Consultancy Category Buyer

7 months ago

Gaydon, United Kingdom Jaguar Land Rover Full time

REQ ID: 118366
JOB TITLE: Consultancy Category Buyer
SALARY: £39,400 - £52,200
POSTING END DATE: 30/08/23
LOCATION: Gaydon

Beyond Property, Purchasing, HR and IT, more than being part of our Finance or Marketing teams, beyond even Sales and Service, every role in every business area offers unique opportunities to make an impact on the future of mobility and the automotive industry.

**What to expect**

In this exciting yet challenging position, we are looking for a self-motivated and passionate individual to join our ever-evolving category buyer team within consultancy on an initial 12 month, fixed term contract.

The category buyer responsible will work with internal JLR stakeholders and supplier representatives to implement and manage relevant contracts and to agree procurement strategies that deliver value for money and fit for purpose solutions. There will be a mixture of tactical and strategic procurement activities, and one of the main tasks will be to develop and implement robust sourcing strategies, to support the advancement and maturation of the categories.

**What you’ll need**

As part of our category strategy, you will be responsible for delivery of strategic category plans, in line with annual scorecard targets and ensuring the SCP is kept up to date in line with market changes and strategy evolution, whilst taking accountability for ensuring analytics on suppliers, market and business requirements is available for their categories. You will also lead weekly consultancy category boards aligning business needs with category strategy with an aim to support the delivery of our reimagine strategy.

You will be responsible for delivering sourcing in line with policy and procedure and to agreed targets, deploying a total cost of ownership and complete value achieving approach. You will manage numerous stakeholders and determine best fit procurement route per project. Contract management will play a pivotal role in this position, as you implement robust contract management across key commercial agreements, as well as the management of existing contracts, and development of more strategic/less tactical approaches.

**Knowledge, skills & experience**

Essential:

- Able to manage and execute complex projects on time and in budget.
- Excellent stakeholder management and relationship management skills and experience
- Self-motivated, uses initiative and problem solver - focussed on delivering results, with a proven track record of demonstrating logic and analytical thinking.

**SO WHY US?**

Bring all this to the home of premium innovation, and you’ll find the opportunities to further your career with a world-class team, a discounted car purchase and lease scheme for you and your family, membership of a competitive pension plan and performance related bonus scheme. All this and more makes JLR the perfect place to continue your journey.

This role may offer the opportunity for hybrid working where you can split your time between working from home and in the office. At JLR, hybrid working is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement providing employees with more choice and flexibility around how, when and where they work, if suitable for their role. Further details can be discussed with the Hiring Manager at interview stage.

JLR is committed to equal opportunity for all.

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