We're supporting our client, a leading global automotive manufacturer based in Banbury, who are looking for a Commodity Buyer to join their growing team. The successful Commodity Buyer will have experience in an engineering/ manufacturing purchasing environment.

Responsibilities for Commodity Buyer:

*Undertake supplier selection and strategy to meet business and project requirements as requested.

*Identify business goals for cost improvement and continually strive to achieve or better that goal in a sustainable and measurable fashion.

*Manage selected customer nominated suppliers.

*Set and communicate supplier performance targets.

*Establish production supply agreements to be best in class in commercial terms.

*Develop and maintain commodity strategies for given commodities relevant to business goals.

*Fully support the engineering change management of supplied components and materials.

*Actively participate in continuous improvement processes - supplier quality, cost, innovation, delivery and management.

*Where necessary take on the closure of quality issues with suppliers, supporting the relevant quality engineer.

*Maintenance of Purchasing database, spends, budgets and suppliers.

*Take a leading role in coordinating the activities of stakeholders to meet business improvement objectives

*Manage all SAP related functions relevant to suppliers / commodity.

The successful Commodity Buyer will be responsible for the following:

*CIPS membership or the appropriate business qualification. (desirable)

*At least 5 years in engineering / manufacturing purchasing environment, with experience and understanding of APQP, PPAP, TS-16949, cost tracking and quotation analysis.

*Cost improvement techniques and achievement.

*Positive contributor to new product launches.

*Computer literate - in particular excel.

*Highly developed in communication and influencing skills.

*Negotiation skills.

*Highly numerate.

If you would like to be considered for the role of Commodity Buyer, please apply with your full CV - or call us now.

M-Tec Engineering Solutions is a leading supplier of Permanent, Interim and Project Management Recruitment Solutions to the Automotive and General Engineering sectors