Senior Procurement Engineer

1 week ago

Leyland, Lancashire, United Kingdom BAE Systems Full time £47,683 - £60,000 per year

Job Title: Senior Procurement Engineer

Location: Samlesbury - We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary: £47,683

What you'll be doing:

  • Support all sourcing and strategic activity for the defined Suppliers; including negotiating pricing and contracting terms and conditions as applicable
  • Work cross functionally as a member of the team; interfacing across the Air business and with other functions, such as; PM, Engineering, Commercial, Finance, Logistics Planners
  • Engaging with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the product or service provision meets the governance requirements of the business and our customers, and delivers optimum value for money.
  • Be the primary interface for commercial and contractual issues by maintaining Supplier Relationships, Risk and driving supply chain resilience
  • Conduct and support Senior Business Reviews with Suppliers and Customers
  • Regular travel to Suppliers as and when required

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

  • Excellent collaboration and communication skills, fostering close & trusting relationships with a network of demanding internal and external stakeholders
  • Previous Procurement experience and a Continuous Improvement mind-set with examples of identifying new ideas that drive improvement, problem solving and working collaboratively with others to identify a solution ideally within a Procurement (or similar) environment
  • Negotiation skills – experience of price and contractual terms and conditions negotiations
  • Detailed understanding and experience of supplier risk and opportunity coordination
  • Working understanding of tool sets and IT such as ERP systems, Microsoft Office programs particularly in Excel; with the ability to compile data, interpret and propose recommendations through reports and presentations

Desirable:

  • Previous experience of maintaining strategic Supplier relationships and multi-faceted development contracts
  • You will have, or be working towards MCIPS OR have a similar professional qualification OR hold a degree in a STEM or a business related subject (e.g. Economics, Business, Finance)

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Procurement Value Team:

Join our Procurement Value Team, where you'll be driving value-focused sourcing activities that ensure affordability, supply chain resilience, and commercial outcomes. The team works cross-functionally with internal and external stakeholders, maintaining key supplier relationships, reviewing pricing, and prompting cost-reduction campaigns on significant contracts.

With opportunities for UK and occasional overseas travel, plus support towards CIPS qualifications, this is a fantastic environment to develop your procurement knowledge while making a real impact on high-profile programmes.

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 of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you'll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and 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: 18th November 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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