Background
The world around us is experiencing significant change, the greatest in generations.
At McLaren Applied, we’re accelerating the response to that change. Our vision is that our people and technologies will pioneer a better future. Our mission is to achieve breakthroughs in performance.
We’re at the cutting edge of innovation in industries including automotive transportation and motorsport. We create solutions that drive efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
We want to help to reduce the carbon footprint and become more sustainable. Our focus is on electrification and telemetry, control and analytics.
To deliver efficient lightweight electric powertrain and vehicle development; motorsport solutions that make series more sustainable and efficient; reliable connectivity solutions for transportation and insightful analytics and monitoring of transport fleets.
By applying our expertise, we deliver real benefits and pioneer a better future.
Purpose of the Role
To Manage the Supply and Customer Quality Functions within McLaren Applied, owning the end-to-end quality life cycle of a product.The role ensures that our suppliers are proactively maintained and developed to the highest quality standards which leads to minimising defects of products received leading to improved efficiency of our operations functions. The supply quality manager is accountable for delivering products of the highest standards to meet the needs and expectations of both internal and external customers.
Responsibilities
· Expert in field and applies knowledge to develop the process and bring new techniques into the business to enhance the Supplier quality, supplier approval, and part approval processes (PPAP and APQP).
· Championing Customer quality through; ownership of the field return data, owning customer instigated investigations, supporting and coaching the technical owners in root cause analysis.
· Own the non-conforming material (NCM) process and support the establishment of a material review board (MRB).
· Have the ability to lead 8D’s to detailed non-conformance, root cause and corrective/preventative actions on supplier failed components.
· Support critical Programmes with Supply Chain Quality, schedule audits for key suppliers, flag risks on programme risk register.
· Audit new production suppliers, prioritise against a defined risk profile.
· Responsible for Producing Monthly Supply quality and Customer return metrics and proactively driving action plans aligned to business KPI’s.
· Ensure suppliers have NDAs, Agreed T&Cs, Agreed SQM and Audit Plans in place. Reflect in supplier scoring to attribute risk.
Inputs to strategy development of the Supply Quality, Customer Quality and Part Approval functions.
· Input into the Maintenance and Development of the QMS, to ensure the Supplier, Production, Return, and change control quality process are aligned to the overall Quality Management Systems and are continuously improved.
· Fully contribute to the process of continuous improvements and company goal of achieving zero defects in accordance with ISO9001 certified quality management systems and IPC Class 3 requirements.
Skills & Experience
· Developed Supply Quality and Production Quality Systems
· Experience of Leading External/Internal Quality Audits, BSI Lead Auditor training will be an advantage.
· Engineering degree or equivalent
· Demonstrated written and verbal Communicator at a Senior Level
· Experience of building effective close working relationships both internal and externally to influence quality culture and challenge ways of working.
· Strong Analytical Approach, used to justify actions.
· Supply Quality or Total Quality Qualification
· History of building teams in a multi disciplined organisation
· Understand of best-in-class quality practices and commercially focused application.
· Experience in manufacturing process
· Availability to travel
· Experience of supplier quality processes within an Automotive environment
What we can offer you
In return for everything you bring to the table, we can ensure an exciting, challenging role in a dynamic business surrounded by some of the best people in their respective fields.
At McLaren Applied we firmly believe it’s the relationships and friendships we create while working that make us special. We’re also aware that the world is changing and we are part of that change. We all want and need different things from our work and home lives, so, if you have commitments outside of work, we’re open to talking through flexible working options that work for you and us.
- Annual leave (25 days + bank holidays, pro-rated for part time colleagues).
- Enhanced Company Maternity, Paternity and Adoption leave and pay.
- Flexible working policies, including Hybrid Working.
- Life assurance to the value of 4 times base salary
- Opportunity to join the McLaren Applied Pension Plan
- Company funded individual private healthcare with the opportunity to extend to partner or spouse and/or dependents at a discounted rate.
- Ride-to-work with Evans Cycles – take advantage of the Government’s Cycle-to-Work scheme which offers savings of up to 42% on the cost of a new bike, cycling accessories and components.
- Electric car scheme – opportunity to drive a brand-new car in a more affordable way through this salary sacrifice scheme. Employees are eligible to join the scheme after successful competition of their probationary period.
Who we are
McLaren Applied are a medium-sized tech firm spun out of McLaren Group. We’re looking for people who will thrive in a non-hierarchical, growth-orientated company, self-starters who are flexible and somewhat entrepreneurial in their approach.
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.
