Graduate Procurement

**Description**

**Job Title** Graduate Air Procurement

**Location **Warton/Samlesbury (Lancashire)

**Start Date** 27th January 2025

**Salary** £34,000 & £2,000 Welcome Bonus

Here at BAE Systems Air, we have a long and proud heritage in the development, manufacture, upgrade and support of world-leading combat and fast jet trainer aircraft.

Today, we operate across the globe, in multiple markets to support our customers - wherever, whenever and whatever their challenges may be. We support them across the whole life cycle of the air sector - from design, development and production, through to provision of aircraft, training, support and maintenance.

**Why BAE Systems?**

**What you will be doing**

Working in Procurement enables you to take up a variety of roles to help ensure we deliver the right products, at the right time and at the right cost to the required quality. Your role will be varied; ranging from undertaking supplier visits to a more analytical focus of developing procurement strategies.

The Procurement team is an important support function in one of the world’s most exciting defence companies. We provide world-class sourcing, contract and supplier management capability to deliver increased product or service quality, reduced total cost of ownership (TCO) and enhance operating efficiencies without compromising quality, safety, health or the environment.

**Duties and Responsibilities**
- Delivering value for money through planned and skilful management, typically coordinating supplier selection.
- Subsequent and appropriate management of the supply base (SRM)
- Conducting contract negotiations and placement and management of all third party requirements in relevant categories / projects.
- Develop relationships with stakeholders and maintain stakeholder maps.
- Responsible for producing key reports and presentations to those same stakeholders.

**Skills**

As a minimum requirement you’ll need to have obtained, or be predicted to obtain, a 2.2 in your Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in all areas of degrees will be considered.

**Opportunities for Growth and Development**:We encourage employees to explore projects beyond their primary responsibilities, providing them with diverse experiences. With a wide range of products and a multinational presence, there are ample opportunities for employees to engage in various projects and initiatives.

**Community Involvement**: In addition to professional development BAE Systems value community engagement. Employees are encouraged to participate in community projects, STEM initiatives, and employee resource groups, offering valuable learning experiences outside of their regular roles.

**Retention and Career Development**:Recognizing the importance of retaining talented individuals, we offer sponsorship, career development support, and high-potential development programs. These initiatives aim to help employees plan their careers effectively and provide opportunities for accelerated development for those who demonstrate aspiration, ability, and performance.

**Benefits**

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

**Inclusivity within our recruitment Process**

We want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

**Export Control/Security**

**Qualification requirements**

As a minimum requirement you’ll need to have obtained, or be predicted to obtain, a 2.2 in your Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in all areas of degrees will be considered.

**Start date (dd Month Year)**
- 07/04/2025

**Length of contract**
- Permanent contract