Alstom
Senior Buyer
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Req ID: 516403
Location: Derby (with travel to other sites when required)
Appointment Basis: Permanent
Apply by: 28/07/2026
Salary: £50,000 - £55,000 DOE plus bonus and excellent benefits
At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, 86,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.
Your future role
As a Senior Buyer, you will be responsible for procuring parts, services, and goods using professional purchasing practices and techniques to ensure material availability throughout the production process while maintaining the highest quality standards and optimising overall costs and inventory levels.
The position is open to hybrid working and will need flexibility to travel to client and supplier sites as required.
We’ll look to you for:
- Building and maintaining strong day-to-day relationships with suppliers, driving supplier performance in quality and on-time delivery, and managing complex procurement activities independently.
- Support material bids, contribute to cost reduction and continuous improvement initiatives, and collaborate with key stakeholders to ensure supply chain efficiency.
- Provide input to Commodity Management regarding their Business Unit specific Procurement needs, the evaluation of supplier performance, the description of the supply base and finally collection of past and future spend data.
- Managing contracts for risk management, claims, conflict resolutions, feedback and input into bids from lessons learnt, Monitor end of lifetime.
- Utilise appropriate tools and techniques effectively to ensure that Procurement delivers its cost and performance requirements e.g. global sourcing, cost improvements, Open Book Costing, Value Engineering.
- Where relevant, accurately capture and communicate project-specific technical requirements to suppliers, whilst proactively engaging and managing suppliers through a Joint Design Development Process (JDDP) to ensure the effective integration of supplier solutions and support successful product development.
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All about you
We value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role:
- Strong experience in Procurement and/or Project Management with technical and operational expertise.
- Solid technical knowledge of the different systems and materials.
- Strong analytical and continuous improvement skills.
- Proven ability to work cross-functionally, building strong relationships and influencing stakeholders.
- Strong system skills, including Microsoft Office, ERP solutions, and eProcurement platforms.
- Ability to apply industry best practices and leverage knowledge of internal and external business challenges to drive improvements in products, services, and technical processes within own area of expertise.
Things you’ll enjoy
Join us on a life-long transformative journey – the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills and experiences throughout your career.
You’ll also:
- Enjoy stability, challenges and a long-term career free from boring daily routines.
- Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues.
- Contribute to innovative projects.
- Utilise our dynamic, inclusive, and safety-focused working environment.
- Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries.
- Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning.
- Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognises your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage (life, medical, pension).
- Up to 52 weeks full maternity and adoption pay.
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, with the opportunity to buy or sell holiday.
- A wide range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your lifestyle.
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You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!
Equal opportunity statement:
Alstom is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive working environment where all our employees are encouraged to reach their full potential, and individual differences are valued and respected. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by local law.
As a 'Disability Confident' employer, we will interview all disabled job applicants who match the essential criteria of the job description or specification. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.
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