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Background

As architects of meaningful change, we guide industries forward by developing world-class products and holistic, scalable solutions that harness our expertise in telemetry, control and analytics and electrification.

We work with pioneers and visionaries who share our ambition to win. The output is high-performance design of products and processes across the automotive, motorsport, transport and internet of things industries.

You won’t believe what we get to work on.

Purpose of the Role

• Our shared services teams play a central role in supporting the delivery of our business success. We are looking for a motivated individual who has an interest in Marketing, Supply Chain, Business Technology and Commercial services.
• This role will be a 6-month rotation between the four department above.
• This is a great opportunity for someone to kick start their career in the business world.

Principal Accountabilities

Business Technology Team

• 1st and 2nd line support team – You will learn how we manage, troubleshoot and process incidents and requests using the ITIL Framework
• Operations Manager – You will learn how we manage workflow, how we orchestrate ITSM and Change Management, and the monthly reporting cycle
• Infosec Team – You will learn how we assess and defend against cyber threats, how we maintain our IT Risk Register, and how manage and maintain Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery plans
• Programme Team – You will learn how we manage, execute, track and report on individual projects and the overarching annual Programme, and how we manage and plan resourcing
• Software and License Manager – You will learn how we forecast and manage our operational budget
• Infrastructure and Business Applications Teams – You will learn how we manage all aspects of the IT hardware (Cloud and on-prem servers and networking) and software systems and services required to run a commercial engineering business

Finance and Commercial

• Bid governance:
  • Bid list updates.
  • Maintenance of sales analysis model.
  • Creation of bid commercial & commercial finance review packs.
• Working alongside bid teams to assist in the modelling & creation of bid financials (but not limited to):
  • P&L analysis.
  • Cashflow, negative cash implications and break-even.
  • Revenue Recognition (IFRS15).
  • Scenario Analysis.
• Pricing:
  • Assisting in the maintenance of the HPC price model.
  • Understanding bid submission pricing.
• Contracts and their impact on bid financial submissions.
• Market research including:
  • General market overviews & intelligence.
  • Business unit specific market research (motorsport/ automotive/ transport).

Marketing

• Creating, delivering, and measuring email marketing campaigns to external audiences including product updates and customer campaigns, using our email platform and CRM system.
• Website updating utilising our Content Management System (CMS) including search engine optimisation content-related tasks and Google Analytics reporting.
• Supporting event planning and logistics including liaising with event organisers and agencies, to ensure branding is correct and the right products, materials and collateral are at events.
• Writing and proof reading blogs, articles and content created for publication digitally or in publications.
• Salesforce data entry, management, reporting and marketing administration.
• Attending events such as conferences, seminars, exhibitions and receptions.

Supply Chain

• Deliver on achieving the lowest total cost through negotiation, value engineering, supplier reduction and supplier consolidation.
• Lead on the selection of suppliers in compliance with the McLaren Applied sourcing process whilst ensuring selection is robust and fit for purpose.
• Support negotiations of all terms and conditions in line with our business practices to achieve best price and quality.
• Identify supply chain risks and develop mitigation plans in order to secure business continuity.
• Support new product development in a project driven environment. Maintaining suitable updates to project deliverables.
• Manage a programme of supplier and sourcing reviews, monitoring suppliers’ performance on cost, quality, delivery, and contract compliance.
• Maintain and build business relationships with suppliers to ensure delivery schedules are achieved and favourable terms are agreed with the supplier to suit business needs.

Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications and Experience

• A Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Business Management or an equivalent area.
• Be an ambitious self-starter who enjoys the challenges of a fast-paced and complex environment.
• Good interpersonal skills, the ability to drive change and results and a clear potential for inspiring other

Our Values

OWNERSHIP

OPENNESS

BRAVERY

INGENUITY

HUMILITY

All employees must ensure compliance with the Company Health and Safety Policy, and all relevant other statutory Health and Safety legislation.

McLaren Applied are committed to Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI) and promote DEI in all we do. McLaren Applied are also members of the UK Government Disability Confident Scheme

This job description may not detail all duties allocated to the post holder, nor cover duties of a similar nature which are commensurate with the role, which may from time to time be reasonably required by the relevant manager.