Job Title: Senior Category Buyer – Electrification Services, Global Commercial Services, Indirect Procurement
Location: Gaydon Warwickshire
Rate: £38.27ph via an Umbrella Company (Inside IR35) or £28.50ph PAYE
Employment Type:Contract (6 month maternity cover)
Hours: Standard 40 Hours Per Week
Reference: J36753013
Job Description:
The Opportunity
To join the Global Commercial Services team within Indirect Procurement as the Senior Buyer for Electrification Services on a 6-month contract covering parental leave. This role is part of modern luxury strategy to bring client focused products and services to support our clients in their EV journey.
The role covers responsibility for Home Charging and Energy Services to help deliver a customer first experience when charging a vehicle. Main responsibility will cover contract management to ensure a quality product and service is delivered from order to installation and finally ongoing usage on time and to cost. Working with a supplier base across UK, India & China.
The Buyer will work with our Electrification Services’ product managers based in the UK closely to work through open challenges as we prepare for the launch of our new BEV product lineup.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Essential:
- A Buyer with 3 years+ experience of buying goods and services
- Experience of working with colleagues across the globe with clear communication skills
- Commercial Awareness and Negotiation skills
- Understand category management principles
- Operational Contract Management experience
- Relationship management - internal and external
- Flexibility and agility to be able to adjust to changing business needs
Desirable:
- Previous experience in Retail Procurement
- Experience of purchasing products and services for end customer use
- CIPS
Personal Profile
Essential:
An individual, who works independently, is results driven, demonstrating tenacity, drive and perseverance with the ability to deliver operational plans in a complex, highly demanding environment.
An individual with the capability to combine a short term, pragmatic focus with medium term planning
A resilient and enthusiastic who responds constructively to new ideas and inputs
A good communicator with the ability to communicate complex ideas
A effective team player, actively develops and supports team members
Additional Information:
This role is INSIDE IR35
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