Buyer
Job no: 511699
Work type: Full Time - Fixed Term Contract
Location: Gaydon, Warwickshire
Categories: Procurement
Are you ready to be a part of one of the world’s most iconic luxury brands? Do you want to influence the cutting-edge products that define Aston Martin's legacy?
If your answer is yes, this is your chance!
We’re looking for passionate Buyers (Direct Procurement) to join our team in Gaydon on a 12-month fixed term contract.
In this exciting role, you’ll be sourcing key components for our next-generation vehicles, ensuring the perfect balance between cost-efficiency and maintaining the highest quality and technical standards. Whether you’re focusing on Electrical, Powertrain, Chassis, or other key commodities, your expertise will directly influence the future of Aston Martin vehicles.
You’ll be the key driver of strategic procurement process, building and maintaining strong supplier relationships, evaluating performance, and developing smart risk mitigation strategies. You’ll also work closely with our Engineering, Production, and other support teams to ensure that vehicle production runs smoothly – on time, on spec, and on budget.
This role is about more than just procurement – it’s about innovation, strategy, and leaving your mark on an iconic brand.
What You Bring to the Table:
- Experience: Whether you come from the automotive, aerospace, or racing industry, your purchasing expertise in manufacturing environments will make you stand out.
- Strategic mindset: You’re not just about the numbers – you see the bigger picture and can spot opportunities for improvement and cost-saving.
- Communication & Negotiation: You have a natural ability to influence others, bring teams together, and meet objectives.
- Technical proficiency: Mastery of Microsoft Office, especially Excel, Word, and PowerPoint, is a must.
- Attitude: A team player with a proactive, can-do approach who’s ready to be a part of Aston Martin’s elite team.
While a degree is a plus, your experience and drive are what really matter to us.
What We Offer:
- A hybrid working model with the flexibility to work from home 2 days a week.
- The opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology, covering a much large spectrum than other similar roles and help shape the future of an iconic brand.
- Real exposure into the business, with interaction at all levels.
- The chance to build your career into a Senior Buyer and Procurement Manager role.
If you’re ready to accelerate your career and work with a brand that’s synonymous with luxury, innovation, and performance, we want to hear from you.
At Aston Martin, we don’t just build cars – we create legends. And now, you can be part of it.
**Apply today** and let’s drive the future together!
Belong at Aston Martin
We understand that the incredible beauty, craft and art that defines an Aston Martin comes from the inclusion of our amazing people. We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs. We celebrate diversity and are seeking applicants who can bring something different. Please speak to us if there is anything you need to support making an application with us.
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