Procurement Placement 2027

MBDA; Stevenage; Hybrid; GBP 22,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

1 year placement

Company bonus

Pension: up to 14%

Overtime opportunities

Healthcare Cash Plan

Annual leave: 25 days + flexi-leave

Subsidised meals & site facilities

Job summary

MBDA is offering a one-year placement in their procurement team. The role combines onsite and hybrid work, with 1–3 days on site per week, and requires British citizenship or dual UK nationality with British citizenship for BPSS clearance.

You will engage with over 3,000 UK and international suppliers, supporting category procurement and end-to-end subcontracting activities. The programme includes a company bonus, pension contributions up to 14%, and opportunities for overtime, with 25 days of

Qualifications

• Current undergraduate studying for a degree in a Business and Management or related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Source essential product parts and test equipment from UK and international suppliers.
• Negotiate with suppliers and manage commercial terms for key relationships.
• Support procurement strategies, supplier risk management and performance reviews.
• Contribute to end-to-end procurement processes including subcontracting and services.

Education

Undergraduate student in Business and Management

Job description

At MBDA, procurement isn't just about buying—it's about building vital partnerships that shape world-leading defence capabilities. Joining our team means working with over 3,000 suppliers across the UK and internationally, where no two projects are the same. Whether you're helping source cutting-edge technology, negotiating with global partners, or ensuring our supply chains run seamlessly, you'll be at the heart of delivering innovation and security that makes a real difference.

Salary: £24,460

Dynamic (hybrid) working:You can expect to be onsite 1-3 days per week.

Security clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship.

Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team.

This role is scheduled to close for applications at midnight on Monday 4th January 2027 but may close earlier depending on application volumes.

What we can offer you

• 1 year placement: starting September 2027, that allows you to apply your university learning to real-world projects and technologies
• Perform well on your placement and you could secure a graduate role before your final year
• Company bonus: based on company performance and will vary year to year
• Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
• Overtime: opportunity for paid overtime
• Healthcare Cash Plan: provides support with everyday health related costs – including medical, dental, optical, physio and health & wellbeing
• Annual Leave: 25 days plus option to purchase extra holiday
• Flexi Leave: up to 15 additional days
• Facilities: fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and much more…

The opportunity

Purchasing opportunities don't come more varied than at MBDA! As prime contractor to the UK MoD and an employer of over 5000 in the UK alone, we source a staggering and varied range of products, goods and services!

Our Procurement departments are responsible for the partnership and collaboration with over 3000 UK and international suppliers. These suppliers enable us to provide world leading defence capabilities for our home nations and their allies, so effective management of these relationships is imperative.

You will gain comprehensive hands-on exposure across our entire commercial landscape. This includes driving strategies in Category Procurement, Supply Chain Management, managing Project Procurement and leading end-to-end Sub-contracting and Services. You'll have the opportunity to experience many different aspects of procurement such as;

• Bringing in essential product parts and test equipment to the business
• Managing commercial and business relationships with both UK and overseas companies, providing subsystems, systems, studies and customer support
• Risk Management, working on supplier strategies that offer value for money as well as building and nurturing key customer or partner relationships
• Subcontract management is an important task in this role and you'll get the opportunity to see how to draft and amend terms and conditions as well as negotiate and manage terms for many key relationships MBDA ha
• Supplier relationship management and managing supplier performance
• Managing consulting services, infrastructure (i.e. telecoms, construction projects) that allow the whole business to operate
• Support transformational change programmes to keep our Procurement processes, tools and approaches innovative and effective

What we're looking for from you

• Current undergraduate studying for a degree in a Business and Management or related discipline

Our company:

Peace is not a given, Freedom is not a given, Sovereignty is not a given.

MBDA is a leading defence organisation. We are proud of the role we play in supporting the Armed Forces who protect our nations. We partner with governments to work together towards a common goal, defending our freedom.

We are proud of our employee-led networks, examples include: Gender Equality, Pride, Menopause Matters, Parents and Carers, Armed Forces, Ethnic Diversity, Neurodiversity, Disability and more…

We recognise that everyone is unique, and we encourage you to speak to us should you require any advice, support or adjustments throughout our recruitment process.

Follow us on LinkedIn (MBDA), X (@MBDA_UK), Instagram (MBDA_UK) and Glassdoor or visit our MBDA Careers website for more information.

Application Process

1. Submit an application

Our application form contains a few factual questions, some questions relating to the role you have applied for and a section for you to tell us all about you!

2. Online assessment - Part One

Next in our process is part one of our online strengths assessment, completely tailored to our business and early careers schemes. After completing our assessment you'll receive a personalised report.

3. Online assessment - Part Two

Part two of our online assessments include three video recorded tasks which are authentic work scenario based activities which you could be doing on your programme - we refer to these as job simulations.

4. Assessment centre

Our strength based assessment centre is a half day virtual experience! You’ll get to work on a range of tasks, meet current programme members and people from the department you have applied for. All candidates receive feedback on their performance.

5. Offer

We’ll call you within a week of your assessment day to talk through your feedback and the finer details of your offer, as well as next steps.

Information

You’ll be able to choose between a variety of online learning platforms such as Percipio, YouLearn, Career Builder and Video Gateway. Each one is tailored to a specific type of learning. Speak to your line manager to find out more.

We encourage new learning and will provide up to £150 in financial support per year if you wish to participate in further study in your own time. You’ll have access to our Learning Gateway, which hosts the formal course catalogue and is where you can select the right training for your role and future development. The catalogue displays which courses are being delivered virtually or are classroom based. If you want to lead a team, you might be interested in our management training, designed for people of all experience levels.

The way we work is changing and your schedule will reflect that. For non-executive employees, we have a flexi-time scheme that allows you to choose, within certain parameters, when you start and finish each day and how you can use time you have accrued. If you have worked the time, you are also able to accrue and take up to 15 days of Flexi-leave per annum, in addition to the 25 days of annual leave provided and bank holidays.

All employees at MBDA are required to hold UK Security or BPSS Clearance.

For further information, please view our Security & Vetting page.