Procurement Group Leader

Job Description

Job Title: Procurement Group Leader – Performance Delivery

Location: Samlesbury, 3 days per week on site.

We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary: £59,491+ Dependent of experience

Who we are:

Join BAE Systems and you’ll be part of something bigger. As a valued member of our global colleague network, you’ll bring your unique skills and perspectives to help pioneer progress and protect what matters most. You’ll be trusted to play your part in delivering the advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions of tomorrow, shaping a safer future, for all of us.

From the depths of the ocean, to the far reaches of space, there’s no limit to where a career at BAE Systems could take you.

Job Description:

A key role responsible for managing quality performance and ensuring compliance across operations. You will liaise with internal and external stakeholders to resolve quality issues, drive effective corrective actions, and oversee non-conformance processes.

You will support the development and maintenance of the Quality Management System, conduct audits to ensure effectiveness, and report performance to management. The role also focuses on identifying continuous improvement opportunities and promoting a Zero Defect culture across the organisation.. Within this role there may be travel overseas to the US and National Travel within the UK.

Core duties:

• Lead, develop, and mentor a team of buyers, driving capability building, performance management, and continuous professional development
• Own and optimise end-to-end order book management across a portfolio of suppliers, ensuring timely order placement, delivery performance, and invoice payment in line with governance, compliance, and best practice standards
• Act as a key interface across the wider Air business, collaborating closely with Programme Management, Supply Chain, Engineering, Quality, and Finance to ensure alignment and delivery of business objectives
• Lead and facilitate structured supplier performance reviews (weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual), driving accountability, and continuous improvement
• Proactively manage supplier risk, ensuring robust business continuity planning and strengthening overall supply chain resilience
• Build good on-site relationships through regular supplier engagement, including travel to supplier locations as required

Essential Skills:

• Extensive Procurement experience, preferably in an aerospace or manufacturing market, with working understanding of tool sets and IT such as ERP systems, Microsoft Office programs and Tableau dashboarding
• A proven ability to collaborate, fostering close & trusting relationships with internal and external stakeholders and having excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience and ability to drive Continuous Improvement with proven examples of identifying new ideas and driving improvement within a procurement function.
• Supply Chain orderbook management experience, including detailed understanding and experience of supplier risk and opportunity management

The Performance Delivery Team

Supporting critical supplier and delivery activities, this function helps maintain efficient operations across complex aerospace programmes. Working closely with procurement, engineering and quality teams, it drives supplier performance, strengthens supply chain resilience and supports continuous improvement to ensure products and services are delivered effectively and on schedule..

Why BAE Systems?

Here you’ll build a career with purpose and limitless possibilities. With lifelong learning and meaningful work, this is a place where you can grow your career with confidence and be empowered to be your best. You’ll be recognised for your contribution and enjoy rewards tailored to what’s most important to you and your family, support for your financial and personal wellbeing, as well as a balanced lifestyle. In an environment embracing sustainable ways of working and with a strong sense of shared purpose, our supportive culture is a place you can feel you belong and proud of the difference you make.

A place where everyone can thrive:

We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We know that a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences strengthens our teams and is vital to the work we do.

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: 25th June 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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