Procurement Leader (Construction)

Job Description

Job Title: Procurement Leader (Construction)

Location: Barrow in Furness. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: up to £60,000 depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Collaborating with the wider business and external professional teams to develop sourcing and contracting strategies for a long-term investment programme in the Northwest
• Understanding sourcing strategies and providing relevant supporting data
• Identifying risks, issues, and liabilities within procurement and contract approaches
• Developing and managing procurement plans aligned with stakeholder requirements
• Providing commercial and supply chain support to delivery programmes
• Leading the procurement process, including tender pack preparation, evaluation, and contract award
• Ensuring sourcing and contracting documentation is of the highest standard
• Leading supplier negotiations on commercial terms to secure the best outcomes for the business
• Supporting the development and implementation of supply chain strategies
• Coordinating the end-to-end procurement process, ensuring effective communication and issue resolution
• Ensuring compliance with all internal and external regulatory requirements
• Contributing to bidding activities to meet budget targets in line with business objectives
• Reporting cost savings and cost avoidance achieved through procurement activities
• Applying whole life costing principles, including Make vs Buy analysis and contractor selection prior to tender issuance

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Experience in supply chain management within the construction industry
• In-depth knowledge of JCT and NEC construction contracts
• Understanding of business and procurement methods, techniques, processes, policies, and strategies
• Experience in contract management and supplier performance oversight

Desirable:

• Experience on the client side
• MCIPS qualification
• Experience in the public sector or regulated environments is beneficial

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 Supply Chain team:

We are building a team of construction specialists to deliver a transformational level of investment over a 10-year period. You will be working with both internal and external colleagues to add value, delivery excellence and support us in delivering world-class aircrafts to our customers around the world. This is an exciting opportunity for you to work on unique and multi-faceted projects within the defence industry whilst gaining exposure within a global business.

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, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also 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: 22nd January 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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