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MBDA

Lead Buyer - Information Technology

Salary:  £45,000 – £55,000 per annum
Location:  Stevenage | Bolton | United Kingdom
Location flexibility:  1 office day / week, 2 office days / week, 3 office days / week – 2-3 days at home (some exceptions), 4 office days / week
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Job Description

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?

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Working at MBDA

1 office day / week 2 office days / week 3 office days / week – 2-3 days at home (some exceptions) 4 office days / week

A little flex time – high flexibility for most roles

Company benefits

25 days annual leave + bank holidays
Adoption leave – up to 26 weeks
Annual bonus – all employee bonuses paid in Feb/March
Annual pay rises – performance (+ inflation) increases each year
Bike parking – secure parking at all sites
Buddy scheme – buddies when onboarding
Buy or sell annual leave – buy up to 5 extra days
Carer’s leave
Cinema discounts
Coffee discounts – discounted on site cafes and canteens
Collaboration spaces
Company shutdown periods – Christmas closures and bank holidays
Compassionate leave
Cycle to work scheme
Dental coverage – salary sacrifice options
Electric Car Salary Sacrifice – MyCarScheme - including electric vehicles
Electric vehicle charging unit loan – electric charging points at all UK sites
Employee assistance programme
Employee discounts
Enhanced maternity leave – up to 26 weeks
Enhanced paternity leave – available after 26 weeks service
Enhanced pension match/contribution
Enhanced sick pay – increases with length of service
Faith rooms
Family health insurance – salary sacrifice options
Fertility treatment leave
Gym membership – Discounted gym on site in Stevenage, or discounts for local gyms across UK
Health insurance – salary sacrifice options
In house training – In house L&D team
L&D budget
Language lessons
Learning platform – access to multiple learning resources
Meditation space
Menopause support
Mental health first aiders
Mentoring – available to all employees. Includes women in leadership options
Modern office
Neonatal leave – up to 12 weeks
On-site barista
On-site catering
On-site gym
On-site shower
On-site wellness room – reflection rooms available to employees
Open to compressed hours
Open to job sharing
Open to part time work for some roles
Open to part-time employees
Optional unpaid leave
Personal development budgets – up to £150 towards non-work training courses
Pregnancy loss leave
Pregnancy support
Private booths
Professional subscriptions – full membership funding available
Referral bonus – up to £3,000 for a successful referral
Reservist leave – up to 3 weeks off for training (2 weeks on full pay)
Restaurant discounts – discount/cashback employee platform
Salary sacrifice
Secure on-site parking
Share options
Shared parental leave – up to 26 weeks
Teambuilding days
Technology Loan – salary sacrifice options available
Time off in-lieu
Travel loan – season ticket loans for public transport
Volunteer days – up to 2 days a year for team-based volunteering
Wellbeing allowance
Will writing

Awards & Accreditations

Best Work-Life Balance

Top 5 - Best Work-Life Balance

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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.

Our company: Peace is not a given, Freedom is not a given, Sovereignty is not a given

MBDA is a leading defence organisation. We are proud of the role we play in supporting the Armed Forces who protect our nations. We partner with governments to work together towards a common goal, defending our freedom.

We are proud of our employee-led networks, examples include: Gender Equality, Pride, Menopause Matters, Parents and Carers, Armed Forces, Ethnic Diversity, Neurodiversity and more…

We recognise that everyone is unique, and we encourage you to speak to us should you require any advice, support or adjustments throughout our recruitment process.

Follow us on LinkedIn (MBDA), X (@MBDA_UK), Instagram (MBDA_UK) and Glassdoor or visit our MBDA Careers website for more information.

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