Global Strategic Buyer

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REQ ID: 108802JOB TITLE: Global Strategic BuyerSALARY: £39,400 - £52,200POSTING END DATE:LOCATION: GaydonBeyond Property, Purchasing, HR and IT, more than being part of our Finance or Marketing teams, beyond even Sales and Service, every role in every business area offers unique opportunities to make an impact on the future of mobility and the automotive industry.What To ExpectReporting to the Global Commodity Manager, you’ll have global responsibility for specific commodities on behalf of Jaguar Land Rover. We are developing the strategy and building the partnerships to enable Jaguar Land Rover’s vision as the market leader in sustainable modern luxury vehicles. You will utilise your experience to analyse, define, and implement market and sourcing strategies for your designated commodities and lead the global sourcing activity through to the start of production.You will lead the development of the supplier and internal stakeholder relationships to ensure strategic and programme alignment. You’ll manage suppliers within your designated commodities, responsible for Supplier Business Reviews ensuring that the Global Commodity Strategy and Supply Base Market strategy is effectively deployed throughout all of Jaguar Land Rover and the external supply chain.You will support and work closely with the Regional Delivery teams and engage with specialists within the Purchasing Function as required to ensure optimum value creation and delivery for Jaguar Land Rover, as well as leading stakeholder relationships and ensuring Jaguar Land Rover is appropriately represented both internally and externally.This role is pivotal for the interface with other key functions within Jaguar Land Rover and acts as a core conduit for true cross functional working across Production Purchasing, Supply Chain, STA, Product Engineering, Cost Engineering and Manufacturing.What You Will NeedAs a Global Strategic Buyer, you will be responsible for the Strategic Commodity Dossier and Commodity Business Plan delivery, ensuring relevant data is updated and understood in order to make strategic recommendations with support from the Strategic Analyst, accountable for obtaining and understanding analytics on suppliers, market and business requirements. You shall be responsible for creation, delivery and execution of the Strategic Commodity Dossier and Commodity Business Plan to specific sourcing requirements including supplier selection and sourcing approach in line with Jaguar Land Rover’s sourcing guidelines.You will be responsible for timely and accurate GSAD submission, Purchasing deliverables and Global Sourcing Process adherence for the Strategic team. You shall lead supplier negotiations, contracting with the support of the regional teams. This will include legal and financial approval whilst engaging specialist teams where appropriate. Working with the Capacity Planning Team, you will ensure sufficient and strategic capacity changes and constraints are met when required. You shall Identify Make vs Buy opportunities, supporting MBO to develop business justifications when required.Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities:

• Lead stakeholder alignment in relation to; programme targets, red book, take rates and volumes, delivery buying teams and utilising specialists as required cross architecture, carlines
• Ensure alignment with Regional Buyer & Cost Engineering to ensure strategic cost gap closure plans in place and actioned
• Working with the Regional Delivery Teams, lead the development of the supplier relationships globally for your designated commodities
• Participate in Supplier Business Reviews to develop supplier relationships in accordance with the supplier segmentation model
• Ensure supplier briefing templates are kept up to date to enable senior stakeholder briefings

Essential:

• Degree qualified or equivalent experience
• Ability to work independently, results driven, demonstrating tenacity, drive and perseverance with the ability to deliver operational plans in a complex, highly demanding environment.
• Capability to create high quality long-term purchasing strategies
• A resilient and enthusiastic individual who responds constructively to new ideas and inputs
• A strong communicator with the ability to communicate effectively with key stakeholders to influence cross-functional engagement
• An effective team player, actively develops and supports team members
• Maintaining compliance with standard policies and procedures
• Translating analytical results into detailed, robust actionable recommendations to the business

Desirable:

• An individual with the ability to challenge existing thinking in a positive way whilst building credibility and trust through experience and personal style
• Experience of working in a global, multi-cultural environment

SO WHY US?Bring all this to the home of premium innovation, and you’ll find the opportunities to further your career with a world-class team, a discounted car purchase and lease scheme for you and your family, membership of a competitive pension plan and performance related bonus scheme. All this and more makes Jaguar Land Rover the perfect place to continue your journey.This role may offer the opportunity for hybrid working where you can split your time between working from home and in the office. At Jaguar Land Rover, hybrid working is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement providing employees with more choice and flexibility around how, when and where they work, if suitable for their role. Further details can be discussed with the Hiring Manager at interview stage.Please be aware that we may close this vacancy for applications before the stated deadline if we receive a high volume of interest. We strongly advise you to submit your application as early as possible.Jaguar Land Rover is committed to equal opportunity for all.