Integrated Logistics Support Manager

Job Description

Job title: Integrated Logistics Support Manager

Location: Cowes – Isle of Wight – Part time & accruing hours available. Please let us know if you would like to discuss these options

Salary: Up to £65,000 plus bonus, (dependent on skills and experience)

What you’ll be doing:

• Lead the Radar ILS and Technical Publications functions, overseeing a team of radar ILS engineers and radar technical authors, ensuring effective resource capability planning, managing resource supply and demand, team development, and annual performance management

• Act as the focal point for all ILS-related activities, providing ILS technical solutions across a variety of projects (development and in-service support) as well as acting as ILS lead in complex bid / proposals when required

• Collaborate closely with Programme Managers to ensure ILS Service Level Agreements agreements are met and that the ILS team provides timely and effective support across multiple projects

• Ensure ILS team maintain export control service provision to projects where required

• Support customer meetings for in-service support contracts when required, representing the business needs

• Oversee performance monitoring of in-service support solutions, ensuring key performance indicators (KPIs) are achieved and continuous improvement is embedded

• Drive ILS and support solution strategy for bids, including cost modelling, proposal development, and the creation of ILS/CLS plans to meet customer and programme requirements

• Be familiar with Industry Standard ILS Modelling tools (e.g. OPUS)

• Be responsible for document management SharePoint sites (Radar ILS, raining, and Tech Pubs) ensuring compliance with business processes

• Ensure compliance with all Radar BMS processes related to ILS, Techncal Publications, and Training, maintaining governance and documentation accuracy across the discipline

Your skills and experiences:

• Extensive experience delivering Integrated Logistic Support (ILS) solutions to the UK MOD

• Strong understanding of ILS standards, processes and tools (e.g. OPUS)

• Proven ability to manage multiple internal and external stakeholders across complex programmes

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to influence, facilitate change, and build collaborative relationships

• Demonstrated ability to operate under pressure in fast-paced bid and delivery environments

• Experience working independently within commercial organisations delivering complex technical solutions

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers 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 Radar integrated logistics support team:

As a part of this team, you will act as the central point of contact for Integrated Logistics Support (ILS), and Technical Publications, applying deep specialist knowledge and analytical expertise across all support disciplines to ensure the successful bidding, development, implementation, and delivery of Integrated Product Support (IPS) solutions. We lead and develop all ILS and support solution aspects of bids, including the creation of ILS/CLS cost estimates, the review and approval of Training and Technical Publications estimates, and the preparation of detailed proposals and ILS plans for phase reviews

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: 28th July 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.

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