• Jaguar Land Rover creates more than 100 new purchasing roles
• Supports further expansion of Jaguar Land Rover fastest growing business function
• Company seeking to harness talent from outside the automotive sector

Jaguar Land Rover has launched a new recruitment campaign to fill more than 100 new roles within its growing Purchasing team. The campaign which is live on the Jaguar Land Rover careers website is seeking to attract experienced purchasing professionals to support its Production, Non‑Production and Supplier Development operations.

Purchasing is Jaguar Land Rover's fastest growing business function having seen its headcount more than double since 2009. The additional vacancies for procurement specialists, purchasing managers and supplier development engineers and managers will take the team to almost 700 strong.

Commenting on the campaign, Ian Harnett, Jaguar Land Rover Purchasing Director said:  "In the last two years Jaguar Land Rover has invested almost £10 billion in the UK supply chain alone. This spend is indicative of the important role played by every member of the purchasing team in helping Jaguar Land Rover realise its ambitions and in turn positively impact the prosperity of the UK automotive sector.

"If we are to continue to do this we need experienced and talented buyers and managers including those who may not have previously considered a career in the automotive industry. Jaguar Land Rover is at an incredibly exciting juncture in its history and with each production buyer responsible for an average spend of £50m per annum, we can guarantee new recruits will be empowered to drive Jaguar Land Rovers future success".

Jaguar Land Rover has in recent years seen a number of purchasing professionals successfully make the switch to the automotive sector from aerospace, retail and construction. One such person is Samantha Shaw who joined Jaguar Land Rover in 2008 from luxury home retailer 'Fired Earth'. Since joining as a Programme Buyer, Sam quickly moved through the organisationand is now a Programme Project Manager, working on new vehicle development and launches.

Of her move to Jaguar Land Rover Sam says: "I had always wanted to work in the Automotive Industry and when the opportunity arose to join Jaguar Land Rover I jumped at it. The fact that I did not have any automotive experience did not hold me back as I was easily able to transfer my purchasing skills.  I have since established a successful career working on some fantastic vehicle programmes, including of late the Jaguar F‑Type. Since joining the company I have never once looked back nor can I see myself ever wanting to leave."

This is the latest in a line of recruitment activities which has seen employee numbers increase by more than 9,000 at the UK largest automotive employer in the last two years alone across its five advanced manufacturing and engineering sites.

To apply for a role within Purchasing at Jaguar Land Rover go to   http://purchasing.jaguarlandrovercareers.com/  

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Additional case studies featuring buyers who have moved to Jaguar Land Rover from outside of the automotive industry accompany this release. They can be downloaded from Newspress or www.media.jaguarlandrover.com

Notes to editors:

Jaguar Land Rover:

• Jaguar Land Rover has been named Responsible Business of the Year by Business in the Community (BITC).
• Jaguar Land Rover has ambitious plans for sustainable growth and profitability.
• In 2012, Jaguar Land Rover sold 357,773 vehicles, up 30%
• Jaguar Land Rover will invest circa £2.75bn in its products and facilities in the financial year to March 2014.
• Jaguar Land Rover is one of the UK's largest exporters by value (£11bn in 2011/2012 Fiscal Year) and generates in the region of 85% of its revenue from exports.
• In the 12 months to 31 March 2013, Jaguar Land Rover generated profit before tax of £1.675bn with revenues of £15.8bn.  

For more information, please visit www.newsroom.jaguarlandrover.com  or contact:

Ken McConomy, Head of Corporate Relations
M: +44 7714 725 236 E: kmcconom@jaguarlandrover.com

Nicola Rzeznik, Senior Communications Officer
M: + 44 (0) 7736 912266 E: nrzeznik@jaguarlandrover.com