Material Controller & Supply Planner

Job Title

Material Controller & Supply Planner

 #

54109

Date posted

Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Country

United Kingdom

Location

Woking

Business area

Logistics

Department

Series, Material Control

Position level

H - Qualified

Working time

Full Time

Contract type

Permanent

Working pattern

8:30am - 5:30pm Monday to Friday

What to Expect
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
Role Dimensions
• 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 improvement for 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
Knowledge, Skills & Experience Confident in dealing with stakeholders, both internally and externally, in ensuring the requirements of the department and wider business 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 policiesA 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.