Vehicle Line Manager - Interior

McLaren Automotive Ltd; Old Woking; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; 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

Generous parental leave

Wellbeing initiatives

Job summary

McLaren Automotive Ltd seeks a Vehicle Line Manager to lead the delivery of Vehicle Interiors for allocated programs. You will ensure timely, cost-conscious execution and act as the main link between the Function Group and Programme team.

You will manage budgets, supplier relationships, and project milestones from concept through series. The role requires coordinating with cross-functional teams, maintaining forecasts, and driving a robust risk and KPI framework to ensure quality and on-time

Qualifications

• Experience leading vehicle program delivery with cost control and supplier liaison (budget/forecast).
• Strong program management skills across cross-functional teams.
• Effective communication with directors and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of Vehicle Interiors for allocated programs on time and within budget.
• Manage budgets, spend vs. budget, and compliance with spend profiles.
• Create SOWs, liaise with Design Suppliers, and onboard new suppliers.
• Forecast, report progress and ensure risk management and KPIs are monitored.

Skills

Budget management

Program management

Stakeholder communication

Tools

MS Office

ERP systems

Job description

Reporting to the Head Of Department the Vehicle Line Manager is responsible for leading the delivery of Vehicle Interiors to allocated McLaren Programs, operating as a key link between the Function Group and Programme team.

What You'll Do

• Financial: Cascade of the Function Group budget Manage the discussion with the VLD on Actual spend required v budget Manage the VTC and RoR to ensure compliance to the spend profile and overall budget, tracking spend and approving spend.
• Resource: Create Statement of Work and work with indirect Purchasing to send out packs for quotations for Design Supplier Resource Be the point of contact for contract and payment queries from the Design Supplier Be responsible for the onboarding of the new Design supplier
• Timing: Cascade of the High Level Plan - with key information defined such as Surface releases, Build events, testing and gateways
• Reporting & Meeting representation: Accountable for accurate forecasting and status of financials associated with programme activities and deliverables across internal resource and supplier spend (tooling investment, D&D and external resource) for the given programme. Operating as the primary point of contact for the programme, ensure that Function Group programme deliverables are completed to time, cost, weight and quality. o Be the functional point of contact from concept to series. o Planning, monitoring and execution of project activities to ensure project delivery. o Manage the Risk Assessment Tool for the programme, ensuring that DFMEA & Tech Specs are completed by the responsible owners as required. o Establish and control system design, release (ETRS), development and validation plans in association with functional experts. o Manage the KPI's: BOM/Investment/Quality concerns/Build deviations/Engineering release Ensure control and drive efficiency of functional programme delivery through use of available systems (e.g. timesheet outputs) to challenge and ensure appropriate allocation of costs to assigned programme for given function group. Ensure effective preparation and attendance at relevant forums, providing clear Ensure effective preparation and attendance at relevant forums, providing clear and effective communication on updates and status from department to programme teams, and vice versa. Generate and support key technology and system decisions with business cases and a clear lifecycle approach, ensuring consequences of decisions are understood and managed appropriately. Promote XF working and Simultaneous Engineering approach - Supplier liaison & management. o Lead supply chain activities in association with suppliers, buyers, cost engineering, engineering, SQA and logistics to ensure design to cost, supplier nomination and delivery of components and systems on schedule for all phases of prototype, pilot and pre-production.

What You'll Bring

• Function Group Technical Meetings: cascade of the Project status from the Project Meeting cascade the gateway current status and forecast status Take any technical details which can be used to feedback in Project Meetings
• Director Level Technical Meetings: 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. o Cascade of gateway status current and forecast o Report on the KPI Status for Interior and Exterior combined o Highlight to the Director any priorities for the week

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