Senior Material Planning & Controller

We are seeking a Senior Material Planning & Controller to join our Logistics team at McLaren Automotive in Woking.

This role is responsible for the creation and maintenance of achievable delivery schedules that support the requirements of our series and development programs whilst ensuring inventory levels remain within budgeted targets.

Key responsibilities:

• Drive business cases to implement new processes
• Take total ownership and implementation of processes with associated metric reporting
• Support and drive solutions and cost down within daily operational tasks
• Support the cross-company SAP system and deploy developments as required
• Enhance current business plans supporting industry leading KPIs
• Drive continual improvement in the way the team operates across the business to incorporate improved lean practices
• Be the point of contact for supplier schedules, material engineering changes and booking in queries
• Use MRP to balance demand and supply, creating a delivery plan that satisfies the combined requirements of production, development, and any other sources
• Identify, escalate, and address risks to production requirements, supplier lead times, schedule stability, planned inventory levels and warehousing capacities
• Support Engineering in the effective implementation of new parts
• Conduct scenario modelling to assess the impact of changes to demand and supply
• Own and manage MRP parameter data to deliver the correct inventory levels and stability to McLaren’s Operations
• Manage schedule adherence data against KPI targets

Requirements:

• Previous experience of senior stakeholder management
• Team management and coaching experience
• Strong and consistent approach to driving governance and processes
• Familiarity with operating metrics to drive performance
• Confident in presenting strategies with required analysis and business case
• Ability to drive results whilst working across a wide range of stakeholders
• SAP experience
• Confident in dealing with stakeholders, holding and leading meetings
• Preferable understanding of Automotive OEM supply chains and supplier manufacturing processes
• Strong Excel and data interpretation skills
• Comprehensive grasp of planning principles and objectives
• Proven ability to make sound and logical decisions
• Structured and organised approach to the management of work

Personal attributes:

• Operate tactically and strategically when required
• Delivery focused - with demonstrable track record of on-time delivery
• Ability to manage and prioritise tasks and time efficiently
• Excellent organisational skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Resilient, able to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Unquestionable personal and professional integrity

Benefits:

• 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
• 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