Material Planning & Controller

McLaren Automotive Ltd; Woking; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Enhanced pension scheme

Private medical insurance

Discretionary annual bonus

Life assurance

Sabbatical after two years

Wellbeing initiatives

Job summary

McLaren Automotive is seeking a Senior Supply Chain professional to lead supplier logistics and risk management at the McLaren Production Centre. You will own inbound material flow, escalate operational issues, and mitigate risks while maintaining OTIF deliveries and optimized inventory.

The role requires strong Excel skills, experience with MRP/SAP, and excellent stakeholder management to drive improvements across internal and external teams.

Qualifications

• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and data interpretation capabilities.
• Proven track record managing tasks efficiently in a fast-paced, delivery-focused environment.
• Experience using MRP and SAP systems is highly desirable.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with internal and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own supplier logistics to ensure a continuous inbound material flow.
• Serve as out-of-hours contact for internal and external escalation and opportunities.
• Identify, communicate, and mitigate supply chain risks early.
• Represent supply chain risks and opportunities to management reviews.
• Maintain delivery schedules to support programs and ensure OTIF deliveries.
• Optimize inventory within targets and manage MRP parameters.

Skills

Microsoft Excel

Data interpretation

Time management

Stakeholder management

Tools

SAP

MRP

Job description

What to Expect

Reporting to the Senior Material Planner & Controller, this role operates in alignment with manufacturing production hours.

The successful candidate will act as the primary liaison between Material Control, Internal Logistics, and the external supply base. You will provide critical feedback on items impacting the production line, communicate a clear daily risk assessment for production start-up, and manage a portfolio of suppliers. Responsibilities include creating and maintaining delivery schedules for series suppliers to support current programs, ensuring on-time, in-full (OTIF) deliveries, maintaining production line availability, and optimizing inventory within budgeted targets. This position is pivotal to strengthening internal and external relationships to support evolving logistics challenges.

What You’ll Do

Supplier Logistics & Risk Management

Operational Accountability: Own all aspects of supplier logistics to ensure an efficient, continuous inbound material flow to the McLaren Production Centre. Serve as the out-of-hours point of contact for both internal and external operational escalation and opportunities.

Risk Mitigation: Establish and manage proactive supplier processes to identify, communicate, and mitigate supply chain risks early.

Stakeholder Representation: Represent supply chain risks and strategic opportunities confidently for internal management reviews.

Relationship Management: Foster collaborative, mutually beneficial working relationships with internal and external stake holders

Inventory & Systems Optimization

MRP/SAP Management: Utilize MRP (SAP) to balance supply and demand, developing a delivery plan that satisfies production, development, and alternative requirements

Inventory Control: Maintain inventory within approved limits to minimize obsolescence and holding costs in line with company targets.

Data Integrity: Own and manage MRP parameter data to ensure inventory accuracy and operational stability.

Engineering Change Support: Partner with Engineering to seamlessly implement new parts, ensuring accurate MRP demand and coordinating stock run-out/ramp-up schedules to minimize financial impact from obsolescence.

Performance & Continuous Improvement

KPI Management: Monitor and manage the assigned supply base against defined Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to drive business improvement.

Process Enhancement: Champion a continuous improvement approach for internal logistics processes and supplier quality.

Performance Metrics: Evaluate schedules against key performance indicators measuring all variables affecting materials and production planning.

What You’ll Bring

Professional Experience & Expertise

Proven track record of managing and prioritizing tasks efficiently within a fast-paced, delivery-focused environment.

Experience utilizing MRP and/or SAP systems is highly desirable.

Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and strong data interpretation capabilities.

Demonstrated capability in structured work organization and executing time-sensitive deliverables.

Interpersonal & Communication Skills

Highly developed relationship-building and stakeholder management skills across all organizational levels, both internally and externally.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to influence and collaborate.

A collaborative team player who functions effectively in a dynamic, cross-functional environment.

Personal Attributes

Resilient and composed under pressure when working toward tight deadlines.

Self-reliant, intrinsically motivated, and ambitious.

Demonstrates unquestionable personal and professional integrity.

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.