Indirect Buyer

McLaren Automotive Ltd; Durnford Farm; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday allowance

Bank holidays

Pension scheme

Discretionary bonus

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Sabbatical available

Employee discounts

Parental leave

Wellbeing programme

Job summary

McLaren Automotive Ltd is seeking an Indirect Procurement Buyer to support procurement activities across key spend areas and contribute to strategic sourcing that drives business growth. You will collaborate with Category Leads across Construction, Facilities Management, Capex and Professional Services to deliver value and maintain governance, while ensuring compliance with internal processes.

This role offers exposure to high-profile projects within a premium automotive business and a

Qualifications

• Understanding of procurement processes and market dynamics.
• Awareness of commercial considerations and risk management principles.
• Developing negotiation and commercial terms.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritise effectively.
• Strong attention to detail and analytical capability.
• Excellent communication and cross-team collaboration.
• Team-oriented with proactive problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Support procurement activities across key spend areas to deliver strategic sourcing initiatives.
• Work across categories such as Construction, Facilities Management, Capex and Professional Services with Category Leads.
• Contribute to supplier management across the procurement lifecycle and ensure policy compliance.

Skills

Negotiation

Multi-tasking

Attention to detail

Communication

Team player

Procurement knowledge

Risk awareness

Job description

hat to Expect

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

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 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