REQ ID: 127507
JOB TITLE: Buyer
LOCATION: Budapest

Reimagine the future of modern luxury at JLR Hungary. Here you'll find roles from technical to supply chain. You'll collaborate with global teams across multiple sites and work with cutting-edge innovations to deliver extraordinary experiences. Your work will directly shape the next generation of our iconic brands. Come, create an exceptional future.

Reporting to the Regional Procurement Manager this role will see you have responsibility for managing the external supply chain from JLR suppliers. As a buyer, your main focus and priority will be ensuring supplier performance to meet JLR Quality, Cost, Delivery, Innovation, and Sustainability (QCDIS) requirements. You will also be responsible for all post-sourcing commercial contracts and change management activities for designated commodities and suppliers.

WHAT TO EXPECT

In this role, no two tasks are the same. With lots of projects and relationships to build with people across the business and beyond, it’s a challenge that will help your career grow within an iconic organization. Here’s what to expect:
 
Cost Management:
 

• Ensuring effective cost management of particular commodities and suppliers, which will involve launching new products at their target cost as well as achieving year-on-year cost reduction on current spending to deliver against savings targets
• Responsibility for resolution of in-contract commercial issues including invoices relating to price queries, annual cost reduction, tooling costs, design changes, and all liability claims
• Supporting negotiations with external suppliers for both current and future products

Supplier Relationship Management:
 

• Participate in Supplier Business Reviews to develop supplier relationships and ensure performance
• Support stakeholder engagement and internal relationship management, and act as the primary interface with Product Engineering for designated commodities/parts, to ensure cross-functional alignment on quality, cost, delivery, innovation, and sustainability requirements
• Support the Global Strategy Leader(s), to develop the supplier relationships globally for your designated commodities
• You will be responsible for supporting commercial contract validation activities on behalf of JLR which includes but is not limited to:

-Validating activities of core commercial/contractual elements and costs
 
WHAT YOU WILL NEED

Along with your ambition to achieve the exceptional, there are several skills that you’ll need to have to help you succeed here, including:
 

• Degree qualified or equivalent experience
• 3-4 years experience in relevant roles and responsibilities 
• Delivering complex supply chain solutions in a fast-paced, high-pressured manufacturing environment
• Ability to work independently, results-driven, demonstrating tenacity, drive, and perseverance with the ability to deliver operational plans in a complex, highly demanding environment
• Implementing purchasing strategies with a focus on total value chain delivery
• Identify opportunities for creating value in a commodity or commodities
• The ability to communicate effectively with key stakeholders to influence cross-functional engagement
• Maintaining compliance with standard policies and procedures

THE BENEFITS
 
This role is rewarding in more ways than one. On top of our core offering, you’ll do extraordinary work with amazing people. In addition, you can expect the following benefits:
 

• Join us for the next level of your career and help develop solutions that shape the future of cars
• Be part of an international, inclusive, and open-minded team where you have actual influence on the processes
• See the product you’re working on come to life from testing all the way to production
• Work flexibly with high percentage of home office or from our award-winning office
• Competitive salary and performance related bonus scheme
• Health and life insurance and cafeteria package
• Various company programs such as charity events or our regular board game club

Creating Modern Luxury requires a modern approach to work. At JLR, hybrid working is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement providing employees more choice and flexibility around how, when and where they work. Some roles require more on-site work, but details of this can be discussed with the hiring manager during the interview stage.

We work hard to nurture a culture that is inclusive and welcoming to all. We understand candidates may require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process. Please discuss these with your recruiter so we can accommodate your needs.

Applicants from all backgrounds are welcome. If you’re unsure that you meet the full criteria of a role– but you're interested in where it could take you – we still encourage you to apply. We believe in people’s ability to grow and develop within their role – it’s what makes living the exceptional with soul possible.

JLR is committed to equal opportunity for all.