JCB
Senior Buyer - Castings and Forgings
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Salary: Competitive
Contract Type: Full Time
Working Pattern: Permanent
The Opportunity - Senior Buyer Role Castings and Forgings
About the role:
As a Senior Buyer for our materials procurement department, you'll be a part of a dynamic forward-thinking, strategically focused procurement, managing a diverse supplier portfolio to maximise value creation for our stakeholders and customers. This role is pivotal in driving continuous improvement, commercial incentives, and process innovation supporting a world-class team of procurement professionals. Collaborating closely with cross-functional teams across our diverse and enigmatic departments.
What does this role involve day to day?
- You’ll be at the forefront of your field, delivering measurable, and tangible value as part of JCB. One global team, one connected team, one JCB.
- Leading global procurement strategies and category management of casting and forging components and strategies.
- Supporting a wide portfolio of stakeholders from engineering, operations management to finance.
- Drive value creation and optimization across procurement championing continuous improvement, process development and acting as a cost-conscious ambassador.
- Act as a global leader for your categories interfacing between engineering, operations, and external supply partners.
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This will be suited to you if...
- Experience working in a manufacturing environment, proven capability in cost control, negotiation, and stakeholder management.
- You thrive in a dynamic, global matrix organisation and are comfortable working at all levels within the business.
- You possess excellent communication skills and a proactive, customer-focused mindset.
- You're passionate about procurement, continuous improvement, innovation, and procurement processes.
- Enjoy dealing with an array of global suppliers and are adaptable to international business cultures.
What Impact will you have?
- You will be at the heart of casting and forgings procurement shaping and defining the future landscape for your categories within JCB.
- You’ll drive innovation to support our commercial and growth targets alongside supporting our net zero ambitions whilst delivering world-class products to our customers.
- You will create an arena of openness, honesty, and integrity within our supply chain, right-sizing it for tomorrow’s growth.
What happens next?
Ordinarily, our Resourcing Team reviews and shortlists CVs. If shortlisted, you’ll speak to one of our Recruiters to discuss the role further. Our interview process usually consists of an initial team's interview followed by an in-person interview. We’ll keep in touch throughout the process but if you have any questions, please get in touch at recruitment@jcb.com
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What’s in it for you?
This is your chance to join a company that values expertise not only in rewards but also in real employee care. At JCB you don’t just get a competitive salary, 33 days’ holiday and access to our company pension—you can also use our onsite gym, in-house doctor, dentist, and visiting optician. We have an ULEV car scheme available for our employees too. Then there’s the JCB Rewards Hub, which gives you discounts with high street retailers. Feel like biking to work? There’s our Cycle to Work Scheme.
We value diversity and welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds.
We’re committed to ensuring our recruitment process is fair and inclusive. If you face any accessibility challenges with your online application and require additional support, you have the option of speaking to a member of our Recruitment Team who can support you to complete an application in an alternative format. If you would benefit from this support, please email recruitment@jcb.com, and a member of the team will be in touch.
Recruitment Agencies: JCB does not accept any speculative approaches to present candidates for advertised vacancies.
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