Procurement Team Administrator

BAE Systems; Rochester; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense and aerospace company in Rochester seeks a Procurement Team Administrator to provide comprehensive support to the Procurement Director and team. Responsibilities include managing diaries, arranging travel for a large team, and ensuring smooth day-to-day operations. The ideal candidate will have experience in secretarial support and excellent organizational skills. The position offers a salary of £30,000 plus benefits including health plans, flexible wellbeing benefits, and a pension scheme.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible health and wellbeing benefits

Qualifications

• Proven experience in providing administrative support at a senior level.
• Experience in managing business administration processes.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage diaries and arrange meetings and travel.
• Process and reconcile executive expense claims.
• Support site visits and organize events.

Skills

Secretarial and administrative support at Senior Level

Diary management and travel booking

Excellent written and oral communication skills

Proficient in Microsoft Office

Job description

Job Description - Procurement Team Administrator (00131951)

Procurement Team Administrator - 00131951

Job Title: Procurement Team Administrator

Salary: £30,000 plus depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Managing diaries and proactively arranging meetings and travel where priorities are constantly changing and across different time zones
• Arranging UK and overseas travel for all the procurement function, including flights, accommodation and rail, etc , adhering to company policy and maintaining cost effectiveness as well as processing and reconciling executive expense claims in Concur in line with company policy
• Helping to manage the Directors email accounts – filtering and acting on email content
• Managing small projects as directed by the Directors and documenting preparation (e.g. presentations, communications briefs, letters, meeting agendas, action logs).
• Assisting in scheduling and management and tracking of key actions from team meetings and co-ordinating packs for regular meetings, scheduling pre-meetings as required
• Supporting and organising site visits and on-site events and liaising with internal and external personnel and visitors (booking conference rooms, providing reference, security clearance for visitors)
• Assisting on creating the Newsletter monthly

Your skills and experiences:

• Proven experience of providing secretarial and administrative support at Senior Level
• Experience of managing business administration processes, diary management and travel booking (all procurement travel booking 80-100 staff, good % of those will travel around the world) booking flights, hotels, transfers etc .
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, as well as being able to exercise independent judgement in dealing correspondence, e-mails, and meeting requests
• Proficient user of Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook/ Teams
• Assisting with group related event

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 team:

This is a pivotal role within the Procurement function, providing comprehensive administrative and organisational support to the Procurement Director and wider Procurement team. As Procurement Team Administrator, you will play a key part in ensuring the smooth day-to-day operation of the team, enabling them to focus on delivering strategic procurement objectives and value-driven outcomes for the business.

Working closely with stakeholders across the business, you will help ensure procurement activities are well-organised, deadlines are met, and information flows efficiently. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys supporting senior leaders , takes pride in being highly organised, and wants to contribute to the success of a professional, collaborative procurement team.

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:

7th January 2026

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.