Location: Stoke Gifford, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF73688
The role
As a Buyer, you’ll play a key role at the heart of our Mission Systems business, supporting the delivery of critical programmes across defence, aerospace, and engineering. You’ll act as the focal point for procurement activity, ensuring the right materials and services are sourced efficiently, ethically, and at the best value.
This is an exciting opportunity to influence supply chain performance, build strong supplier relationships, and contribute directly to projects that protect people and infrastructure. You’ll also benefit from hands‑on experience alongside experienced procurement professionals, helping you grow your career in a dynamic, future‑focused industry.
Day‑to‑day, you’ll be:
* Managing procurement of goods and services to ensure timely and cost‑effective programme delivery
* Preparing and issuing requests for quotation and evaluating supplier responses
* Building and maintaining strong supplier relationships, including conducting supplier visits
* Supporting order book management and providing accurate supply chain reporting
* Collaborating with delivery teams and stakeholders to identify value opportunities
This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with minimum 1 day in the office and the rest of the week working from home.
Essential experience
* Demonstrable experience within a supply chain or procurement role
* Understanding of purchasing within a manufacturing or engineering environment
* Awareness of operational procurement processes
* Knowledge of commercial business practices
* Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
Qualifications
* Willingness to work towards membership of a relevant professional body, such as the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (Level 4 or above), or an equivalent business‑related qualification
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.
Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
What we offer
* Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
* Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
* Employee share scheme
* Employee shopping savings portal
* Payment of Professional Fees
* Reservists in the armed forces receive 10‑days special paid leave
* Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
* ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
* Flexible working – we give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are met
* A dynamic working environment
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