People Capability Leader – Supply Chain

BAE Systems; Preston; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

BAE Systems is seeking a People Capability Leader for the Supply Chain team in Barrow-in-Furness. This role involves leading the development and delivery of the People Capability Strategy, supporting recruitment, and ensuring effective candidate management. The ideal candidate will have proven expertise in supply chain management and strong stakeholder engagement skills.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible health and wellbeing benefits

Green car scheme

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Annual incentive eligibility

Qualifications

• Proven expertise in supply chain and people capability.
• Experience supporting recruitment activities.
• Good understanding of project management concepts.

Responsibilities

• Lead People Capability activity for Supply Chain.
• Support hiring managers with recruitment activities.
• Embed best practices in Supply Chain management.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Data analysis

Project management

Education

CIPD or CIPS qualification

Job description

Job Title: People Capability Leader – Supply Chain

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: From £45,628 depending on skills and experience

What You’ll Be Doing

• Leading People Capability activity for Supply Chain through the development and delivery of the People Capability Strategy and Plan
• Working alongside the programmes to understand short- and long-term resourcing requirements
• Supporting hiring managers with recruitment activity to ensure consistency and effective candidate management across the function
• Supporting ad-hoc People Capability project delivery and implementation (e.g. development programmes, mentoring schemes)
• Embedding best practice throughout Supply Chain through standardisation of approach to people activity across teams within the function
  
  

Your Skills And Experiences

• Proven expertise within a supply chain and/or people capability environment
• Experience of supporting with recruitment activity
• Proficient in data analysis and interpretation to support informed decision-making
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to build, grow, and influence networks beyond the immediate team to support collaborative efforts
• Good understanding of project management concepts and best practices
• Recognised professional qualification, such as CIPD or CIPS
  
  

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 People Capability Team

The People Capability Team support the Supply Chain function to ensure we have the right people, in the right place, at the right time in order to deliver our business goals. The team support the wider function to understand their resourcing needs, helping teams to meet these requirements. The team also support with projects to develop our most valuable resource, our people. We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

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: 29th May 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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