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Lead Buyer

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Posting date: 18 March 2026
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 17 April 2026
Location: Pentrebach, CF48 4LA
Company: General Dynamics Lands Systems UK
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 560

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General Dynamics Land Systems is on the look-out for a full-time Lead Buyer to join our Supply Chain Team. The successful and inclusive candidate will earn a favourable salary of £40,000 to £50,000 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 based at our Merthyr facility, you will work across a range of stakeholders. The Lead Buyer will be responsible for working within and across the GDLS-UK Supply Chain team, ensuring the on time supply and delivery of materials. Working to support the manufacturing delivery schedule, sustainment requirements and ultimately deliver the AJAX programme. If you were already working in this position, this is what you would have been working on this week:
  • Interrogating demand, analyses against business requirements and manages material demands in alignment with the business needs.
  • Interpret bills of materials, specifications and drawings to deliver the best outcomes.
  • Ensuring that the quantities and quality standards of materials purchased are aligned to the contracted arrangements
  • Compile RFQ /I’s for identified material requirements as necessary & can interpret & analyse the links between cost; price & margin.
To apply for this role, you will require the following:
  • MRP experience (Oracle preferred)
  • 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
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 650 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

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