Principal Supply Chain Risk & Intelligence Professional

Job Description

Job Title: Principal Supply Chain Risk & Intelligence Professional

Location: Scotstoun. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements. Please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary: Circa £45,000 – £55,000 depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Help drive performance and value through the controlled engagement of strategic and critical suppliers enabling best financial and performance outcomes for BAE and its customer
• Support the delivery of a future vision for Global Combat Ship (GCS) Wide Supply Chain Risk and Intel, inclusive of future programmes needs and relevant to the evolving global risk landscape, taking account of supply chain resilience, risk management systems and resources
• Deliver flexible capability to meet the needs of emergent customer and senior management requirements for GCS Supply Chain risk and intelligence
• Develop and deliver a high-quality forward-looking Supply Chain Risk and Intelligence profiling and report services to the Naval Ships business
• Ensure that Supply Chain Risks in the business/function are identified, analysed, evaluated and mitigated using the process set out in the BAES Business Risk Management Standard
• Provide guidance to contract manager/buyers regarding acceptance of aspects of Risk when assessing the acceptability of new suppliers – maturity, capability, capacity, governance, resilience
• Contribute to the development and delivery of a Maritime and Land Sector level Risk and Intelligence Capability
• When a risk becomes an issue works at pace to maintain business continuity

Your skills and experiences:

• Strong understanding of cross business Supply Chain risk themes
• Experience with implementing supplier risk strategies
• Commercial and procurement experience including executing strategic commercial agreements and the development of Procurement plans
• Relevant, demonstrable Supply Chain experience in governance, assurance or procurement
• Strong presentation and communication skills with the ability to collaborate with a range of multi-functional stakeholders to ensure business and supply chain risk are managed across the business

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 Global Combat Ship Strategic Supply Chain team:

As a Principal Supply Chain Risk & Intelligence Professional you will enable strategic supplier management for Naval Ship programmes through influencing multiple stakeholders including supply chain, engineering, commercial, manufacturing engineering & programme management at all levels across programme life cycle.

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: 5th February 2026 – Interviews will take place w/c 16th February 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.

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