Indirect Buyer

McLaren Automotive Ltd; Chesterton; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Enhanced pension scheme

Discretionary annual bonus

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Sabbatical after 2 years

Discounted shopping

Parental leave

Job summary

McLaren Automotive is seeking an Indirect Procurement Buyer based in Bicester, Oxfordshire. You will support procurement activities across key spend areas and contribute to strategic sourcing initiatives to help the business grow.

You will work across categories like Construction, Facilities Management, Capex, and Professional Services, collaborating with Category Leads and Procurement Managers to deliver value, ensure supply continuity, and maintain governance.

Qualifications

• Good understanding of procurement processes and market dynamics.
• Awareness of commercial considerations and risk management principles.
• Strong communication and collaboration across teams.

Responsibilities

• Support procurement activities across key spend areas.
• Work across categories such as Construction, Facilities Management, Capex, and Professional Services.
• Ensure compliance with internal processes and policies.

Skills

Procurement

Negotiation

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder communication

Team collaboration

Job description

We are currently recruiting for Indirect Buyers to be based in Bicester, Oxfordshire

As an Indirect Procurement Buyer, you will support procurement activities across key spend areas, contributing to the delivery of strategic sourcing initiatives that support business growth.

You will work across categories such as Construction, Facilities Management, Capex expenditure, and Professional Services, supporting Category Leads and Procurement Managers to deliver value, ensure supply continuity, and maintain effective commercial governance.

You will contribute to sourcing activities and supplier management across the procurement lifecycle, supporting the implementation of category strategies, while ensuring compliance with internal processes and policies.

What You’ll Do

• As an Indirect Procurement Buyer, you will support procurement activities across key spend areas, contributing to the delivery of strategic sourcing initiatives that support business growth.
• You will work across categories such as Construction, Facilities Management, Capex expenditure, and Professional Services, supporting Category Leads and Procurement Managers to deliver value, ensure supply continuity, and maintain effective commercial governance.
• You will contribute to sourcing activities and supplier management across the procurement lifecycle, supporting the implementation of category strategies, while ensuring compliance with internal processes and policies.

What You’ll Bring

Business Knowledge

• Good understanding of procurement processes and market dynamics.
• Awareness of commercial considerations and risk management principles.

Essential Functional / Technical Skills

• Developing negotiation and commercial conditions.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritise effectively.
• Strong attention to detail and analytical capability.
• Good communication skills with the ability to collaborate across teams.
• Strong team player mindset with a collaborative and proactive approach.

Personal Attributes / Competencies

• Eager to learn and develop within procurement.
• Structured, organised, and detail-oriented.
• Outcome-focused with a proactive approach to problem-solving.
• Able to work under guidance while taking ownership of defined tasks.
• Builds effective working relationships within immediate teams and stakeholders.

What We’ll Do for You

• 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

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