Project Buyer

Norton Motorcycles is an iconic, British motorcycle brand delivering exquisite riding experiences. For over 120 years, Norton Motorcycles has been celebrated worldwide for its unique place in motorcycle history. We are based in our new state-of-the-art facilities in Solihull, West Midlands, where we work in a tight-knit but ever-expanding team. Now under new ownership, Norton Motorcycles is proud to sit with the TVS Motor family.

Entering a new era, we are scaling globally and successful recruits will have the opportunity to be a part of that growth. The Norton company culture is built on respect, trust, and responsibility. We trust our employees to be fully capable of executing their role/s exceptionally and professionally, whilst valuing personal development, teaching and learning.

The Role

We are seeking a NPI Project Buyer to join a growing Procurement team in a fast paced, agile Automotive engineering environment. The successful candidate will support benchmarking and supplier nomination activity for a new project, key to the re-launch of Norton motorbikes back into the market. This includes close collaboration with Engineering teams, Production and Quality. As NPI Project Buyer, you will need to influence and inform key stakeholders within the business as well as the supply chain.

Duties / Responsibilities

• Reviewing specification requirements for new products with Concept, Engineering and Project Management.
• Reviewing and providing input for engineering change requests
• Liaising with the Category buying teams to understand prospective supply base against each requirement
• Completing relevant benchmarking, negotiation and nomination activity
• Working collaboratively with department heads for all requirements to ensure production, warranty and aftersales work can be achieved within project requirements and to customer expectations
• Identifying and prioritising issues, communicating to the NPD and management team.
• Establishing BoM cost target and working within those confines – reporting and mitigating cost creep
• Ensuring suppliers nominated and product developed to impeccable quality standards
• Manage overall project timelines to ensure that product is delivered to market in accordance with business requirements and customer expectations
• Supporting Category buying teams with managing suppliers where required
• Supporting the implementation of new Procurement systems and processes around NPI
• Work on ad-hoc procurement projects as the company requires

Personal Specification

• Excellent communication and commercial skills
• High level of attention to detail and well organised
• Excellent time management skills and ability to prioritise workload
• Highly flexible individual who can adjust to a very agile environment
• Able to motivate and influence at all levels to achieve best business outcome
• Proactive, methodical, practical and persistent
• Able to work well under pressure
• Comfortable working at all levels of the business including Chief Exec
• Works well within a team

Skills and Experience

• Desirable, experience of working in a purchasing role in an engineering and automotive environment
• Experience of delivering NPI projects from a manufacturing perspective from concept to launch, including demonstratable experience of Early Supplier Engagement
• Demonstratable experience of establishing cost (ownership) upfront during project development
• Microsoft Office suite proficient, specifically MS Excel
• Must have the Right To Work in the UK