Supply Chain Professional

Job Title: Supply Chain Professional

Location: Warton - Hybrid, 3 days per week on site or travel to UK and International Suppliers

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

Salary: £51,772+ (DOE)

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.

Job Description:

You’ll play an important role within the FCAS Procurement Team, supporting future combat air capability programmes through strategic supplier and partner coordination. Working across integrated project teams, you’ll help coordinate highly detailed procurement activities, support bid submissions and help oversee contractual and funding requirements that enable early-stage technology development across a fast-paced and innovative environment.

Collaborating with engineering, project controls and external partners, you’ll contribute to supply chain strategies, governance activities and programme delivery across the GCAP portfolio. This role offers exposure to advanced aerospace programmes, international collaboration opportunities and considerable professional development within a highly collaborative and forward-looking team.

Core duties:

• Governing strategic supplier activities, supporting contracts, orderbooks and procurement delivery across FCAS programmes
• Collaborating with engineering and project teams to develop supply chain strategies aligned to programme requirements
• Supporting bid submissions, coordinating contractual and funding information to enable successful programme delivery
• Building good stakeholder relationships across suppliers, partners and internal functions to support integrated working
• Monitoring spend and supplier performance, supporting governance, negotiations and alignment to planned budgets

Essential Skills:

• Extensive procurement experience within fast-paced, high-volume or highly regulated industry environments
• Considerable experience fostering stakeholder relations and communications, building collaborative bridges across internal and external teams
• Experience negotiating contracts, coordinating bids, managing supplier relationships and applying commercial terms and conditions knowledge
• Good evaluative skills, compiling data and presenting recommendations through reports and presentations
• Experience using ERP systems and Microsoft Excel to support procurement activities, reporting and operational strategy-making

The Air Procurement Team:

Supporting future combat air capability programmes, this function works across procurement, engineering and project teams to deliver innovative supply chain solutions. Coordinating strategic supplier relationships and multi-layered programme activity, it plays a vital role in enabling early-stage technology development, international collaboration and long-term business growth.

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.

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: 2nd June 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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