Job Description

Role Purpose (Job Profile):

The Buyer is responsible for raising and managing purchase orders for goods and services, ensuring engineering specifications are correctly communicated and that the purchase requirement is properly authorised.

Main Duties:

• Generate Purchase Orders for the supply of goods and services ensuring any engineering specifications, processes or engineering up issues are fully communicated, and that the purchase requirement is appropriately authorised.
• Expedite and progress deliveries from Suppliers & maintain timely reporting of delivery status of parts outstanding, routinely feeding back status into internal stakeholders.
• Deal with any non-conformances quickly and efficiently to minimise delays.
• Complete commercial checks of supplier payment terms, delivery terms and general Terms & Conditions to ensure that these are aligned with Williams’ requirements.
• Take the lead on tender processes, creating new contracts, inclusive of clear deliverables and terms and conditions.
• Development of a strategic supply base.
• Carrying out supplier audits.
• Ensure that all aspects of transactional procurement of goods and services for category are achieved.
• Check Supplier Acknowledgements and challenge when required.
• Optimise total value being delivered to the race team- on time and to the required quality standard.
• Negotiate contracts with suppliers that provide best value to the business.
• Rationalise and develop supplier base to those that provide best value to the business.
• Support the Procurement team to achieve departmental measures of performance.
• Support & develop continuous improvement initiatives within the team.
• Sell the value of the Procurement function to the wider business to drive realisation of commercial opportunities via greater engagement.
• Ensure that the company’s Health & Safety policy is observed.
• Any other tasks and responsibilities required by the company that are reasonably within the role holders’ capabilities and skill set.

Capabilities:

• Previous procurement experience working within a fast-changing engineering or manufacturing environment.
• F1, Automotive, Motorsports procurement experience is desirable, but not essential.
• Understanding of technical drawings and procurement experience of Mechanical or Composite Part manufacture is desirable.
• Good problem solving and team working skills with ability to work under own initiative.
• Willing to help throughout the department and have a positive attitude.
• Excellent communication, negotiation and influencing skills are essential.

This job description is not exhaustive, and the job holder will be required to carry out from time-to-time tasks in addition to the above that will be both reasonable and within their capabilities.

This position is offered directly by Williams Racing. Applications go directly to the employer – not through CompoConnect.