Supply Chain Project Manager (Alliance)

BAE Systems; England; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense and engineering firm in the UK seeks a Supply Chain Project Manager to manage the combat system supply chain for the submarine program. This role involves leading governance processes, assessing risks, and conducting performance reviews. Candidates should have a project management or supply chain qualification with experience in capital investment programs. BAE Systems offers a collaborative culture, competitive benefits, and hybrid working options.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible health and wellbeing benefits

Shopping discounts

Annual incentive eligibility

Qualifications

• Professional qualification in Project Management or Supply Chain.
• Experience with major capital investment programmes.
• Background in Supply Chain or Procurement roles.
• Confident analytical skills to interpret data.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the Combat System supply chain for Submarine programme.
• Assess and monitor key assumptions and dependencies.
• Own the governance and reporting process for supply chain scope.
• Conduct monthly performance reviews for suppliers.

Skills

Project Management

Supply Chain Management

Analytical Skills

Stakeholder Management

Problem-Solving Skills

Education

APMQ or CIPS Qualification or Equivalent

Job description

Job Title: Supply Chain Project Manager (Alliance)

Location: Barrow-in-Furness (with UK-wide travel). We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Competitive

What you'll be doing:

• Lead and manage the Combat System supply chain for the Submarine programme, ensuring they consistently achieve cost, quality and delivery targets
• Assess and monitor key assumptions, dependencies and exclusions within the supply chain, highlighting and mitigating potential risks to programme delivery
• Own the governance and reporting process for your supply chain scope, ensuring all procurement activity is delivered to schedule, within budget and to required quality standards
• Analyse cost drivers and financial commitments, providing clear insight on in-year spend and long-term procurement forecasts
• Conduct monthly performance reviews, presenting commercial, delivery and quality outcomes for Tier 2 suppliers, and driving continuous improvement
• Ensure commercial and contractual obligations (including material obsolescence, capacity and security requirements) are effectively flowed down to suppliers and supported by strong governance
• Identify emerging contractual or commercial issues early, developing and driving action plans with suppliers to protect programme delivery

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• A professional qualification in Project Management (e.g., APMQ) or Supply Chain (e.g., CIPS), or equivalent relevant experience
• Knowledge or experience of working on major capital investment programmes, ideally within complex engineering or defence-related environments
• Experience collaborating with stakeholders across a range of functions and levels, building positive working relationships
• Background in Supply Chain or Procurement roles, ideally with a focus on improving processes or supplier performance
• Confident analytical and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to interpret data and support informed decision‑making

Desirable:

• Awareness of single‑source contracting regulations and related procurement frameworks.
• Understanding of the UK Defence sector, particularly the submarine enterprise, naval platforms or similarly complex programmes

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 Submarine Production Supply Chain team:

You’ll join the Submarine Production Supply Chain Team, a small, collaborative group working across the Dreadnought and SSNA programmes. We build and manage the full supply chain lifecycle, ensuring materials are delivered to the shipyard on time, to agreed quality standards and cost. The team develops supply chain strategies that support the shift from a 36‑month build cycle on Dreadnought to 18 months on SSNA, helping suppliers scale to meet future demand. We also create shared tools and reporting, and run regular governance forums to monitor performance, reduce risk and drive continuous improvement. We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

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: 12th December 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.