Material Provision Co-Ordinator

BAE Systems; Portsmouth; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense contractor in Portsmouth seeks a Material Provision Co‑Ordinator responsible for ensuring the availability of materials and tooling for production processes. Candidates should have experience in materials planning and coordination, be able to work with an ERP system, and resolve technical issues. This role offers competitive benefits and opportunities for career development, along with a flexible working approach to balance work and personal life.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible health and wellbeing benefits

Qualifications

• Experience of materials, planning and coordination in a production environment.
• Ability to extract material components from customer requirements.
• Competence with Microsoft Excel/Access and ERP systems.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for pre‑production checks for materials and tooling.
• Maintain and monitor consumable containers and line side feeds.
• Collaborate with planners and supply chain for material usage reviews.

Skills

Materials planning and coordination

Technical issue resolution

PC literate (Microsoft Excel/Access)

Self-management and task delivery

Tools

ERP system

SAP

Job description

Material Provision Co‑Ordinator

Location: Portsmouth Naval Base – Onsite only

Salary: Up to £40,000 (dependent on skills and experience)

What you’ll be doing:

• Be accountable for pre‑production checks to ensure right materials and tooling is assigned to work orders that enable Team Leaders to allow first‑time execution of work
• Take ownership for kitting materials to Service orders in the lay‑apart areas so materials are in hand. Deliver kitted Service orders to the receipt and dispatch area of the project
• Ensure when materials are Military Supplied Materials (MSM). work collaboratively with Ministry of Defence (MoD) team so these are collected from the ship and kitted as part of the kitting and pre‑production checks process
• Be accountable for maintaining and monitoring both the consumable containers and line side feeds
• Work collaboratively with the Production Planners and supply chain team by completing material usage reviews and ensuring the relevant follow up actions are actioned by ensuring Planning task lists are updated
• Work collaboratively with other stakeholders such as logistics to improve the material provision and recommend adjustments to the Min/Max stock levels accordingly to ensure the right level of materials is always available
• Work collaboratively with the Production planning team to ensure the parts database within SAP are as accurate as possible

Your skills and experiences:

• Experience of materials, planning and coordination in a production environment
• Be able to find and extract material components from customer requirements and liaise with customer where necessary to resolve technical issues
• Be PC literate and competent with Microsoft Excel/Access and able to use an ERP system without supervision to undertake the planning role
• Be able to self‑manage to identify and deliver tasks within acceptable time

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 Materials Provision team

You will be working alongside a diverse team of other Material Provision planners & production planners. This is a fast paced, exciting environment and team to be a part of. You will be ensuring all materials are available for exciting platforms like the QEC & T‑45's. There is scope for progression and development within the role and the business as a whole.

As the world has evolved, so has the way we work. Our working approach, will enable you to have flexibility with your working hours, depending on your role and location. This could include accruing hours as well as flexibility around start and finish times, ensuring you can balance life at work, on site and life at home.

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 empowered 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

2nd January 2026