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