Senior Procurement Professional

7 days ago


Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom BAE Systems (New) Full time

Job title: Senior Procurement Professional

Location:Weapon Systems UK, Sheffield

Salary: £45,383+ (Depending on skills and experience)

What you'll be doing:

  • Discharging procurement activities in accordance with WSUK governance and compliance protocols, whilst also aiding in the development of effective policies and processes. Including PO creation, placement and management/maintenance up to completion, and resolution of Invoice queries with shared services.
  • Supporting the Procurement Manager on the management of two major sub-contractors along with 2-3 smaller support suppliers in support of a UK MOD contract. Expediting supplier delivery to support PO delivery due dates, maintaining action logs to drive action resolution, attending and supporting the Procurement Manager at supplier reviews in person and virtually, and ensuring supplier engagement is managed and aligned to the latest WSUK supplier framework, procedures and practices.
  • Manage risks and opportunities relating to operational and/or contractual performance, ensuring risks and opportunities are identified, assessed, managed, and escalated as appropriate to support programme delivery.
  • Attend and support internal programme reviews, engaging with internal functional stakeholders and suppliers to ensure progress of priority actions outputted from these reviews.
  • Represent the supply chain and act as supply chain lead at supplier and internal reviews when the Procurement Manager is not available.
  • Support the Procurement Manager to lead any special projects or priority tasks in support of the programmes.

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

  • Experience in Operational Procurement, including sourcing, supplier due diligence, order book management, and continuous improvement.
  • Subcontract experience, focusing on negotiation, influencing, contracting, and understanding the legal environment.
  • Proficiency in Supplier Management, encompassing cost management, risk and opportunity management, supplier relationship management, stakeholder engagement, and sustainability.
  • Experience with SAP preferred, or other ERP systems (Oracle, etc.), including experience with PO creation, maintenance, expedite, and invoicing.
  • Strong IT skills, particularly in Microsoft Office applications, especially Excel.

Desirable:

  • CIPS, or relevant business experience in supply chain or a related area.
  • Experience working in Aerospace or Defence industry.

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.

Weapon Systems UK (WSUK) Team:

As part of BAE Systems Platforms and Services sector, Weapon Systems (UK) designs, develops, manufactures, and supports artillery systems, naval guns, and provides engineering capability to the wider BAE Systems business. Our global reach brings our customers a depth and breadth of expertise that meet critical needs in the air, on land, and at sea. Our mission strives for us to be our customer's trusted and affordable weapons provider, delivering enhanced effects on target and complete mission solutions. We are looking for innovation, commitment and drive to help define the future of Weapon Systems capabilities.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you'll be able to make a real difference. You'll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you'll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We also 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.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 17th April 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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