Buyer

Function: Purchasing
Contract: Full time - Permanent
Location: Pyms Lane, Crewe, CW1 3PL with flexible hybrid working

Bentley Motors is combining a world of luxury and progressive technology to embrace an electrified future. Join us as we embark on the most transformative phase in Bentley’s history.

Purpose of the Role
Join the Purchasing team as a Buyer, where you'll work alongside experienced professionals and receive mentorship while bringing innovative ideas to life, from concept to completion, ensuring Bentley products reach our global customers. Reporting to the Purchase Commodity Leader, your key responsibilities include:

• Delivering high-quality, cost-effective parts to our factory on schedule
• Implementing a commodity strategy to select optimal suppliers for Bentley Motors
• Managing key spend categories across our 5 commodity teams: Metals, Exterior, Interior, Connectivity, Powertrain, and Aftermarket
• Promoting commercial discipline through collaborative cross-functional teamwork
• Achieving key performance metrics, including negotiating costs and driving supplier performance improvements
• Ensuring procurement process compliance and recommending process enhancements for greater efficiency
• Contributing to future-focused projects in Sustainability, Innovation, and Software Collaborating with the wider Group (Audi, Porsche, Lamborghini) to boost operational efficiencies and develop innovative, exciting products

About the Team
Purchasing is responsible for securing sustainable and cost efficient supply chains, managing supplier performance, risk management and ownership of the planning and delivery of all Bentley new production models, aftersales parts as well as suppliers for our internal infrastructure.

About you – Skills and Experience

• Strong communication, influencing, and presentation skills with diverse stakeholders
• Adaptable and quick-thinking, with a structured approach to problem-solving
• Self-aware, with a focus on personal growth and sharing learnings with others
• Accountable for decisions, always striving for the best outcomes for the team, business, and personal development
• Open-minded and curious, with excellent planning and prioritization skills to meet critical deadlines
• A degree in Business, Finance, Engineering or equivalent experience

What Bentley Offers

• Flexible working hours
• Hybrid working options
• 35 days annual leave inclusive of UK bank holidays
• Progression pathways and programmes, mentoring, and study support opportunities available
• Optional car lease scheme with discounted access to brand new VW Group cars (VW, Seat, Skoda, Audi) up to every six months
• Health and life assurance benefits providing up to five times annual salary
• Annual salary reviews and competitive bonus scheme
• Contributory pension scheme – you put in 6% we put in 10%
• Access to a wide range of resources to support your health and well-being including an online GP, the choice to join BUPA health plans, a mental health counsellor, and onsite physio
• Paid volunteering days dedicated to community giving

The Bentley Campus
Our campus is going through an exciting transformation offering unrivalled facilities including green spaces, free parking, an onsite restaurant, coffee shops and Legends gym. 

#BelongingAtBentley

Motivated to be the most diverse, inclusive luxury car company, we are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where all individuals are respected, valued, and empowered.

We firmly believe in equal opportunities for all, helping all colleagues thrive as their authentic selves and reach their highest potential. We believe that everyone, regardless of their background or beliefs, belongs at Bentley. Everyone is entitled to respect and dignity, and we positively celebrate the differences between people.

Beyond100+

Announced in 2020, Bentley’s ground-breaking Beyond100 strategy targets sustainable luxury mobility leadership, reinventing every aspect of the business. Building on over two decades of forward-thinking, join us as Bentley moves towards a sustainable future.

Closing date: 28 January 2025