Production Buyer

4 days ago

Oxfordshire, United Kingdom 1st Executive Full time

**Production Buyer, 9 Month FTC - £52,000 (Hybrid working)**

**OXFORD, LONDON /ELEMENTS - DIRECT PROCUREMENT**

I currently have an innovative growing client of mine within the Automotive industry seeking a production Buyer. The company works with some of the world's leading businesses within the Automotive industry to achieve their goal providing top quality service/products throughout the electric vehicle space.

Innovation, rapid development and testing help them to push the boundaries. Their New Method takes their portfolio of technologies created in-house and combines it with assembly in our nearby testing facilities.

**Direct Production Buyer - £52,000 (Hybrid working)**

**Role**: Buyer

**Salary**: Up to £52,000 + Discretionary Bonus

**Location**: Oxford (Flexible - 2/3 days per week in office)

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**Role**:

- Negotiating contracts (when and where required), improved prices and terms of business with suppliers and reviewing opportunities to make business savings utilising negotiation and procurement best practice tools and methods.
- Liaise with stakeholders at all levels both internally and with our external suppliers.
- Researching and building working relationships with new suppliers.
- Support the Supply Chain Management team monitoring supplier OTIF.
- Assessing quotations from suppliers & Identify cost reduction, VA/VE opportunities and lead the commercial element.
- Ensuring a continuous supply of required goods and materials and communicate any supply problems which may pose a risk or impact on business operations.
- Researching and evaluating areas of opportunity and reduce costs where possible.
- Assessing and evaluating suppliers and undertake performance reviews to ensure contract compliance and manage performance improvement

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**Experience**:
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- Experience working in an automotive or manufacturing environment.
- Understanding of cost drivers in a manufacturing environment and experience in leading cost reduction activities.
- Good IT skills including PowerPoint, Excel and Word.
- Experience of stakeholder management.
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, and the ability to work effectively with teams.
- Proactively contributes to the team.
- Results orientated with the ability to plan and deliver against project deadlines.
- Experience of using Microsoft Dynamics Navision **(NAV) (Desired but not essential)

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