Buyer

CIPS; Merthyr Tydfil; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible benefits scheme

Career development plan

Professional training courses

Flexible working hours

Company sports & social club

Job summary

General Dynamics Land Systems is seeking a full-time Buyer to join our Supply Chain Team in Merthyr Tydfil. The role offers a salary of £31,200 to £39,000 based on experience and potential, with a focus on proactive procurement and stakeholder collaboration.

The successful candidate will coach junior colleagues, manage material demands, interpret BOMs, and ensure timely, quality supply at the right price, while maintaining strong supplier relationships and adherence to processes.

Qualifications

• Experience in B2B procurement relationships.
• Proficient with ERP/MRP processes and standard working practices.
• Ability to interpret BOMs, specifications and drawings.

Responsibilities

• Interrogate demand and manage material requirements aligned to business needs.
• Interpret bills of materials, specifications and drawings.
• Ensure quantities and quality meet contracted arrangements.
• Identify and prioritise delivery of key materials with suppliers to meet schedules.
• Expedite material orders and escalate risks as needed.
• Develop strong relationships with key suppliers and monitor delivery performance.
• Mentor junior colleagues on procurement processes and systems.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to identify value opportunities.
• Manage standard operations within agreed timescales.
• Coordinate with internal departments to ensure materials meet specifications and are readily available.
• Prepare RFQ/IRs for identified materials and analyse cost, price and margin.
• Monitor cost compliance and take remediation actions as needed.

Skills

Good communication

Prioritisation

Analytical skills

Proactive mindset

Tools

Oracle SCM

Microsoft Office

Job description

General Dynamics Land Systems is on the look-out for a full-time Buyer to join our Supply Chain Team, based in Merthyr Tydfil. The successful and inclusive candidate will earn a favourable salary of £31,200 to £39,000 based on experience and potential. This is an ideal role for someone who has a proactive and positive mindset and a keen desire to grow professionally. Joining an established team, the successful candidate will coach & guide more junior colleagues in the use of such processes, systems & technologies that underpin procurement operations 'standard working'. Are competent and confident working within MRP guidelines, processes and procedures and able to ensure all business material requirements and demands are managed in an effective, timely manner and aligned to the business needs. This requires the ability to assess and prioritise all stakeholder requirements to maximize the best outcome and mininise any potential risk to the organisation. Can confidently engage, build and maintain strong working relationships with GDLS-UK production, operations & sustainment teams, whilst at all times understanding the importance of delivering materials on time, to the correct quality and at the right price. Is capable of promoting the value and influence of procurement within GDLS-UK and can clearly communicate both verbally and written when dealing with key supply partners. If you were already working in this position, this is what you would have been working on this week:

• Interrogates demand, analyses against business requirements and manages material demands in alignment with the business needs.
• Can interpret bills of materials, specifications and drawings to deliver the best outcomes.
• Ensures that the quantities and quality standards of materials purchased are aligned to the contracted arrangements.
• Able to identify and prioritise delivery of key materials with suppliers to ensure sufficient supply is available to meet GDLS-UK programme schedules.
• Proactively expedites material orders and deliveries, taking actions to escalat**e** appropriately when any risk is identified and or schedules are impacted.
• Develops good working relationships with key suppliers and ensures we maximise their delivery performance.
• Ensures compliance with organizational procedures and processes, acts as a guide and mentor to more junior colleagues.
• Where appropriate works with internal stakeholders and customers to identify added value opportunities.
• Manages all 'standard working' operations / activities and ensures they are carried out in adherence with stipulated timescales.
• Where appropriate liaise with key internal departments to ensure that required materials and or products meet the correct specifications, quality and are readily available for use.
• Compile RFQ /I's for identified material requirements as necessary & can interpret & analyse the links between cost; price & margin.
• Monitor cost compliance, take remedial action on any apparent deviations, offering appropriate value solutions as mitigation.
• Diagnoses the causes of delivery failure, undertakes root cause analysis and takes action to prevent re-occurrences., We pride ourselves in being a great place to work with a shared sense of purpose, offering highly competitive benefits:
• A flexible benefits scheme - allowing you to adapt your benefits to suit yours and your family's needs
• A personalised career development plan, alongside regular progress reviews - supporting and valuing your progression within the Company
• Professional training and development courses, both internal and external - allowing you to reach your full potential
• A flexible working environment where your contributions are recognised and rewarded, which includes compressed hours, reduced hours and job share
• A Company sports and social club, offering events at discounted prices - giving you the opportunity to meet and socialise with your fellow colleagues outside the workplace
  Experience managing a B2B relationship
• Experience in Oracle supply chain management
• Microsoft Office - Intermediate Minimum
• Consistently demonstrates the values & ethics of GDLS-UK supply chain.
• Good communication skills - Written & Verbal.
• Is able to prioritise workload to meet functional and business deadlines.
• Good numeric & analytical skills
  General Dynamics Land Systems is a global leader in providing products and support across the full spectrum of combat vehicles. Our global team has more than 6,000 employees working towards creating a diverse product portfolio delivering best-in-class capability to Armed Forces communities worldwide. In the UK, we employee more than 750 people and are leading the way in Armoured Fighting Vehicles and sustainment services. Our vision is documented and embedded into our culture, so all employees understand the Company's direction and their role in achieving it. We are currently delivering the AJAX programme, providing 589 Armoured Fighting Vehicles in six variants to the British Army and have also developed and delivered 400 Foxhound vehicles - a highly-protected and mobile 4x4 platform with high-deployment availability.
• We believe in maintaining a diverse workplace - inclusive of beliefs, cultural background, job experiences, thoughts and ideas. If who we are and what we do resonates with you, we invite you to join our high performance team As part of our commitment to inclusion and diversity we welcome in particular applications from women, members of the LGBTQIA+ community and ethnic minority groups. We are a Disability Confident Employer, as such we offer an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job. At General Dynamics Land Systems, we strive to be champions who drive diversity, equity and inclusion. We are committed to our values and beliefs to provide a healthy and secure working environment that empowers team members to build careers that reward. We are focused on supporting an inclusive company that recognizes the value in creating a dynamic team that is diverse.