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Graduate Buyer - Automotive
🏢 Contechs
Work Model
📍 Guildford, England
Employment
💼 Full-Time Direct
Recruitment Type
🛡️ Direct to HR Pipeline
Role Overview & Responsibilities
Graduate Buyer - Automotive
Duration: 6 Months Rolling
Location: Shalford, Surrey / WFH
Outside IR35 - £25.00 per hour
Role:
- Support planning and implementation of sourcing activities of automotive engineering development projects and new vehicle projects, maintaining frequent supplier contacts on a daily business level and consolidating global strategy.
- Support the procurement, negotiations and cost management for commodities within the functional teams to market competitive pricing with an emphasis on sustainability
Main responsibilities:
- Support sourcing for specific commodities within Automotive Sector
- Collaborate with Engineering and act as main contact for all commercial issues towards suppliers.
- Support sourcing strategies, carry out market test analysis and benchmarking studies, strategically developing a global supply base.
- Prepare and support the RFQ process through to negotiation, implementation and ongoing monitoring of supplier agreements.
- Prepare presentations focused on business case and supplier evaluation (financial, logistics, sustainability, D&D) for the supplier choice forum.
- Coordinate cross functional teams comprising of Engineering, Programme Management, Quality, Cost Estimating,
- Manufacturing and legal to secure the project deliverables.
- Collaborate with global Purchasing team
Nice to Have Criteria:
- 1 years+ relevant automotive industry experience
- University degree in business, engineering or equivalent work experience
- Knowledge of MS Office packages
- Preferable experience with automotive procurement ordering and management systems and processes.
- Good understanding about cost structure, with fact-based negotiation, analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong communication and presentation skills and fluent in English.
Additional Information:
- Full UK Drivers License
Excellent Opportunity with immediate starts available
Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 6 months
Salary: £25.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
- Wellness programme
- Work from home
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Holidays
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Guildford
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