What to Expect
We are recruiting for a Buyer to join our fantastic Motorsport and McLaren Special Operations team in Woking. As the Buyer, you will be working as part of a high-performing and agile team. 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.
* Delivering commodity strategy and nomination approvals in line with business requirements aligned with the organisation’s key stakeholders.
* Negotiating, executing, and monitoring contractual agreements with suppliers.
* Delivering challenging annual cost down targets.
* Managing supplier performance on cost, quality, and on-time delivery.
What You'll Bring
* Degree preferred but not essential.
* Previous experience working within the motorsport industry is desired.
* A strong, clear, and confident communicator.
* Keen attention to accuracy and detail.
* Previous direct purchasing experience.
* Enthusiastic and self-motivated to work autonomously.
* Ability to influence.
* Ability to work to deadlines and prioritise workload.
* Personable.
* Passion for purchasing.
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 4x your basic salary.
* 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 including market-leading maternity leave.
* Tax-efficient nursery scheme benefit.
* A range of wellbeing initiatives, such as employee assistance programme and free financial & mortgage advice.
* Friends and family day.
* Opportunities to experience our fantastic cars.
Qualifying criteria applies.
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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