Procurement Engineer - Powertrain Systems (1 Year FTC)

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 Procurement Engineer – Global Powertrain Systems, you’ll take ownership of a defined group of commodities and develop sourcing strategies that support our business and technical objectives. You’ll work closely with engineering and suppliers to deliver cost reductions, support new product development, run sourcing and tender activities, negotiate commercial agreements and manage supplier performance, risk and relationships.

We’re looking for someone with strong technical understanding and practical procurement or commodity-management experience, ideally gained within transport, vehicles or heavy machinery. You’ll be confident in sourcing, commercial negotiation and supplier management, with excellent communication, influencing and relationship-building skills. You should be organised, commercially aware and comfortable working across teams to deliver agreed targets; more than three years’ relevant experience is preferred.

An engineering degree at BSc level or above, a CIPS or other relevant purchasing, supply or business qualification, and knowledge or experience of CAD systems.

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 call on +44 1324 621 672 or send an email to careers@alexander-dennis.com