Buyer - Electronics and Controls

4 weeks ago


Rocester, United Kingdom JCB Full time

JCB is growing. With our Hydrogen and E-Tech electric machines, we are meeting the need for greater sustainability and energy efficiency in a changing market—and our order books are at record levels.

Right now, we are looking for Category Buyers to help us develop our supplier base to meet the increased demand.

Rewards and benefits

Working with a global leader means your hard work is rewarded with more than just a great salary. Join us and you’ll get:

•33 days holidays

•Generous Pension Scheme

•Private Health Care Scheme

•On-site Dental Care Scheme

•Access to our on-site Healthy Living Centre

•Significant opportunities for career & professional development

Role overview

As a Category Buyer you’ll be at the business end of what we do in a highly visible and dynamic role. Your focus will include:

•Developing & implementing global category strategies to support our manufacturing operations in UK, India, USA, China & Brazil

•Engaging & negotiating with suppliers globally to optimise value – maximising supplier competitiveness and performance.

•Working closely with internal stakeholders, particularly Product Development Engineers, to identify, evaluate & adopt new technologies.

About you

You bring a mixture of inter-personal & analytical skills that allows you successfully to negotiate & influence internal stakeholders and suppliers.

You are results driven and take ownership of projects you are working to achieve success.

You consider different perspectives to comprehensively define business requirements and develop creative strategies to achieve these.

You have a can-do attitude and are resilient & adaptable that is essential in a fast-moving environment.

We are hugely invested in developing talent so—even if you do not have significant experience in a similar procurement role—if you’re the right fit for Purchasing, our internal training programmes can give you the skills you need to thrive in a career with us.

JCB: Building a Brighter Future

We value diversity and welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds.

 We’re committed to ensuring our recruitment process is fair and inclusive. If you face any accessibility challenges with your online application and require additional support, you have the option of speaking to a member of our recruitment team who can support you to complete an application in an alternative format. If you would benefit from this support, please email recruitment@, and a member of the team will be on touch.

Recruitment Agencies: JCB does not accept any speculative approaches to present candidates for advertised vacancies. 



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