At Alexander Dennis, our vision is to lead the evolution of sustainable on-road mass transportation and mobility.
We design, deliver, and support market-leading buses and coaches that help reduce emissions, improve air quality, and keep communities connected. Every role contributes to that mission, whether you’re engineering, driving sales, improving production, or supporting our customers.
As a Commodity Buyer within our Global Powertrain Procurement team, you’ll take ownership of a defined group of commodities, driving cost reduction initiatives and supplier performance improvements. You’ll support material planning enhancements and contribute to the development of procurement strategies aligned with short, medium, and long-term business goals. This role offers a clear path to progression into a Commodity Manager position for the right candidate.
You’ll be responsible for creating commodity strategies, managing supplier relationships, issuing RFQs and tenders, and identifying opportunities for commercial gain. You’ll also monitor market trends, negotiate contracts, and ensure supplier performance through scorecards and stakeholder engagement.
We’re looking for a commercially astute procurement professional with at least 3 years’ experience in a similar role. You’ll have strong negotiation and supplier management skills, excellent communication abilities, and the confidence to influence outcomes across cross-functional teams. A professional qualification in Purchasing or Supply (e.g. CIPS) or a relevant business degree is preferred.
Because we know that to deliver on our vision, people have to feel supported and inspired:
These are more than words on a page, they shape how we work, what we stand for, and how we build trust with our customers, communities, and each other.
If you see yourself growing with Alexander Dennis and contributing to our vision, we’d love to hear from you.
Please complete our online application form and attach your CV!
We care deeply about being inclusive and we encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
If you are an internal applicant, you have a responsibility to inform your current line/department manager and local human resources representative before applying for the role.
Due to the volume of vacancies and applications, we would prefer that you submit your application online. If however, you require an alternative method of applying, please give us a call on +44 1324 621 672 or send an email to [email protected]
More than half of the buses that you see on the roads in the UK and Hong Kong are made by Alexander Dennis. Globally, there’s over 25,000 people every minute, of every day using our products. That’s a lot of responsibility we have for keeping the world moving.At Alexander Dennis we design, engineer, build and support the widest range of market leading buses and coaches using low, ultra-low and zero emission technologies. We have extensive experience in vehicle supply and support across Europe, Asia Pacific and North America, with a near 50:50 revenue split between UK and international markets.We are excited about the opportunities arising from the global push for lower pollution and better air quality. The UK Government as well as many others around the world have committed to aggressive but achievable decarbonisation agendas and at Alexander Dennis, we are ready to deliver the green buses needed to transition to cleaner transport.
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