{"id":1139795,"url":"https://alion.io/job/general-parts-group-indirect-purchasing-buyer","title":"Indirect Purchasing Buyer","company":{"id":8101,"name":"General Parts Group","domain":"genpt.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/genpt","size_band":"5000+","is_staffing_agency":false,"is_intermediary":false,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":100,"open_postings":8,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":21,"computed_at":"2026-09-23T05:45:00Z"}},"role":"Operations","role_family":"Operations","seniority":null,"employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"hybrid","remote_scope":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Birmingham, United Kingdom","United Kingdom"],"countries":["GB"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":28000,"max_usd":72000,"period":"year","method":"role_country_seniority_unknown","sample_n":161},"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Microsoft Office","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-23T10:18:51Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-23","last_verified_at":"2026-09-23T18:29:14Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":0,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":0},"description":"Alliance Automotive Group (AAG) is a leading distributor of passenger and commercial vehicle parts to the independent automotive aftermarket in Europe. It operates in France, the U.K., Ireland, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Hungary and Romania. The company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Genuine Parts Company (GPC), the largest global automotive replacement parts distributor with activities in North America, Europe, and Australasia. AAG’s network serves thousands of customers across Europe supported by a logistics infrastructure of 75 Distribution Centres, approximately 2,550 Stores and thousands of vehicle repairers, body shops and auto-centres. AAG has a revenue of 3.4 billion euros with over 17,000 employees. Learn more at www.allianceautomotivegroup.eu\nJob Title: Indirect Purchasing Buyer\nReporting To: Indirect Purchasing Manager\nDepartment: Procurement\nRole Purpose\nThe Indirect Purchasing Buyer will support the establishment and delivery of an effective indirect procurement function across the group. The role is responsible for sourcing, negotiating, purchasing, and managing suppliers for goods and services that support business operations but are not for resale.\nThis position will work closely with internal stakeholders to ensure purchasing activity delivers value, quality, service continuity, compliance, and cost efficiency.\nKey Responsibilities\nSupport end-to-end purchasing activities for indirect goods and services.\nSource, evaluate, and onboard suppliers in line with business requirements and procurement processes.\nObtain and assess quotations, conduct supplier negotiations, and recommend best-value purchasing decisions.\nManage purchase orders, ensuring accuracy, appropriate approvals, and timely delivery.\nSupport the development of supplier agreements, including commercial terms, service levels, and pricing arrangements.\nMonitor supplier performance, delivery, quality, cost, and service issues; resolve or escalate concerns as required.\nBuild effective working relationships with internal stakeholders across relevant functions.\nIdentify opportunities to reduce costs, consolidate spend, improve processes, and standardise purchasing activity.\nMaintain accurate procurement records, contracts, pricing, supplier information, and purchasing documentation.\nEnsure purchasing activities comply with internal policies, delegated authority limits, and applicable governance requirements.\nSupport spend analysis, reporting, budgeting, and procurement planning.\nContribute to the development of indirect procurement processes, systems, controls, and best practices for the new function.\nKey Stakeholders\nIndirect Purchasing Manager\nProduct Operations Director\nFinance\nOperations and Facilities teams\nIT and other business-support functions\nInternal budget holders and department managers\nExternal suppliers and service providers\nKnowledge, Skills and Experience\nEssential\nExperience in a purchasing, procurement, buying, or supply-chain role.\nExperience managing indirect spend categories, suppliers, quotations, and purchase orders.\nStrong negotiation and commercial awareness skills.\nAbility to analyse pricing, supplier proposals, and total-cost considerations.\nStrong organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.\nEffective stakeholder-management and communication skills.\nHigh level of accuracy and attention to detail.\nProficiency with purchasing systems and standard business software, including spreadsheet analysis and MS Office.\nDesirable\nExperience helping to establish or improve a procurement function or process.\nExperience with contract management and supplier performance management.\nRelevant procurement qualification or working toward one.\nExperience within a multi-site, distribution, retail, automotive, or operational environment.\nKey Competencies\nCommercially minded and value focused\nProactive and solution oriented\nStrong relationship builder\nAnalytical and detail focused\nAble to influence stakeholders constructively\nComfortable working independently in a developing function\nCommitted to process compliance and continuous improvement\nMeasures of Success\nCost savings and value delivered through sourcing and negotiation.\nSupplier performance against agreed requirements.\nTimeliness and accuracy of purchasing activity.\nCompliance with purchasing policies and approval processes.\nImproved visibility and control of indirect spend.\nStakeholder satisfaction with procurement support and service levels.\nNot the right fit? Create an account to set up email alerts as new job postings become available that meet your interest!\nAlliance Automotive Group is an equal opportunities employer.","description_format":"text","description_chars":4716,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United Kingdom","iso":"GB","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Commerce","Manufacturing","Wholesale","Automotive Manufacturing"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-23T10:18:51Z"}],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":21,"reasons":["conf:3","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-09-23T21:53:08Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/general-parts-group-indirect-purchasing-buyer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/general-parts-group-indirect-purchasing-buyer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-23T21:53:08Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers"}}