HIRING: BAC RECRUITING BUYER

BAC is actively recruiting a Buyer to join the Purchasing Team at an exciting time in the company’s history. With significant growth planned for the next 5 years, this is an opportunity to join a fast paced, proactive, and highly motivated team. This role requires a commercially astute individual to lead procurement for defined direct material product groups, working closely with Engineering, Quality and Production teams.

Key Responsibilities & Tasks

  • Developing and maintaining a competitive and reliable supply base

  • Supporting new programmes and current production vehicles

  • Supply base management, relationship building and issue resolution

  • Lead time analysis to ensure company requirements are met

  • Continuously strive to identify and implement improvement opportunities

  • Identify supplier risk and develop robust risk mitigation strategies where necessary

  • Lead cost reduction activities

  • Cross-functional collaboration with other departments

Key Behaviours

  • Innovative mindset, able to generate new ideas and convert them into concrete results

  • Self-motivated with a desire to learn and question the status quo

  • Good communicator capable of establishing and developing solid, professional relationships

  • Strong team player who recognises the importance of functions in the business

  • Ability to effectively formulate and present the recommendations to senior stakeholders

Qualifications and Experience

  • Educated to Degree or NVQ Level 5 Certificate (ideally technical/business related)

  • Minumum 3 years of procurement experience in Automotive, Engineering or Technology sectors

  • Ideally knowledge in cars, components, technologies, parts

  • Demonstrable ability to prioritise tasks and have effective time management and analytical skills

  • Negotiation skills

  • Hold a full driving licence and be prepared to travel where / when required

  • Fully conversant with MS Office software (e.g. complex Excel spreadsheets) and MRP / ERP systems

  • Experience of Supplier Agreements / Contracts

  • Knowledge / experience of Quality Management

Please Provide:

  • Curriculum Vitae

  • Proof of Qualifications / References

  • Salary requirement

  • Start date

Job Summary

Location: Speke, Liverpool

Industry: Automotive / Engineering Manufacturing

Job Type: Full Time - Permanent

Years of Experience: 3+ years

Education Level: Degree or NVQ Level 5 Certificate (ideally technical/business related)

Career Level: Experienced (Non- Manager)

Salary: £22,000 - £35,000 Negotiable, dependant on experience

Job Reference: BAC_Buyer_2023

Contact Information: jobs@bac-mono.com