Vacancies

Technical Buyer

Brackley, UK

At the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team, a group of passionate and determined people work to design, develop, manufacture and race the cars with the aim of fighting for world championships each and every year.

Whether working in our Operations, Technical, Race or Business Support functions, we are all in and aspire to build the greatest team in the history of our sport.

Every individual plays their part. No stone is left unturned in the chase for every tenth of a second. The history of our sport is long and rich, and we are continuing our journey with renewed effort year on year. Record books remember the names of a few, but history is written by the many.

We are looking for a Technical Buyer to procure direct components and services from the external supply chain in line with the Purchasing processes**.**

About the role:

As a Technical Buyer, you will be responsible for:

• Procurement of all components and services and negotiate the price and delivery to support the business with a focus on right first time and strive to maximise value for money.

• Create strong, effective working relationships with stakeholders.

• Ensure a professional process and control of expenditure is maintained adhering to relevant Purchasing, Quality and Finance procedures.

• Assist and manage the supply chain to support the business needs.

• A tenacious can do attitude and demonstrate this in their daily role, but also show exceptional supplier communication with a structured approach.

• Substantial experience of managing change within a low volume, high complexity environment.

• Stakeholder engagement to effectively manage both external suppliers and internal customers while demonstrating effecting dispute resolution and conflict management.

• Proactively expediting all open purchase orders and updating SAP and stakeholders as necessary.

• Actively promoting all purchasing & quality policies and procedures throughout the business.

• Creating a positive profile for themselves and the department.

• Working collaboratively with design and the supply chain to reduce lead-times and cost where possible

What we are looking for:

• Effective communication at all levels.

• Ability to create a positive profile for themselves and the team.

• Strong influencing and negotiation skills.

• Proven track record of developing and managing a team.

• Supportive team behaviour.

• Must possess a process mindset with a capability for logically solving complex problems.

• Ideally CIPS qualified or equivalent

• Resilient and professional with a belief in the concept of Continuous Improvement.

• Energetic with a strong work ethic and customer focus.

• Commercially aware with solid negotiation skills.

• Supporting cost reduction and supplier management programme.

• Ensuring good maintenance of data held with SAP procurement functions and proficiency.

• Actively promoting Purchasing practices and procedures.

Benefits:

Our riverside campus is powered by 100% renewably sourced energy and features an on-site gym and exercise studio, subsidised restaurant and on-site parking with EV chargers available.

We offer a competitive and attractive package of benefits including a generous bonus scheme, Mercedes car lease scheme, private medical cover, life assurance, and 25 days holiday. We pride ourselves on our family-friendly environment, employee well-being programme and offer flexible working opportunities.

Why Us:

At the heart of our performance are our people. Every member of our team has a voice and plays their part in contributing to our successes on and off the racetrack.

We take pride in creating an innovative, collaborative and high-performance culture where all of our team members are respected, empowered and valued.

Through our Accelerate 25 programme, we are continuously working to make our team even more diverse and inclusive. We welcome applications from all and are committed to attracting, recruiting and retaining the most talented individuals.

Your application:

We will ask you to complete a questionnaire as well as submitting a cover letter and CV. Please upload your cover letter and CV as one single PDF file.