Senior Category Buyer - Gaydon, United Kingdom - Jaguar Land Rover

Jaguar Land Rover
Jaguar Land Rover
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Gaydon, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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REQ ID:
116734


JOB TITLE:
Senior Category Buyer


SALARY:
£42,000 - £51,000


POSTING END DATE:
26/06/2023


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
Are you a driven and a strategic thinking individual that embraces the challenge of defining and implementing our Digital Marketing category?


As a true Leader, you will oversee regular supplier reviews as part of the Supplier Relationship Management Team (with a wide range of suppliers), as well as driving targets to achieve team and departmental saving targets.


Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities

  • Responsible for keeping the Strategic Category Plan up to date, as well as the creation and delivery, ensuring completion line with annual SCP targets for their subcategories
  • Ensuring analytics on suppliers, market and business requirements is available for their subcategories
  • Responsible for leading contract management, complex supplier negotiations, delivering sourcing in line with policy and to agreed targets
  • Lead Stakeholder alignment in relation to strategy creation and implementation for their subcategory
  • Ensure alignment with Regional Buying Colleagues to ensure strategic / tactical sourcing is in line with strategy for their subcategory and against saving targets
  • Identify Make vs Buy and business justification when required and support analysis for their subcategory
  • Responsible for supply chain risk management for their subcategory
  • Responsible for ensuring regional buying teams are adhering to the subcategory strategy within the region.
  • Responsible for managing dispute resolution process, and for the change management of the contracts and Purchase Orders
  • Responsible for providing insight to the GCL regarding existing contract to inform future category strategies
  • Responsible for onboarding Suppliers and for conducting contract audit/reviews in

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

Essential:

  • Commercial Awareness and Negotiation skills
  • Category knowledge and demonstrated experience
  • Global business understanding and experience
  • Operational Contract Management experience
  • Relationship management internal and external
  • Ability to travel internationally

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 Jaguar Land Rover 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 Jaguar Land Rover, 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.

Jaguar Land Rover is committed to equal opportunity for all.
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