UK Procurement Governance and Performance – Procurement Manager Improvement

MBDA UK; Stevenage; Hybrid; GBP 41,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company bonus: Up to £2,500

Pension up to 14%

Overtime paid

Flexi Leave up to 15 days

Flexible working

Enhanced parental leave

Subsidised meals and parking

Healthcare Cash Plan

Job summary

MBDA UK is seeking an experienced commercial, procurement or supply chain professional to pivot into a change role focused on managing the introduction of a new Contract Life Cycle Management tool for the UK function. You will join the Governance and Performance Team in Procurement UK and lead the project across requirements, vendor review, testing and rollout.

The role demands strong stakeholder management, procurement knowledge and change management, with hybrid working (2–3 days on-site).

Qualifications

• Experience in commercial, procurement or supply chain roles is required.
• Ability to gather and analyse business needs and manage stakeholders.
• Proactive, results‑oriented with strong change management and training capability.

Responsibilities

• Act as project manager for the Procurement UK Contract Life Cycle Management tool implementation.
• Gather user requirements from procurement, legal operations and technical deployment teams.
• Review and test solutions to ensure alignment with procurement operations.
• Map existing contracting structures to address bottlenecks with the new tool.
• Develop user guides and training materials for rollout across the function.
• Support broader governance and performance initiatives within the UK team.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Commercial knowledge

Project management

Communication skills

Procurement knowledge

Change management

Training development

Tools

Microsoft Office

SAP

Job description

Are you an experienced commercial, procurement or supply chain specialist looking to pivot your commercial expertise into a change role with the focus on project managing the introduction of a new contracting life management tool for the UK function? If so, come and join our Governance and Performance Team in Procurement UK.

Salary: Circa £45,000 depending on experience Dynamic (hybrid) working: 2-3 days per week on-site due to workload classification 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.

What we can offer you:

• Company bonus: Up to £2,500 (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
• Flexi Leave: Up to 15 additional days
• Flexible working: We welcome applicants who are looking for flexible working arrangements
• Enhanced parental leave: offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave -enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments
• Facilities: Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and much more…
• Healthcare Cash Plan: The Healthcare Cash Plan benefit provides the option to claim cash back on everyday healthcare expenses such as optical, dental, health and wellbeing and more.

The opportunity: Following a recent company re-organisation MBDA’s UK Procurement function has introduced a ‘Governance and Performance’ team to support the function’s drive to deliver excellence to our customers by ensuring robust governance, performance management and compliance across all of our Procurement activities.

Your primary role will be to act as the project manager for Procurement UK Contract Life Cycle Management tool selection and implementation focusing on:

• Using strong stakeholder management skills to understand what the various functions in Procurement UK need from this tool, manage expectations and maintain alignment between the various procurement teams, legal operations, and technical deployment teams.
• Supporting the development of the Procurement requirements for the tool to enable supplier proposals to be requested along with actively reviewing these submissions against the needs of the function.
• Review and testing of the offered solutions to ensure that procurement realities and commercial workflows are integrated into the new CLM solution.
• Proactively research and map out existing contracting structures to ensure the tool's deployment addresses real-world business bottlenecks.
• Developing the appropriate user guides and training to support roll out and implementation to the wider function.
• You will also support the wider Governance and Performance UK function by contributing to broader change management, compliance, and functional improvement initiatives as required.

What we’re looking for from you:

• You do not need to be a technical systems implementation expert; instead, we are looking for a proactive self-starter with a good supply chain or commercial knowledge who can gather and analyse business needs, manage critical stakeholders, and project manage this activity to ensure the new tool aligns with practical procurement operations.
• Solid experience working within a commercial, procurement or supply chain function (ideally in a regulated business sector), with an understanding of commercial contract structures, legal operations, risk management, and the full contract negotiation lifecycle.
• A results-oriented approach with the proactivity to drive projects to completion.
• An excellent business stakeholder manager with a proven ability to build national and international relationships, influence cross-functional teams, and align diverse business interests.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to present concepts in a clear and structured way.
• A natural researcher who can independently investigate current procurement workflows, gather user requirements, and proactively identify opportunities for process improvement.
• Experience creating structured training playbooks or user guides from scratch.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, knowledge of SAP would be beneficial.
• Willingness to travel to UK and non-UK sites as required.

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.

What we do matters. Because defence matters.

As a leading company in the defence industry we support our nations by delivering essential military capabilities, both for today and the future. We are proud to be an award-winning employer and are proud of the growing diversity of our workforce.

Our people are the ones who drive our constant innovation and deliver against challenging targets.

Whatever your background, we welcome your application to MBDA UK and look forward to speaking with you soon.