Lead Buyer - Information Technology

MBDA; Bolton; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company bonus up to £2,500

Pension up to 14% total contribution

Overtime

Flexi Leave

Flexible working

Enhanced parental leave

Site facilities

Job summary

MBDA is seeking an IT Buyer ready to step into a Lead Buyer role, with exposure to international procurement across the UK and Europe. The role combines on-site presence in Bolton with hybrid flexibility to suit workload.

You will handle IT spend across software, services, hardware, and cyber, drive strategies, manage stakeholders, and travel occasionally to partner sites while maintaining BPSS security requirements.

Qualifications

• Experience in IT procurement or willingness to develop skills in IT spend categories.
• Strong negotiation and stakeholder management abilities.
• Comfortable working in an international context with travel as required.

Responsibilities

• Lead and own large IT procurement projects, supporting Category Managers.
• Develop IT sourcing strategies across software, hardware and services.
• Build internal and external relationships across UK and Europe.

Skills

IT Procurement

Stakeholder Management

International Experience

Negotiation

Vendor Management

Education

MCIPS qualification

Job description

Bolton

Are you a IT Buyer looking for a Lead Buyer role? Are you looking for an international role? Are you an Indirect Buyer with an interest in technology looking for your first role in IT Procurement?

If so, come and join our IT procurement team!

Salary: Circa £45,000 - £55,000 depending on experience

Dynamic (hybrid) working: 2/3 days per week on-site due to workload classification

Security Clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship

Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team.

What we can offer you:

• Company bonus: Up to £2,500 (based on company performance and will vary year to year)
• Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
• Overtime: opportunity for paid overtime
• Flexi Leave: Up to 15 additional days
• Flexible working: We welcome applicants who are looking for flexible working arrangements
• Enhanced parental leave: offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave -enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments
• Facilities: Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and much more

The opportunity:

Are you an IT Buyer looking for a Lead Buyer role? Are you looking for an international role working in the UK and Europe? Are you an Indirect Buyer with an interest in technology looking for your first role in IT? Are you looking to expand your existing knowledge and skills? Are you looking to work flexibly and dynamically with a role that better suits your lifestyle but gives you a professional challenge?

Come and join our IT procurement team!

• We lead all aspects of IT spend across the Group: Enterprise Software, Engineering Software, Manufacturing Software, SaaS (software as a service), Services, Cyber, Networks, Hardware, Security, AI, High Performance Computing etc.
• There is an opportunity to specialise in one area, to develop into new ones, and we encourage our people to broaden their knowledge over time.

If you have skills in any of these areas, or are looking to move into IT procurement then we would be pleased to discuss how you might best fit within the team! We are looking for someone who:

• Either is an established IT procurement practitioner or
• Someone willing to learn and develop these skills who already has a good procurement knowledge in other Indirect categories

More importantly, we are looking for someone:

• Comfortable working in an international context
• Builds internal and international relationships and
• Able to own and run large procurement projects to support our Category Managers

What we're looking for from you:

• Someone who understands IT procurement, or is comfortable with learning and developing these skills
• Soft and communication skills
• A Buyer looking for the next stage in their IT career or an established Indirect Buyer looking to move into their first role in IT Procurement.
• Travel and international working is part of the role
  • There are regular quarterly team meetings that rotate between our sites in the UK, Germany, Italy or Paris
  • For specific projects there may also be travel required for stakeholder or supplier meetings in these Natco's

Ideally we would like someone willing to or working towards MCIPS qualification. We do offer routes towards MCIPS qualification.

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