Salary: Competitive Salary Contract Type: Full Time Working Pattern: Permanent The Opportunity - Buyer Click here for our Careers & Life at JCB pages About the role: As a member of the fast-paced and highly motivated JCB Service operational purchasing team, you will be responsible for an exciting and varied portfolio of suppliers, covering several key commodity areas, ensuring a correct purchasing strategy is in place to efficiently support JCB’s dealers & customers globally. Availability is critical to JCB’s drive for the industry’s finest customer support; you will be responsible to ensure that parts are sourced considering the total cost of ownership, where you will be challenging suppliers over several fundamental criteria such as: Lead-Times, Cost, Quality, MOQ’s and their Reliability. Working with our Supply Chain team to maintain efficient levels of stock during this challenging time. What does this role involve day to day? Ensuring parts are sourced from the best supplier, with the best quality at the best level of value Managing dealer enquiries for quotation Responding to customer demands, and ensuring parts are available and costed. Managing supplier relationships across your area of responsibility Mitigating on-costs for JCB Service Re-sourcing parts between suppliers Introducing new aftermarket suppliers into JCB Working with cross-functional teams to deliver the best solution for the customer Driving a more resilient supply chain This will be suited to you if You are an experienced purchasing professional or have supply chain experience You have experience of leading projects You have experience in supplier negotiation You have Supply-chain knowledge You have experience of working with cross-functional teams 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 teams 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 recruitmentjcb.com 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 recruitmentjcb.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.