Senior Buyer

6 months ago

Derby, 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 Senior Buyers to help us develop our supplier base to meet the increased demand.

Role overview

As a Senior 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 & BrazilEngaging & 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.

Rewards you deserve:

This is your chance to join a company that values expertise not only in rewards but also in real employee care. At JCB you don’t just get a competitive salary, 33 days’ holiday and access to our company pension—you can also use our onsite gym, in-house doctor, dentist and visiting optician. We have an ULEV car scheme available for our employees too. Then there’s the JCB Rewards Hub, which gives you discounts with high street retailers. Feel like biking to work? There’s our Cycle to Work Scheme.

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 in touch.

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

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