Direct Materials Buyer - Sunderland, United Kingdom - Nigel Wright

Nigel Wright

Verified Company

Sunderland, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

The Company

Envision AESC, a world leading lithium-ion battery producer, has recently announced ambitious investment plans to build Gigafactories in the UK and France having signed high volume supply contracts with Nissan and Renault.

To support these exciting growth planswe are looking for an experienced and innovative Direct Materials Buyer to join the UK Purchasing function to drive forward localized sourcing of the key materials and components required for these plants.

The Direct Materials Buyer must be
fluent in Mandarin.

Envision AESC has a hybrid working policy of a minimum 4 days per week on site with the option of 1 day per week home-working.

The Opportunity
Working within a small team, the Direct Materials Buyer will cover the following:

Full Direct spend and supply analysis
Category market research
New supplier sourcing
Supplier performance management and review meetings
Representing Purchasing at key internal meetings
Building relationships xfunctionally with key internal stakeholders

About You

The Direct Materials Buyer will have/be:
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Fluent Mandarin speaker essential:

Proven strategic procurement track record(direct materials) and be able to demonstrate a strong technical understanding/understanding of manufacturing process
Procurement experience from Food/Chemicals/Battery Manufacturing desirable
Previous negotiation experience essential
Excellent stakeholder engagement and influencing skills confident to challenge both internally and externally
Strong communication skills, adept at building relationships quickly
Resilient and adaptable to changing priorities in a fastpaced working environment
Proactive, assertive, confident decision maker with a handson, can do attitude
Diligent, efficient, strong prioritisation skills able to deliver to deadline