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What to Expect
The McLaren Automotive Purchasing Department is an exciting yet demanding, fast paced and commercially driven environment.
The successful candidate will be working as part of a high performing and agile team, with direct report into the Purchasing Manager. Cross functional engagement with our Engineering, Quality, Production and Legal Teams is vital for successful delivery and performance.
What You'll Do
- Life-cycle responsibility delivering high quality, value for money components into McLaren.
- Accountability for cost and budget management for multi-million pound direct-spend portfolios.
- New supplier identification and introduction into McLaren.
- Deliver commodity strategy and nomination approvals in line with business requirements aligned with the organisation’s key stakeholders.
- Reference and awareness of technology and quality roadmaps within scope.
- Negotiate, execute and monitor contractual agreements with suppliers.
- Deliver challenging annual cost down targets through commercial and VA/VE methods.
- Work cross-functionally with all departments to drive core quality, cost principles and process.
- Develop strong, long-term relationships with Suppliers.
- Managed supplier performance on cost, quality and on time delivery.
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What You'll Bring
- Degree preferred but not essential.
- A strong, clear and confident communicator.
- Ability to work to deadlines and demands.
- Keen attention to accuracy and detail.
- Proven commercial background / strong negotiator.
- Previous manufacturing / automotive experience preferred but not essential.
- Proven supply chain experience in dealing with both high and low value organisations.
- Enthusiastic and self-motivated to work autonomously.
- Experience in cost engineering, raw material and tooling buying would be advantageous.
What We'll Do for You
We offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:
- Structured career development framework
- 25 days’ holiday, plus bank holiday. Annual buy & sell up to five days
- Enhanced company pension scheme
- Discretionary annual bonus award
- Private medical insurance and health cash plan
- Life assurance benefit
- Ability to apply for a sabbatical of up to one year after only two years’ service
- Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
- Generous parental leave policies
- A range of wellbeing initiatives, such as employee assistance programme and free financial & mortgage advice
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Who Are We?
No restraints. No limitations. We don’t simply push boundaries. We completely rethink them. McLaren Automotive exists to create breath-taking performance road cars.
It takes a community to do what we do. A diverse group of people with many areas of expertise, united by their passion to deliver visionary products and set new benchmarks.
McLaren Automotive commits to equal opportunity for all. Diversity, Equality and Inclusion is at the heart of our impact, it drives our innovation and enables us to truly create something special. Join us on our journey.
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