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Senior Buyer

United Kingdom, Hethel · Job Posted May 30, 2026
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Lotus is looking for a talented, creative, and motivated person to join us on our journey. This role requires a commercially astute individual to join the procurement activity for a defined direct material product group, working closely with our Engineering, Quality and Programme teams. Purchasing is a key stakeholder in delivering the future of Lotus and this role will be pivotal to creating the right supply chains for our future products by acting as a core conduit for true cross functional working across our Production Purchasing, Supply, Supplier Quality, Product Engineering and Manufacturing functions.

Job Responsibility

  • Leading and promoting the development of collaborative and world class supplier relationships
  • Managing the supplier performance, through vehicle launch phases and current vehicle phases, ensuring that Quality, Cost and Delivery performance is maintained
  • Establishing an in depth understanding of the supply base, local and global markets, and the requirements of the business
  • Developing and maintaining commodity & sourcing strategies
  • Leading supplier negotiations and ensuring the delivery of material cost targets for the new product introduction
  • Focussing on best practice, striving for, and driving measurable process improvement opportunities
  • Identifying and driving cost reduction activities throughout the supply base, including the identification of Make vs Buy opportunities, supporting the development of business justifications
  • Managing supplier capacity changes and constraints and developing mitigation strategies for any suppliers, where a risk is identified
  • Networking with the wider organisation to maximise group leverage possibilities

Requirements

  • Ability to work independently, results driven, and tenacious, with the drive and perseverance to deliver within a complex, highly demanding environment
  • A strong communicator with the ability to communicate effectively with key stakeholders to influence cross-functional engagement
  • An effective team player, who actively develops and supports other team members
  • A winning spirit – resilience and tenacity
  • Ability to be nimble and be an effective problem solver
  • Constructively challenge what doesn’t meet the needs of our customers
  • Previous experience within procurement and supply chain
  • Experience within the manufacturing or automotive sector is desirable
  • Desirable commodity knowledge: machining, casting and raw material (Aluminium, Steel)
  • Understand the strategic role of the Procurement function and ability to work at this level
  • Higher education: Degree or NVQ level 5 Certificate (ideally technical/business related)
  • Flexibility to work independently and travel as and when the business requires
  • Candidates must be eligible to work in UK without VISA sponsorship

Nice to have

  • Experience within the manufacturing or automotive sector is desirable
  • Desirable commodity knowledge: machining, casting and raw material (Aluminium, Steel)
  • Higher education: Degree or NVQ level 5 Certificate (ideally technical/business related)
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