Procurement Manager - Plant and Equipment

BAE Systems; Lancashire; Hybrid; GBP 56,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense and aerospace company in the UK is looking for a Procurement Manager for Plant and Equipment. The role involves leading a team of buyers, implementing procurement strategies, and collaborating with various stakeholders. Essential qualifications include experience in procurement and understanding of supplier management. The company offers attractive benefits including a pension scheme and flexible health benefits.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible health and wellbeing benefits

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Annual incentive eligibility

Qualifications

• An understanding of procurement processes, policy, and strategy.
• Proven experience in a relevant procurement role.
• Experience managing a team of procurement professionals (desirable).

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of Manufacturing Plant and Equipment buyers.
• Implement plans for major investments in the Air sector.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to solve problems.
• Build new supplier relationships for business advantage.

Skills

Understanding of business and procurement approaches

Procurement experience in indirect spend category

Contract and supplier performance management

Education

Degree in business or procurement-related field

Job description

Job Title: Procurement Manager - Plant and Equipment

Location: Preston; Lancashire. 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 £66,000 depending on experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Leading and managing a team of Manufacturing Plant and Equipment buyers
• Contribute to category and project strategy, implementing plans to successfully deliver major investments in the Air sector
• Collaborating with stakeholders across the business – problem solving and encouraging innovation, creating a motivated, proactive and inclusive environment
• Focussing on delivering a high performing team culture
• Build on our existing supplier relationships, ensuring reviews are carried out, suppliers are monitored and managed and high performance is delivered
• Identify and build new supplier relationships that will benefit the business
• Support and coordinate the team throughout the end to end procurement process, ensuring customer and supplier issues are communicated and resolved effectively
• Support our external bidding activity on major programmes
• Contributing to the Indirect Procurement Services strategic direction and delivery of objectives / goals

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• An understanding of business and procurement approaches, techniques, processes, policy and strategy
• Proven experience working within a procurement role, ideally within an indirect spend category
• An understanding of how procurement activity is organised and integrates into the business or function, requires commercial awareness and procurement skills
• Experience of contract and supplier performance management

Desirable:

• Degree qualified in a business subject area or equivalent procurement / supply chain accreditations (MCIPS, RICS, IAPPM)
• Experience of managing a team of procurement professionals

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 Procurement Team:

This is a team at the forefront of supporting the business’s investments into its existing infrastructure as well as new building developments and product platforms meaning no two days are the same. This role has day to day responsibility for the team and to influence the procurement strategy and supplier management and selection within this area.

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.

Closing Date: 18th November 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.