control (QC) functions and champion the development of the performance of the existing supply base. Where appropriate, they will identify new sources and rationalise the company's current supply base. You will be responsible for analysing trends in their categories and advise on the most suitable sources for upcoming development programmes. They will also ensure cross functional collaboration with product, design, and Quality Control (QC) teams to arrive at balanced/considered outcomes.

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Manage a selection of suppliers for a given commodity group(s).
2. Manage and own the sourcing and development activities of components for new model programmes to achieve key stage gates before handing over ownership to the Supply Chain Team for ongoing production.
3. Develop a strategy for their commodities ensuring best value and quickest and most suitable sources for new model development programmes.
4. Analyse supplier resources to ensure continued development support.
5. Perform category management including strategic sourcing, supplier relationship management, contract, performance and risk management.
6. Evaluate cost data and quotation analyses for supplier selections.
7. Identify cost saving opportunities and develop a strategy through Value Engineering (VE) or negotiations.
8. Develop and maintain expert knowledge of their commodity's global supply market and ensure a suitable knowledgebase is maintained for the company.
9. Preparation of reports and presentations for their respective categories.
10. Any other related tasks to support the daily running of the department.
11. To undertake and assist with projects as required by your Manager.
12. Any other ad-hoc duties as required by your Manager.

Employee Benefits:

1. Employee Purchase Scheme - on successful completion of the probation period (minimum of 6 months), employees and their close family are offered the opportunity to purchase a brand new product with up to 25% discount.
2. Employee Lease Scheme - The opportunity for yourself or extended family to lease any Product for a 12 or 24 month period at a highly discounted rate.
3. Discounted Clothing, Parts and Accessories Purchases - Employees can purchase clothing items from the Shop, parts and accessories online at a 50% discount of this Iconic Brand.
4. Company benefits platform, allowing discounts with multiple vendors from supermarkets to high street retailers to holiday bookings.
5. Competitive holiday entitlement (exclusive of bank holidays) as well as additional Annual Leave - The Company gives a discretionary additional 1 day of holiday to those employees who have completed continuous employment of 3, 6 and 9 years' service with the Company, adding to a base holiday entitlement of 25 days holiday per annum exclusive of bank holidays.
6. Competitive Pension Scheme, with scaling contribution levels - 3% employee and 6% employer contribution at a base level, with the opportunity to increase to a maximum contribution of 5% employee and 9% employer. Any further employee contributions over this figure will not be matched by the employer.
7. Life Assurance Scheme - currently 6 x pensionable salary.

Overall, an excellent iconic brand with fantastic benefits, culture and career progression.

Please email your up to date CV ASAP to lloyd.norman@1st-executive.com.

Interview slots commence Mid-October 2024.