Procurement Manager Placement (12 months)

Job Description

Job Description:

Start date: 21st July 2025

Location: Portsmouth

Duration: 12 Months

Application closing date: We encourage you to apply early to avoid missing out on this opportunity! Please note we will close adverts as soon as we receive sufficient applications.

Benefits:

Salary: £22,250

37 hours per week // Flexible working hours // Hybrid working // Half day Fridays! // 25 days holiday plus bank holidays

*subject to completing full hours prior to this

About us:

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Procurement team for a Project Supply Manager (PSM) intern. The role is in the Procurement Department supporting the Space Digital Business line in Airbus Defence and Space.

Space Digital deliver, operate and maintain many critical communication systems for our customers around the world. Whether it is supporting the deployment of British troops around the world or ensuring that the local fire service knows where to go to put out the fire, our customers rely on our robust, resilient and truly reliable communication services.

Join a diverse team supporting Space Digital Procurement. The team is based over 3 sites in the UK plus France and Germany. We are known for being adaptive in our approach, supporting a customer centric Programme Unit.

The team supports multiple National and International customers enabling them to have communication systems that they can rely on when everything else around them is failing.

What you will be doing:

As a successful candidate, during your placement you will work in a project/bid facing role, providing solutions for their external purchasing requirements. By sourcing external goods / services you will be a critical part of the project / bid team ensuring a successful, On Quality, On Time and On Cost outcome.

The Project Supply Manager (PSM) is responsible for organising all of the procurement activities on Bids and Programs; working with the wider procurement function and ensuring that the needs of the business unit are met for a successful Bid or Project delivery.

This is an exciting first role to start your career, which will give you the opportunity to engage and learn about many business functions.

Requirements:

Our placements are open to Undergraduates only. Therefore it is mandatory for candidates to be an undergraduate for the whole duration of the placement. Please inform your graduation date on your application.

*Please ensure you include your CV and a cover letter for your application to be considered*

Successful candidates must be able to demonstrate the following:

• Studying towards a Business or equivalent degree;

• Have commercial awareness;

• Ability to be able express yourself clearly verbally and in writing;

• We are keen to welcome people who are ready to learn by doing.

We are most interested in finding the best candidate for the job. If this role interests you, we would encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every one of our qualifications listed.

We know that confidence-gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates, so please don’t hesitate to contact us — we’d love to hear from you.

SECURITY CLEARANCE: Eligibility to gain UK SC Security Clearance AND/OR You will be subject to a BPSS check (including a criminal record check).

Contact

Please let us know if you need us to make any adjustments. Examples of this may include (but is not exclusive to) accessible facilities; additional time for written exercises; auxiliary aids; room layout; dietary requirements etc. Any information disclosed will be treated in the strictest confidence.

This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.

Company:

AIRBUS Defence and Space Limited

Employment Type:

Internship

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Experience Level:

Student

Job Family:

Sourcing, Buying and Ordering <JF-SM-SP>

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