Job description
Purpose of the Role:
This fixed term contract has overall responsibility for contract management, agreement and projects activities from inception to completion, including but not limited to the production of all relevant contracts, Agreements, SLAs and KPIs. Leading on negotiations and the resolution of commercial issues will be essential, whilst ensuring that a robust contract management process is followed, all deliverables are met in a timely and agreed manner, and with strong relationship management and communication with all key stakeholders being maintained throughout.
Role Dimensions:
- Reporting directly to the Purchasing Manager, the primary purpose of this role is to manage the overall performance, and retain responsibility for, the successful delivery of products and/or services in relation to agreements and projects that are multiyear, complex, or of a value that are driven by considerable financial or budgetary constraints, or programme criticality.
- Working within the purchasing team, Finance and Legal teams, and working collaboratively with key stakeholders across the McLaren Racing business, to ensure that requirements and strategic objectives are being met
- Delivering demonstrable commercial benefits and contractual controls across all levels of contracts, agreements and projects, whilst mitigating risk, along with supplier relationship development with product and services providers.
- Flexibility within, and support across the purchasing team in a wide range of tasks, will be required along with a professional and positive attitude and approach to the dynamic and varying demands of the business.
Principal Accountabilities:
- Accountability for construction and delivery of contract scope, in liaison with key stakeholders, with a focus on commercial cost management and budgetary controls, as well as service delivery to the required standards.
- Maintain & develop positive Supplier Relationship Management processes (SRM) with a view to building long term relationships, to ensure successful performance of the agreed deliverables.
- Monitoring and influencing the performance of suppliers in relation to the contracts, both directly as well as in partnership with key stakeholders.
- Upholding a professional, personable and proactive approach to the role, whilst maintaining positive communication with all key stakeholders as well as the wider business.
- Negotiate with suppliers, to ensure adherence to budgetary controls, whilst ensuring that deliverable standards, scopes and specifications are met, as well as timely delivery of products or services in relation to the contract.
- Alongside suppliers and stakeholders, construct achievable KPI targets in keeping with the supply of products or services in relation to the contract.
- Continuous improvement of processes and administrative functions required to complete role, to ensure a streamlined and efficient way of working.
- Maintain a contract register, and act upon impending milestones to secure required contract re-negotiations or renewals in a timely manner.
- Ensure that McLaren Racing programme and facilities requirements run unhindered and without breaks in any key contracts or service agreements.
- Development, loading and maintenance of purchase orders as necessary, in line with both the contractual aspect of the role, as well as day to day purchasing duties associated to the more general purchasing function when required.
- Provide support, training and mentoring to the Operative - Procurement Support role, acting as a role model, always ensuring best practice and behaviours
- Alongside the Purchasing Manager, provide support and mentoring across the Senior Operative roles within the Indirect and Projects Procurement Team.
- As is deemed necessary, the role will be required to take the lead on discussions and certain issue resolution, with external suppliers and internal stakeholders, as well as across the Indirect and Projects Procurement Team, in support of the Purchasing Manager
- Any other tasks as required by the Company.
Job requirements
Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
- Professional qualifications, such as CIPS Level 4 or MCIPS is preferable.
- Expertise and knowledge in current methodologies relating to the construction and publishing of contracts and agreements including all appropriate ancillary documentation is essential,
- Proven ability to independently lead negotiations and support in the development of negotiation strategies for large and complex projects and contracts.
- Strong leadership qualities, gravitas, influencing and interpersonal skills. Will be able to constructively challenge and persuasively communicate with decision makers at all levels as necessary.
- The role has periods of intense workload, and therefore the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and manage time effectively will be necessary.
- Motorsport or high precision engineering industry experience would be a distinct advantage.
Personal Attributes:
- The candidate must be responsible, calm, focussed and motivated, whilst demonstrating a proactive, organized, and flexible approach to changing priorities.
- They will be expected to work with a high attention to detail.
- They must be professional and capable of communicating at all levels, both internally and externally.
- Ability to independently prioritise a demanding workload, and overcome obstacles or problems should they arise, managing stakeholders’ expectations accordingly.
- Capability to lead and influence within a dynamic organisation.
- Able to act under pressure with calmness, clarity of thought and decisive authority.
- Strong communicator and influencer.
- A flexible approach to working hours and practices is necessary
These are our core values. They support our vision ‘to deliver the most exciting and inspiring performance in racing‘and are the things that we believe are most important in the way we live and work within the McLaren Racing family. They should directly inform how we think, how we behave, and how we perform at every level of our team.
Ingenuity
- We never stop pushing forward
- We look for advantage in everything
- We bring creativity to challenges
- We strive for simplicity
Energy
- We bring energy to everything we do
- We connect people to the thrill of racing
- We share passion for our great sport
- We never give up
Humility
- We are respectful
- We roll up our sleeves to get the job done
- We serve the team
- We are custodians of our legacy
Openness
- We are open minded and curious
- We own failures, learn and improve
- We communicate with clarity and honesty
- We are open to challenge
Bravery
- We are at our best when we’re at our bravest
- We embrace opportunity
- We take responsibility for our actions
- We believe in what we do
All employees must ensure compliance with the Company Health and Safety Policy, and all relevant other statutory Health and Safety legislation.
This job description may not detail some less major duties allocated to the post holder, nor cover duties of a similar nature, commensurate with the role, which may from time to time be reasonably required by the relevant manager.