Procurement Professional

Job Title: Procurement Professional

Location: Scotstoun. 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 £33,500 dependent on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

•        Communicate with internal / external stakeholders supporting the contract manager to resolve a wide variety of problems and quality issues, escalating when necessary 

•        Coordinate procurement metrics and related actions within the team, Project Management function and wider project team to support Cost Account Management (CAM) activities

•        Support the contract manager in reviewing the performance of suppliers against quality, cost and delivery metrics to ensure requirements are met and to secure improvements

•        Support continuous improvement / process improvement opportunities and Learning from Experience activity

•        Prepare and support procurement activities including, but not limited to, raising Request for Quotations, creating and managing purchase orders, expediting delivery, supporting supplier negotiations for price and lead time and organizing supplier visits

•        Ensure all business systems, document management systems and data sources are kept up-to date to provide a single point of truth for stakeholders whilst ensuring all tasks are performed with a right first time ethic in order to meet business-wide Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery and People principles

•        Update business systems, document management systems and data sources to provide a single point of truth for stakeholders

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

•        An understanding of Procurement principles, techniques and practices

•        Understanding of on time delivery, cost and quality through the successful actions of the Supply Chain

•        Experience in use of an ERP system or similar as well as Microsoft Suite

Desirable:

•        Understanding of Key Performance Indicator’s

•        Able to identify and prioritise Risks & Opportunities

•        Knowledge of Regulatory frameworks on Supply Chain practice (Import/Export, ITAR, Defence Procurement Regulations)

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 River Class Destroyer (RCD) Supply Chain Team:

This role will form part of the Supply Chain organisation supporting the River Class Destroyer (RCD) Program supporting Irvine Shipbuilding Inc with the build of 15 Frigates for the Canadian Navy.

The role is to support the key activities in the delivery of the Definition, Implementation and Pipe Spools Manufacturing contracts for RCD and to support the Contract Managers in the placement and/or delivery of procurement contracts for a variety of ship equipment, complex systems commodities and materials.

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 of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be emowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and 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: 19th November 2025. Interviews for this position will take place W/C 1^st December 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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