Buyer

Role Purpose (Job Profile):     

The Buyer is responsible for raising and managing purchase orders for goods and services, ensuring engineering specifications are correctly communicated and that the purchase requirement is properly authorised.

Main Duties: 

• Generate Purchase Orders for the supply of goods and services ensuring any engineering specifications, processes or engineering up issues are fully communicated, and that the purchase requirement is appropriately authorised.
• Expedite and progress deliveries from Suppliers & maintain timely reporting of delivery status of parts outstanding, routinely feeding back status into internal stakeholders.
• Deal with any non-conformances quickly and efficiently to minimise delays.
• Complete commercial checks of supplier payment terms, delivery terms and general Terms & Conditions to ensure that these are aligned with Williams’ requirements.
• Take the lead on tender processes, creating new contracts, inclusive of clear deliverables and terms and conditions.
• Development of a strategic supply base.
• Carrying out supplier audits.
• Ensure that all aspects of transactional procurement of goods and services for category are achieved. 
• Check Supplier Acknowledgements and challenge when required.   
• Optimise total value being delivered to the race team- on time and to the required quality standard.
• Negotiate contracts with suppliers that provide best value to the business.
• Rationalise and develop supplier base to those that provide best value to the business.
• Support the Procurement team to achieve departmental measures of performance.
• Support & develop continuous improvement initiatives within the team. 
• Sell the value of the Procurement function to the wider business to drive realisation of commercial opportunities via greater engagement.
• Ensure that the company's Health & Safety policy is observed.
• Any other tasks and responsibilities required by the company that are reasonably within the role holders' capabilities and skill set.

Capabilities:  

• Previous procurement experience working within a fast-changing engineering or manufacturing environment.
• F1, Automotive, Motorsports procurement experience is desirable, but not essential.
• Understanding of technical drawings and procurement experience of Mechanical or Composite Part manufacture is desirable
• Good problem solving and team working skills with ability to work under own initiative.
• Willing to help throughout the department and have a positive attitude.
• Excellent communication, negotiation and influencing skills are essential.

 

This job description is not exhaustive, and the job holder will be required to carry out from time-to-time tasks in addition to the above that will be both reasonable and within their capabilities. 

Atlassian Williams F1 Team is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and inclusion. We are happy to discuss reasonable job adjustments.