Material Controller & Supply Planner

McLaren Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Structured career development

25 days holiday

Enhanced pension

Discretionary annual bonus

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Sabbatical opportunities

Wellbeing initiatives

Job summary

McLaren Automotive in London seeks a Senior Material Planner & Control to ensure materials arrive on time from the supply base and support development programs with achievable delivery schedules. You will manage MRP data, balance demand and supply, and nurture supplier relationships to meet inventory targets.

Ideal candidates will have strong experience with MRP/SAP, excellent communication, and a proven track record of on-time delivery in a fast-paced automotive environment.

Qualifications

• Understanding of Automotive OEM supply chains.
• Strong relationship-building with suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• Structured, organised approach to planning and scheduling.
• Experience with MRP and SAP is desirable.
• Delivery-focused with a track record of on-time delivery.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage MRP parameter data to deliver correct inventory levels and stability to McLaren Operations.
• Balance demand and supply using MRP (SAP) to create delivery plans that satisfy production and development needs.
• Represent supply chain risks/opportunities in internal reviews and mitigate supply risks with suppliers.
• Be the main contact for assigned suppliers and material availability concerns.
• Collaborate with onboarding suppliers and supplier packaging calculations.
• Drive continuous improvement with suppliers and internal processes.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Automotive supply chains

Relationship building

Organisational skills

Time management

Verbal and written communication

Data interpretation

Excel

SAP

Tools

SAP

MRP

Job description

Reporting to the Senior Material Planner & Control, this supplier facing role is key in ensuring materials arrive from McLaren's supply base on time and in full, with supporting documentation. 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. This role will be key to developing our supplier relationships and capability to support the ever-increasing logistics challenge.

What You'll Do

• Accountable for all aspects of supplier logistics quality thereby ensuring the efficient and effective inbound flow of material to the McLaren Production Centre.Manage appropriate processes with the suppliers for the early identification, communication and mitigation of supply risk.Able to represent supply chain risks and opportunities at internal management reviews.To use MRP (SAP) to balance demand and supply, creating a delivery plan that satisfies the combined requirements of production, development, and any other sources, keeping inventory within approved limits. Reduce obsolescence and inventory holding to company targets.To be the point of contact for your assigned suppliers and the related material availability concerns within the organisation.Work with supplier contacts to ensure an effective, mutually beneficial, working relationship.Work with on boarding suppliers, including supply chain loop and packaging requirement calculations.To adopt an approach of continuous improvementfor both internal processes and supplier logistics quality with your suppliers.To manage your supply base against defined KPIs to support business improvement.To support Engineering in the effective implementation of new parts, ensuring MRP demand is accurate and coordinating the appropriate run out and ramp up of stock to ensure minimum financial impact due to part obsolescence.To conduct scenario modelling to assess the impact of changes to demand and supply and to work with stakeholders to agree and implement a plan which will obtain optimal results.Own and manage MRP parameter data to deliver the correct inventory levels and stability to McLaren's Operations.To manage schedules against KPIs measuring all factors which affect materials and production planning.

What You'll Bring

• Confident in dealing with stakeholders, both internally and externally, in ensuring the requirements of the department and widerbusiness are met.
• Understanding of Automotive OEM supply chains and supplier manufacturing processes.
• Highly developed relationship building skills.
• Structured and organised approach to the management of work.
• Experience of working with MRP and or SAP is desirable personal Attributes.
• Delivery focused - with demonstrable track record of on-time delivery.
• Ability to manage and prioritise tasks and time efficiently.
• Excellent organisational skills.
• Team player.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Able to build good relationships at all levels, internally and externally.
• Resilient, able to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
• Ambitious and self-reliant. Intrinsically self-motivated.
• Unquestionable personal and professional integrity.
• Strong excel and data interpretation skills.
• Comprehensive grasp of planning principles and objectives.

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

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