Senior Procurement Programme Manager

Job Title Senior Procurement Programme Manager Location Woking
* Manage the supplier activity with the purchasing team from pre-nomination through to end of production.
* Jointly lead activities with Finance, Engineering and Program to ensure that robust cost targets for both bill of materials and investment are established and maintained throughout.
* Define and manage the Purchasing and SQA activity plan ensuring that the deliverables are achieved at each of the program gateways.
* Formulate and manage the department KPIs for the program to ensure that the required activities are completed to the required standard in the defined timescales.
* Represent the department in cross function reviews such as Project Meetings / ETRS / Change Management / Build review / Commercial meetings.
* Engaging with project team and other business areas and be a key decision-maker and able to exert influence.
* Support and foster a cross-functional approach to achieve your objectives.
* Work cross functionally with the total project team to ensure that the required input and output activities meet the key stakeholder expectations.
* Develop a culture of continuous improvement throughout the business.
* Provide strong and robust leadership; working within purchasing as well as the wider business.
* Identify and highlight any incremental resource requirement needed in enough time to enable senior Management review / approvals.
* Champion Program Management process discipline, to ensure supplier manufacturing feasibility is not compromised by Design changes and programs do not proceed through Gateways with open Red supplier related issues.
* Engage the Purchasing & SQA teams to ensure new program competent supplier sourcing strategy is maintained.
* Ensure all new tooled parts have APQP reporting established at the earliest opportunity (No later than at Sourcing Confirmation).
* Develop and maintain Supplier Master list for all new parts.
* Lead and Drive Critical Supplier / Part Risk Assessments with the participation of cross functional partners and develop risk mitigation actions.
* Track and drive delivery of committed Supplier PPAP part delivery for the builds.
* Provide supplier progress reporting for:
Unsourced parts, APQP open issues, Non PPAP part pedigree prior to each build phase and PPAP delivery forecast / actual performance growth charts.
* Prepare Program Milestone Management summary report including recommendations on whether to proceed through Gateway and the supporting rationale to the Purchasing & SQA Director to gain buy in.
* Manage Non PPAP part Concession process to ensure “Plan for every part” is established to support the builds.
* Manage QCR process for new parts, to ensure Supplier Quality issues are correctly assigned and containment actions implemented within 24 hours.
* Work with Cross Functional Leadership partners to drive collaborative behaviours to achieve optimum outcome to deliver McLaren Performance to plan.
* Compile and share lessons learned for next program.
* Monitor Engineering Change Management to maintain build support plan.
* Drive Supplier selection & development process to achieve a self-sufficient supply base (IATF
16949).
* Drive Major open issue resolution at Key suppliers, to ensure Supplier Senior Management team are fully engaged in the resolution process.
* Lead Robust Manufacturing Feasibility strategy deployment and reviews.
* Drive Supplier Quality QCR issue resolution (8D) process to closure, to prevent reoccurrence.
* University degree in Engineering or Business/Economics, MSc/MBA or equal
* Previous experience in Manufacturing Engineering, Production, Quality, Major Project Management
* Previous experience in Automotive is advantage
* 5+ years of purchasing program and/or supplier quality program experience
* Strong management/leadership qualities and excellent influencing and interpersonal skills
* Worked within an automotive purchasing environment in a direct buying role or as a program manager.
* Excellent organisational skills, deadline adherence and exceptional attention to accuracy and detail and ability to analyse and summarise large data sets.
* Ability to create / lead and…