BAE Systems
Orderbook Planner
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Orderbook Planner
Location: Samlesbury - Minimum 3 days onsite per week
We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this role.
Salary: £44,907+ depending on experience
Who we are:
Join BAE Systems and you’ll be part of something bigger. As a valued member of our global colleague network, you’ll bring your unique skills and perspectives to help pioneer progress and protect what matters most. You’ll be trusted to play your part in delivering the advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions of tomorrow, shaping a safer future, for all of us.
From the depths of the ocean, to the far reaches of space, there’s no limit to where a career at BAE Systems could take you.
What you’ll be doing:
As a Procurement Order Book Planner, you will support the Air Production & Support customers, working directly with stakeholders in Engineering, Manufacturing, Procurement and Logistics to maintain the integrity of cross-customer demand management and ensure the accuracy of orders placed into Buyer Work Queues.
Core duties:
- Managing the supply and demand pattern for a given area of responsibility, ensuring the plan is in line with customer requirement dates and supplier lead times.
- Ensuring the procurement static data within the ERP system is properly configured and optimized for day-to-day operations – or act as a conscience to buyers:
- Lead time, buffers, safety times, MOQ, EOQ, etc.
- Being able to interrogate the Business partner static data and understanding its implications (MOQ vs. EOQ) and challenge when set up wrong.
- Maintaining Good to Go and Pricing Model with pricing/order enablement status.
- When enabled, confirming orders in line with the projects specified in the MRP created plan.
- Understanding NTP process and submitting new items into the process and track.
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Skill and Qualifications:
- Comprehensive understanding of INFOR LN. Experience or prior exposure to SAP or TMS, IT software packages such as Microsoft Word and Excel would be beneficial.
- Experience running/supporting meetings and delivering presentations.
- Confident in communicating, challenging, and influencing internal and external stakeholders at all levels.
- Hold professional accreditation and qualification from a recognised Logistics/Supply Chain institution at the appropriate level, or be willing to work towards it (e.g., for grade D positions this means attendance on CILT Module 2 LCC2 or PCC2 and CILT membership at Affiliate level would be beneficial).
Order Book Planner within the PSDU - Procurement Service Delivery Unit:
The Procurement Service Delivery Unit are responsible for supporting Airframe, Systems and Consumables within the Procurement Air Sector at BAE Systems. The role involves operating best practice Planning & Logistics processes and systems in support of key business operational challenges across the internal and external supply chain.
Why BAE Systems?
Here you’ll build a career with purpose and limitless possibilities. With lifelong learning and meaningful work, this is a place where you can grow your career with confidence and be empowered to be your best. You’ll be recognised for your contribution and enjoy rewards tailored to what’s most important to you and your family, support for your financial and personal wellbeing, as well as a balanced lifestyle. In an environment embracing sustainable ways of working and with a strong sense of shared purpose, our supportive culture is a place you can feel you belong and proud of the difference you make.
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A place where everyone can thrive:
We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We know that a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences strengthens our teams and is vital to the work we do.
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: 15th October 2026
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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