Senior Buyer - Transmissions

Reporting to the Purchasing Manager, this is an exciting and unique opportunity to join McLaren Automotive’s Purchasing team.

The role involves management of multimillion pound portfolios, co-ordination and full autonomy for supplier nomination and long-term strategies within a chosen function group.

Key responsibilities include:

• Managing supplier contracts and commercial negotiations
• Effective resolution of all critical supply issues and status reporting to the project team
• Minimisation and mitigation of costs, project risks, negative relationships with suppliers and threats to the organisation’s ability to design, develop and manufacture products on time, to cost and at the required quality standards
• Driving cost-down activities with suppliers and VA/VE activities
• Leading pre-launch supplier management activities to ensure readiness for series production
• Developing supplier evaluation methods and driving performance improvement initiatives
• Executing management reporting and configuration and development of business operating systems
• Budgetary control of all associated cost centres

The successful candidate will also be responsible for managing people, including representing their function group at programme gateways and cost workshops, mentoring buyers within the team, and supporting and fostering a cross-functional approach to achieve objectives.

The ideal candidate will have:

• The ability to lead negotiations and support teams in the development of negotiations strategies for large and complex projects
• Excellent influencing and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrable commercial success within an Automotive and/or manufacturing environment
• Excellent organisational skills, deadline adherence and exceptional attention to accuracy and detail
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
• The ability to act under pressure with calmness, clarity of thought and decisive authority
• A high level of self-motivation to overcome obstacles
• Results-driven and the ability to deliver against aggressive targets
• Experience of launch management/new model integration
• A good working knowledge of manufacturing and quality processes
• Proven supply chain management and procurement experience
• MCIPS qualified
• Previous direct procurement experience in a relevant industry
• Completion of a minimum of two new product introduction cycles

In return, McLaren Automotive offers a wide-ranging benefits package, including:

• Structured career development framework
• 25 days’ holiday, plus bank holiday
• 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
• Generous parental leave policies
• A range of wellbeing initiatives