INEOS Automotive - Grenadier - Built on Purpose
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Since Sir Jim Ratcliffe announced Project Grenadier in 2017, our team at INEOS Automotive has grown rapidly. From a start-up to the scaled business we are now, we’ve hit some huge milestones along the way. Despite some global challenges, we brought our first vehicle, the INEOS Grenadier, from a vision to prototype and to market in just five years. And now, as the first customer deliveries of our INEOS Grenadier have begun, we look to the future with our first all-electric vehicle.
People and Culture
With around 1500 employees, 10 locations and 44 nationalities, we’re an international team working together to challenge the ordinary. We welcome people who mirror our values: Spirit of ownership, who take responsibility and make things happen. Delivering quality work, with ambition to deliver outstanding results and who have a community mindset, believing together everyone achieves more. Creativity and initiative are encouraged to support your career development.
We’re doing things differently.
The Role: The Procurement Manager will lead all procurement activities through the lifecycle for purchase parts within selected Production Material Categories (e.g. Exterior, Powertrain) using their experience to ensure that the business is investing in equipment and materials that are fit for purpose, allows purchasing to achieve the best possible commercial terms and is in line with the business group strategy
What you will be doing:
- Manage all procurement activities related to the production material categories. For example Exterior, Powertrain.
- Lead, support and develop the relevant procurement team through coaching, fostering strong communication and transparent guidance
- Identify and source the components and systems with the best technical and commercial fit to the vehicle and operations requirements
- Sourcing decisions are always based on cross functional alignment between engineering, manufacturing, quality and procurement
- Negotiate with suppliers to secure best balanced commercial terms considering technical feasibility, volume demands, quality and manufacturing requirements
- Fulfil all relevant project targets regarding material and tooling cost as well as timeline
- Constant observation of the global supply market regarding changes that affects our business
- Develop and align in a cross-functional manner category strategies considering global supply market developments as well as internal requirements
- Establish and run a risk management system covering project phase as well as serial production
- Develop and align methods and tools with finance to manage raw material fluctuations
- Establish and secure reliable supply chains during serial production
- Work closely with the Engineering, Sales and Operations to agree future demand plans, materials and equipment
- Network with the wider INEOS organisation to maximise group leverage possibilities
What we are looking for:
- Extensive experience gained at either a Tier 1 automotive supplier or automotive OEM
- Able to demonstrate direct knowledge of automotive procurement from concept-through-industrialisation-to-operation
- Intimate automotive supply chain / procurement know how gained over a long career in automobile manufacturing.
- Excellent project management skills, with a track record of delivery
- Desirable are experiences in leading a team and be able to build effective working relationships internally and externally
- Demonstrable strategic procurement experience and or NPI (New Product Introduction)
- Demonstrable ability to prioritise tasks and have effective time management and analytical skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- There will be significant travel involved in the role.