Procurement Professional

Morson Edge; Preston; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Travel for supplier reviews

Job summary

BAE Systems in Samlesbury seeks a Procurement Professional for a 12 month contract to manage UK and international suppliers and the order book, ensuring stock and part availability for Typhoon, F35, Hawk and T45 programs.

You will place contracts, oversee governance, analyse data in ERP and MS Excel, and travel to suppliers for business reviews, operating in a hybrid office pattern.

Qualifications

• Extensive procurement experience in aerospace/defence or manufacturing.
• Experience with high-volume purchase orders and supplier updates.
• Strong data management in ERP and MS Excel.
• Continuous improvement mindset and problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Maintain UK and international supplier base and order book to support production lines.
• Place contracts timely, adhere to governance and export controls.
• Engage with stakeholders to ensure parts meet business requirements.
• Manage supplier relationships and monitor KPIs and quality.
• Expedite dependencies and coordinate across teams and functions.
• Maintain accurate ERP data and travel to suppliers for reviews.

Skills

Procurement experience

ERP systems

Excel

Tableau (desirable)

Education

MCIPS or equivalent

Tools

SAP

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work for BAE Systems, Samlesbury as a Procurement Professional within a very busy team on a 12 month contract within the Air Sector.

The purpose of the role

• Managing a UK and international supply base and the associated order book to ensure the Typhoon and F35 Production line has the required stock levels maintained in a fast paced environment as well as support in service Hawk and T45 customer requirements
• Working closely with internal customers, cross-functional collaboration with value, engineering and quality to understand requirements, analyse, identify and resolve issues.
• Develop and use your professional network, enabling efficient and effective delivery of production requirements.

Key tasks will include

• Ensuring timely placement of Purchase Contracts whilst ensuring adherence to Procurement/Supplier governance such as supplier accreditations and export controls
• Engaging with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the parts meets the requirements of the business and our customers.
• Effective supplier relationship management maintaining strong, effective relationships with suppliers
• Pro-actively monitoring and communicating supplier’s key performance indicators (KPIs) ensuring schedule adherence, invoice management and quality assurance performance.
• Influencing and expediting dependencies via robust review mechanisms with suppliers and internal stakeholders
• Interfacing across the Air business and with other teams and functions, e.g. PM, Engineering, Commercial, Finance
• Ensuring correct and current data is maintained in the ERP system
• Travel to suppliers to lead Business and Orderbook reviews

Knowledge: Essential

• Extensive Procurement experience, preferably in a high volume, fast paced aerospace, defence, regulated or manufacturing market
• Supply Chain orderbook management experience including experience of high volumes of purchase orders, supplier updates, queries and invoices
• 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
• Demonstrative working understanding of tool sets and IT such as ERP systems, Microsoft Office EXCEL to a high level is essential

Desirable

• Experience with Tableau reporting system. The jobholder will have the ability to compile data, analyse and propose recommendations through reports and presentations. A proven ability to collaborate, fostering close & trusting relationships with internal and external stakeholders by using excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Qualifications

• MCIPS or a similar business/procurement related qualification would be welcomed

Hybrid role - 3 days per week minimum in the office, 37 hour week

Buyer; vendor management; supply chain; procurement; purchasing; supplier management; risk management; negotiation; supplier performance; purchase orders; ERP systems; MS Office; influencing skills; shipping; ITAR; spares and repairs; RFQ; invoicing; SAP; Order book management