Production Supply Manager

General Dynamics UK Limited; Pentrebach; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Compressed nine-day fortnight

Flexible benefits scheme

Personal career development plan

Professional training and development

Job summary

General Dynamics UK Limited is seeking a Production Supply Manager to join the Supply Chain Team in Merthyr Tydfil. The role oversees production support, material management, and interfaces with Production, SCM and warehouse providers to maintain uninterrupted manufacturing flow.

The successful candidate will drive operational excellence, ensure material availability and data integrity, and lead MRB and KPI reporting.

Qualifications

• Experience in production supply and material management.
• Strong leadership and cross-functional collaboration.
• Knowledge of Oracle systems and inventory control.

Responsibilities

• Lead production support and material management to ensure uninterrupted flow of kits and parts.
• Oversee material control, warehousing interfaces, and KPIs.
• Act as the key interface between Production, Supply Chain, and third-party warehouse providers.
• Ensure material availability, inventory accuracy, and adherence to safety and government property requirements.

Skills

Production planning

Inventory management

Oracle ERP

Team leadership

Supply chain

Tools

Oracle ERP

Job description

Location: Pentrebach, Merthyr Tydfil, United Kingdom
Date Posted: Oct 21, 2026
Category: Supply Chain / Procurement
Job Type: Full-Time

General Dynamics Land Systems is on the look-out for a full-time Production Supply Manager to join our Supply Chain Team. The successful and inclusive candidate will earn a favourable salary of £52,800 to £66,000.

Joining an established team based at our Merthyr facility, you will be responsible for leading all production support and material management activities to ensure the uninterrupted flow of kits and parts delivery for manufacturing. This role provides leadership to the production material control teams, oversees material control and processes, and acts as the key interface between Production, Supply Chain, third-party warehouse providers.

The incumbent is accountable for ensuring material availability, inventory accuracy, production kitting, work centre control, and compliance with safety, audit, and government property requirements. The role drives operational excellence through effective planning, performance management, process development, and continuous improvement initiatives, ensuring production schedules are achieved while maintaining cost efficiency and inventory integrity and system data integrity.

The Production Supply Manager will drive the effective use and governance of Oracle systems to support manufacturing, warehousing, inventory control, material movement, and production execution. The role will ensure transactional accuracy, data integrity, system compliance, and process adherence while managing material rework, MRB activities, risk mitigation plans, and performance reporting to enable efficient and uninterrupted production operations.

If you were already working in this position, this is what you would have been working on this week:

• Supervision of Production support staff (analysts, PMC shopfloor, stock handlers)
• Ensure compliance to all safety, audit, and training requirements
• Work with third party warehouse provider to ensure schedule requirements
  are met
• Develop kitting / handling procedures for third party warehouse provider
• Work with third party warehouse provider to ensure capability to support
  production
• Work with Internal IT support staff to ensure all systems / Oracle support are
  in place to support requirements
• Liaise with Production, SCM, and Metro on all product movement
• Develop work around / contingency plans as required
  Liaise with SCM on shortage resolution, controls of material and inventory
  levels, material harvesting requirements
• Manage internal material rework and work centre management
• Lineside production MRB material control
• Provide performance metrics to Senior Management & Production meetings
• Special projects as required

Our Company Benefits:

We pride ourselves in being a great place to work with a shared sense of purpose, offering highly competitive benefits:

• A compressed nine-day fortnight – which means every other Friday off!
• 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

About General Dynamics UK

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 500 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

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

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.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, General Dynamics Land Systems (“GDLS”) provides all persons with equal opportunity and access to all aspects of employment process, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, marital status, age, disability, status as a protected veteran, or membership in any group protected by federal, state, or local anti-discrimination laws. GDLS also is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans.If, due to a disability, you need an accommodation to search or apply for an opportunity with GDLS, please call 586-825-4000 or send an e-mail to [emailprotected] for assistance and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.