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Ref #: JSL1125006
Location: Swindon
Salary: £50,000 - £65,000
Type: Permanent

Purchasing Manager – Global Sourcing & Strategy

Swindon | £50,000 – £65,000 + Benefits + Career Progression


Ready to step into a role where you set the strategy, shape supplier partnerships, and influence global decisions?

This is your chance to take full ownership of a purchasing function with a respected UK manufacturer supplying OE-quality automotive components to over 70 countries.

If you’re looking for more responsibility, more impact, and more visibility — this role gives you a platform to lead, make change happen, and grow your career in a commercially essential position.


What’s in it for You

This role gives you:

  • Strategic influence – you won’t just follow process; you’ll shape the whole sourcing strategy.

  • Global exposure – build partnerships with suppliers across Europe and Asia, strengthening your international purchasing credentials.

  • A bigger commercial voice – you’ll work directly with senior leadership, influencing decisions that drive profitability.

  • Career growth – ideal for someone ready to step up into a broader, more senior purchasing role.

  • Autonomy and trust – freedom to manage your own suppliers, negotiations, and approach.

If you want a role where you own the function rather than support it, this is it.


What You’ll Be Doing (and Why It Matters)

Rather than just processing orders, you’ll be:

  • Shaping the global sourcing strategy — giving you real commercial influence.

  • Leading supplier negotiations — strengthening your leadership and commercial presence.

  • Developing long-term supplier relationships across Europe and Asia — enhancing your global network.

  • Driving new product sourcing and supplier onboarding — playing a direct role in innovation and product launches.

  • Improving purchasing performance and processes — leaving your stamp on a growing, forward-thinking organisation.

Every action you take will directly impact quality, cost, and delivery performance — giving you clear, visible results.


What You’ll Bring

You’ll thrive here if you’re someone who:

  • Has experience in purchasing or supply chain within manufacturing, engineering, or automotive.

  • Enjoys negotiating, influencing, and building supplier relationships.

  • Can interpret technical drawings/specifications (or is comfortable learning).

  • Wants strategic responsibility, not just transactional purchasing.

  • Is commercially sharp, analytical, and confident engaging at all levels.


The Package

  • £50,000 – £65,000 salary depending on experience

  • Bonus potential

  • Strong benefits package

  • Supportive, collaborative work environment

  • Long-term development and leadership progression


About the Company

Our client is a long-standing UK-based manufacturer supplying OE-quality automotive components to a global customer base.
Known for engineering expertise, technical innovation, and trusted partnerships, they continue to grow internationally and invest in their people.


JSL Solutions – Recruitment... The Right Way.

Specialists in:

  • Automotive Aftermarket Recruitment
  • Sales & Marketing Recruitment
  • Senior Appointments & Executive Search
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Ref #: JSL1125006
Location: Swindon
Salary: £50,000 - £65,000
Type: Permanent

Purchasing Manager – Global Sourcing & Strategy

Swindon | £50,000 – £65,000 + Benefits + Career Progression


Ready to step into a role where you set the strategy, shape supplier partnerships, and influence global decisions?

This is your chance to take full ownership of a purchasing function with a respected UK manufacturer supplying OE-quality automotive components to over 70 countries.

If you’re looking for more responsibility, more impact, and more visibility — this role gives you a platform to lead, make change happen, and grow your career in a commercially essential position.


What’s in it for You

This role gives you:

  • Strategic influence – you won’t just follow process; you’ll shape the whole sourcing strategy.

  • Global exposure – build partnerships with suppliers across Europe and Asia, strengthening your international purchasing credentials.

  • A bigger commercial voice – you’ll work directly with senior leadership, influencing decisions that drive profitability.

  • Career growth – ideal for someone ready to step up into a broader, more senior purchasing role.

  • Autonomy and trust – freedom to manage your own suppliers, negotiations, and approach.

If you want a role where you own the function rather than support it, this is it.


What You’ll Be Doing (and Why It Matters)

Rather than just processing orders, you’ll be:

  • Shaping the global sourcing strategy — giving you real commercial influence.

  • Leading supplier negotiations — strengthening your leadership and commercial presence.

  • Developing long-term supplier relationships across Europe and Asia — enhancing your global network.

  • Driving new product sourcing and supplier onboarding — playing a direct role in innovation and product launches.

  • Improving purchasing performance and processes — leaving your stamp on a growing, forward-thinking organisation.

Every action you take will directly impact quality, cost, and delivery performance — giving you clear, visible results.


What You’ll Bring

You’ll thrive here if you’re someone who:

  • Has experience in purchasing or supply chain within manufacturing, engineering, or automotive.

  • Enjoys negotiating, influencing, and building supplier relationships.

  • Can interpret technical drawings/specifications (or is comfortable learning).

  • Wants strategic responsibility, not just transactional purchasing.

  • Is commercially sharp, analytical, and confident engaging at all levels.


The Package

  • £50,000 – £65,000 salary depending on experience

  • Bonus potential

  • Strong benefits package

  • Supportive, collaborative work environment

  • Long-term development and leadership progression


About the Company

Our client is a long-standing UK-based manufacturer supplying OE-quality automotive components to a global customer base.
Known for engineering expertise, technical innovation, and trusted partnerships, they continue to grow internationally and invest in their people.


JSL Solutions – Recruitment... The Right Way.

Specialists in:

  • Automotive Aftermarket Recruitment
  • Sales & Marketing Recruitment
  • Senior Appointments & Executive Search
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