Programme Buyer

What to Expect We are recruiting for a Programme Buyer to join our fantastic Procurement department in Woking. As the Programme Buyer, you will be responsible for working within the Category Strategies for your area of responsibility, to influence early Vehicle Line Delivery (VLD) & Engineering thinking on sourcing and technology, and to deliver all Procurement activities for your commodities throughout the programme delivery, up to and including job one plus 90 days. This role requires strong cross-functional working skills and will require strong influence and discipline to work with the Commodity Procurement team to ensure the programmes adhere to the Category Strategies, whilst working alongside the Vehicle Line Delivery team to deliver all the Procurement requirements for the programmes. The position should also champion their suppliers’ input to Design for Manufacture (DFM). What You'll Do Work closely with the Commodity Procurement team to understand the Category Strategies for their commodity area, ensuring they are up to date, relevant for the new programmes’ requirements, and available on time. Run the RFQ process in line with the Category Strategies, ensuring competitive tension is maintained to deliver the best possible commercial and technology result for McLaren, according to the programme’s timing requirements. Analyse and interrogate the suppliers’ RFQ responses to deliver on time, comprehensive, like-for-like quotations and to deliver the best possible total cost picture for sharing with the Commodity Procurement team for final negotiation and contracting. Build strong relationships with their opposite numbers(s) within the VLD and Engineering to ensure robust cross-functional cooperation between Programme Procurement and the VLD & Engineering teams, delivering ‘one voice’ to the McLaren supplier base, in turn delivering the best cost and technology solutions for the new programmes. Work closely with the Procurement Project Managers to ensure all procurement activities for their commodity areas are completed on time for the new programmes. Understand the programmes’ requirements for supplier pre-production parts to support programme builds and ensure these requirements are met while balancing early production supplier involvement to maximise Design for Manufacture (DFM) input whilst maintaining competitive tension. Work with VLD and Engineering to maximise their suppliers’ expert design and process input (DFM) into the programmes’ assumptions to deliver the most cost-effective and reliable parts solutions. Deliver timely supplier responses to ECR’s, ensuring that quotations are fully interrogated for best value for money, and robustly challenge the VLD & Engineering teams when supplier feedback identifies better or more cost-effective solutions. Build a close relationship with the SQD Engineers for their commodity area to ensure close working to deliver seamlessly the cost, timing, and quality programme requirements relating to suppliers. Ensure supplier tooling costs are fully interrogated (if necessary, with support from Commodity Procurement and Engineering) and that subsequently the tooling is delivered on time and to cost, in line with the programmes’ requirements. Maintain the tooling/asset register throughout the programme development in line with McLaren’s requirements, including photographic records of the tools with McLaren asset tags attached. Be a subject matter expert regarding the suppliers within their commodity area and fully conversant with the manufacturing processes & cost drivers. What You'll Bring A university degree in Business or Engineering (ideally automotive, aerospace, or mechanical), or similar, is preferred but not essential. Professionally qualified to MCIPS level or equivalent, or working towards completion, is preferred. Deep understanding of the Procurement function and processes, and demonstrable experience of managing multi-national suppliers. At least 3 years’ experience as a buyer and senior buyer with an Automotive Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM). Alternatively, a minimum of 3 years’ experience as a buyer within a manufacturing business or First Tier Automotive supplier. Experience of delivering procurement activities for new programmes, aligned to category strategies and through cross-functional collaboration with Engineering. Well proven skills in Quotation Analysis Form (QAF) interrogation with a good understanding of suppliers’ cost drivers. Well versed in successfully delivering multi-million-pound negotiations for direct materials at senior level with suppliers. Be a role model to demonstrate ‘what good looks like’. Experience of high volume and niche vehicle Procurement, with the ability to apply best practice as appropriate. Experienced with financial analysis for assessing suppliers’ health and for building business cases internally. What We'll Do for You We offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes: 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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