Project Buyer

3 weeks ago

Solihull, United Kingdom Contechs Full time

**Project Buyer**

**Location: Solihull**

Contechs are recruiting on behalf of their client who are known for manufacturing luxury hand-crafted motorcycles. They are looking for **Project Buyer** to join their expanding team on a Contractbasis. The role will be based in **Solihull.**

**The role**
- Our Client is seeking a NPI Project Buyer to join a growing Procurement team in a fast paced, agile Automotive engineering environment.
- This includes close collaboration with Engineering teams, Production and Quality.
- As NPI Project Buyer, you will need to influence and inform key stakeholders within the business as well as the supply chain.

**Duties/Responsibilities**
- Reviewing specification requirements for new products with Concept, Engineering and Project Management.
- Reviewing and providing input for engineering change requests
- Liaising with the Category buying teams to understand prospective supply base against each requirement
- Completing relevant benchmarking, negotiation and nomination activity
- Working collaboratively with department heads for all requirements to ensure production, warranty and aftersales work can be achieved within project requirements and to customer expectations
- Identifying and prioritising issues, communicating to the NPD and management team.
- Establishing BoM cost target and working within those confines - reporting and mitigating cost creep
- Ensuring suppliers nominated and product developed to impeccable quality standards
- Manage overall project timelines to ensure that product is delivered to market in accordance with business requirements and customer expectations
- Supporting Category buying teams with managing suppliers where required
- Supporting the implementation of new Procurement systems and processes around NPI
- Work on ad-hoc procurement projects as the company requires

**Personal Specification**
- Excellent communication and commercial skills
- High level of attention to detail and well organised
- Excellent time management skills and ability to prioritise workload
- Highly flexible individual who can adjust to a very agile environment
- Able to motivate and influence at all levels to achieve best business outcome
- Proactive, methodical, practical and persistent
- Able to work well under pressure
- Comfortable working at all levels of the business including Chief Exec
- Works well within a team

**Skills and Experience**:

- Desirable, experience of working in a purchasing role in an engineering and automotive environment
- Experience of delivering NPI projects from a manufacturing perspective from concept to launch, including demonstratable experience of Early Supplier Engagement
- Demonstrable experience of establishing cost (ownership) upfront during project development
- Microsoft Office suite proficient, specifically MS Excel

Excellent opportunity with immediate starts available

**Job Types**: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months

**Benefits**:

- On-site parking

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

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