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Senior Procurement Professional BAE Systems – Supply Chain £24.78 per hour PAYE or £33.24 via umbrella (inside IR35) Full-Time | 37 hours per week | Monday–Friday | Onsite
We are recruiting for an experienced Senior Procurement Professional to join BAE Systems’ Supply Chain team, supporting major aerospace programmes including Typhoon and F-35, as well as in-service Hawk and T45 customer requirements.
This is a fast-paced role where you’ll manage UK and international suppliers, ensuring the right parts are available at the right time to support production and customer requirements.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage a UK and international supplier base and associated order book.
- Ensure timely placement of purchase contracts and adherence to procurement governance.
- Build and maintain strong supplier relationships.
- Monitor supplier KPIs covering delivery, quality and invoicing.
- Proactively expedite orders and resolve supply issues.
- Work closely with Engineering, Quality, Commercial, Finance and Project Management teams.
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date ERP system data.
- Analyse supply chain information and provide recommendations to stakeholders.
- Lead supplier business and order book reviews, including supplier site visits.
- Identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities.
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About You:
- Extensive procurement experience, ideally within aerospace, defence, manufacturing or another regulated environment.
- Strong order book and supplier management experience.
- Experience managing high volumes of purchase orders, supplier queries and invoices.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Strong analytical skills and advanced Microsoft Excel capability.
- Experience using ERP systems.
- A proactive, collaborative and continuous-improvement mindset.
- MCIPS or a similar procurement qualification would be advantageous.
- Tableau experience would also be desirable.
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Why Join BAE Systems?
You'll have the opportunity to work on some of the UK's most important aerospace and defence programmes, collaborating with highly skilled teams and making a genuine contribution to production and customer delivery.
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