BAE Systems
Supply Chain Manager (Projects)
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Job Title: Supply Chain Manager (Projects)
Location: Portsmouth Naval Base – Onsite
Working Arrangements: Hybrid and flexible options available—contact your recruiter for details.
Salary: Up to £46,000, depending on experience.
About BAE Systems
Join BAE Systems, where you’ll collaborate with a global network of colleagues to pioneer breakthroughs in defence, aerospace, and security. Your contributions will help shape tomorrow’s advanced solutions and safeguard what matters most to society. From ocean depths to outer space, your career here could take you anywhere.
Job Description
You will oversee materials and services planning, ensuring they are delivered as needed to meet Programme requirements.
Working closely with key Programme Stakeholders, Commercial, Operations, Engineering, Royal Navy, and Key Suppliers, you’ll:
- Align supply chain strategies with programme demands, ensuring adherence to quality, schedule, and cost targets.
- Lead highly complex supply chain initiatives, including the development and execution of the Materials Supply Plan for critical programmes.
Core Responsibilities
- Lead supply chain activities across the T45 Programme, supporting bid execution, operations, tactical resolutions, and meeting customer satisfaction, project revenue, and budget targets.
- Manage the full project lifecycle, ensuring supply chain outputs (e.g., bid deliverables, Supply Chain Management Plans, RBA inputs, Phase Reviews, and technical design reviews) align with project requirements.
- Act as the prime point of contact for contract management and procurement issues, liaising with the Procurement Manager to resolve material and sub-contracted services challenges.
- Ensure supply chain risks are identified, mitigation plans agreed, and commercial interests protected (captured in Project or Supply Chain Risk Registers).
- Drive change and improvement within the supply chain, establishing stakeholder engagement strategies and ensuring effective communications.
- Monitor and report on supply chain project performance, budget compliance, and risk to the project contract review pack.
- Build and maintain trusted relationships with internal (customers, functional peers) and external (suppliers) stakeholders, managing expectations via regular communication.
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The Ship Repair Supply Chain Team
Your role will also contribute to ** Ship Repair Supply Chain development**, helping to optimise operations delivery while aligning with BAE Systems-wide strategic objectives, including supply chain governance processes.
Who You Are: Essential Skills & Qualifications
- Proven experience in a Procurement or Supply Chain function.
- Strong commercial and contractual acumen, demonstrated through stakeholder management (internal/external).
- Ability to lead cross-disciplinary projects with efficiency.
- Multi-project leadership experience, specifically in major complex programmes.
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Why BAE Systems?
Build, Grow, Thrive
- Career with Purpose: Join a company where innovation, impact, and growth matter.
- Lifelong Learning: Access resources to elevate your expertise.
- Meaningful Work: Progress together with a collaborative and empowering culture.
- Personalised Rewards: Tailored benefits priority well-being, family, financial health, and work-life balance.
- Sustainable Work Environment: Commitment to sustainable practices and a shared purpose.
An Inclusive Place to Belong
BAE Systems fosters an environment where diversity, equity, and inclusion strengthen our teams and deliver exceptional strides in security.
Security & Eligibility
⚠️ Important Notice: Many roles require:
- Baseline Personnel Security Standard compliance (minimum standard).
- Higher-level National Security Vetting for certain positions (typically requiring 5–10 years of continuous UK residency).
- Privacy note: Nationality, previous nationality, and place of birth may affect eligibility.
Closing Date: 8th July 2026 Open early applications early—this role may close if sufficiently filled.
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