Senior Buyer

About Us

Velocity is the nation’s leading and largest builder of classic American vehicles, redefining what it means to own a classic. Our vehicles aren’t just restored—they’re entirely reborn. We blend the timeless soul and aesthetics of vintage cars with the performance, technology, and reliability of modern automobiles. By shifting away from traditional one-off restorations with their many uncertainties, we have set a new standard—delivering meticulously crafted, high-performance classics with enhanced reliability and drivability.

Success at Velocity requires a "whatever it takes" mentality. We embody grit, demonstrating perseverance, resilience, and unwavering determination in the face of challenges. We are adaptable, embracing change, adjusting to new circumstances, and continuously seeking ways to improve processes and outcomes—because growth does not come from comfort. We take ownership, assuming full responsibility for tasks, decisions, and outcomes, whether successes or setbacks, without shifting blame.

"That’s not my job" is not in our vocabulary; when one part of our team falls short, we all do. Finally, our ambition fuels our drive to excel, improve, and uphold the highest standards for both personal and professional growth. This mindset defines who we are and ensures our continued success.

The Senior Buyer is responsible for the strategic and tactical management of assigned suppliers, commodities, parts, materials, and supplies needed to support Velocity’s production requirements. This individual will lead sourcing, supplier management, commercial negotiations, cost reduction, and supply risk mitigation while ensuring material is available at the required quality, cost, and delivery performance. The Senior Buyer serves as a key commercial interface with the supply base and is expected to operate with a high degree of independent judgment, proactively improve supplier performance, and identify opportunities to reduce total cost and strengthen continuity of supply.

The ideal candidate has strong negotiation and analytical skills, demonstrated supplier-management experience, and a solid understanding of automotive or complex manufacturing environments.

Individual Contributor

Supply Chain Manager

• Develop and execute sourcing strategies for assigned suppliers, commodities, and product categories to support production, cost, quality, and delivery objectives.
• Lead competitive sourcing activities including RFQs, bid analysis, supplier evaluation, selection, qualification, and onboarding.
• Negotiate pricing, payment terms, lead times, freight terms, minimum order quantities, tooling, warranties, and other commercial conditions to achieve the best total value for Velocity.
• Develop and execute annual cost-reduction initiatives through negotiation, competitive sourcing, volume consolidation, value analysis, alternate sourcing, and supplier collaboration.
• Analyze supplier pricing, historical spend, market conditions, volumes, and cost drivers to establish negotiation strategies and cost targets.
• Challenge and negotiate supplier price increases using fact-based analysis while identifying opportunities for cost avoidance and purchase price improvement.
• Build and maintain strong supplier relationships while establishing clear expectations for quality, delivery, responsiveness, cost, and continuous improvement.
• Conduct supplier performance reviews and drive corrective actions for delivery, quality, pricing, capacity, responsiveness, and other performance gaps.
• Identify single-source, capacity, financial, geographic, lead-time, and other supply risks and develop appropriate mitigation and alternate-source strategies.
• Manage purchase requirements generated through the ERP/MRP system and ensure supplier commitments align with production demand, inventory position, and required dates.
• Proactively manage supplier delivery performance, past-due purchase orders, and material constraints; elevate supply risks before they impact production.
• Partner with Production, Planning, Inventory, Engineering, Quality, and other…