Procurement Engineer

Morson Edge; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

BAE Systems in Samlesbury (Lancashire) is seeking a procurement professional to join the General Systems Value team. You will lead negotiations on terms, conditions and price agreements with suppliers, driving value for money and ensuring governance requirements are met.

The role focuses on supplier management, cost analysis, and stakeholder engagement across PM, Engineering, Commercial and Finance, with regular supplier site travel as needed.

Qualifications

• Proven experience negotiating Terms & Conditions and price agreements.
• Strong collaboration and stakeholder management across internal/external teams.
• Experience using ERP systems and MS Office, especially Excel.
• Ability to analyse data and present recommendations.
• CIPS qualification desirable.

Responsibilities

• Negotiate contractual terms with suppliers and resolve conflicts.
• Maintain relationships with suppliers and drive value for money.
• Analyse costings and T&Cs to meet customer requirements.
• Manage order book reviews and report status to stakeholders.
• Travel to supplier sites as required.

Skills

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Collaboration

Excel

Data analysis

Communication

Education

CIPS qualification desirable

Tools

ERP systems

Microsoft Excel

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work for BAE Systems, Samlesbury in the General Systems Value team, managing a number of strategic and critical suppliers. Key tasks will involve Contract negotiations commercial/supply contracts, closure of negotiations, strategic objection settings, some order book management, customer contract flow downs, analysing costings and terms and conditions and engaging and managing stakeholders.

Typical duties include;

• Negotiating Terms and Conditions, Price Agreements and other contractual documents with suppliers, and resolve most areas of conflict.
• Maintaining strong, effective relationships with suppliers.
• Develop innovative, value for money solutions with the supplier/s to meet Customers current and future requirements.
• Understanding the budget requirements for the Purchase Orders as well as identify opportunities for cost reduction/avoidance through effective negotiation with the suppliers.
• Attend key meetings including on-site supplier reviews
• Interface across the Air business and with other teams and functions, e.g. PM, Engineering, Commercial, Finance.
• Engage with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the product or service provision meets the governance requirements of the business and our customers.
• Manage order book reviews with internal stakeholders and the suppliers, presenting order status, supporting resolutions to order related queries as requested by the internal stakeholder:
• Maintain data in appropriate ERP systems
• Utilise business reporting/metrication capability in order to articulate and manage Order Book Management performance. Ensure trends are identified and escalated, as appropriate.
• Ensure queries are owned and managed effectively.
• Understanding and compliance to the Procurement processes (Supplier Management Framework).
• Regular travel to Suppliers as and when required.

Knowledge:

• A Continuous Improvement mind-set with proven examples of identifying new ideas that drive improvement, problem solving and working collaboratively with others to identify a solution ideally within a Procurement (or similar) environment
• Detailed understanding and experience of supplier risk and opportunity management

Skills:

• Excellent collaboration and communication skills, fostering close & trusting relationships with a network of demanding internal and external stakeholders
• Negotiation skills experience of price and contractual terms and conditions negotiations
• Working understanding of tool sets and IT such as ERP systems, Microsoft Office programs particularly in Excel.
• Ability to compile data, analyse and propose recommendations through reports and presentations
• CIPS qualification is desirable