Procurement Leader

Job Description

Job Title: Procurement Leader

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

Salary: £47,271 + depending on experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Lead the management of Supply Chain commitments and strategic supplier relationships, driving collaborative behaviours to ensure reliable delivery, strong performance and alignment to programme objectives
• Act as the customer within the Production Alliance for Dreadnought (DN) and SSN delivery, working with MOD, BAE and Rolls-Royce as one team to enable timely programme outcomes
• Lead the coordination of Supply Chain activity in your area, ensuring supplier commitment delivers reliable performance while driving added value and managing risk
• Own contract management for major subcontracts and procurement, overseeing commercial performance, cost and compliance to support programme delivery
• Communicate Supply Chain performance to internal SH teams and MOD stakeholders, highlighting delivery status, risks and recovery actions, and deputising when required
• Build strategic supplier relationships and drive Supply Chain Excellence across People, Process, Technology and Governance to ensure a resilient, future-ready function

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Supply Chain, Procurement or Project Management experience
• Excellent Stakeholder Management and communication skills
• Previously held line management responsibility
• Willingness to travel when required

Desirable:

• Professional qualifications (CIPS/PMDY) are desirable
• Experience of working within aerospace, defence and/or MOD packages

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 Alliance supply chain performance Team:

The Alliance Supply Chain Performance Team is a high-impact team of around 14 specialists operating at the heart of the Production Alliance, acting as the intelligent customer for Dreadnought (DN) and SSN submarine delivery. Working collaboratively across MOD, BAE and Rolls-Royce, the team ensures supply chain commitments translate into on-time performance, aligning partners as one integrated enterprise to support successful programme outcomes. With dedicated SSNA sourcing and performance expertise, you will work closely with internal SH teams and MOD stakeholders to provide oversight, challenge and support across the supply base—protecting key milestones and underpinning national defence capability. This role will offer great development opportunities and chances for career progression.

We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

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 March 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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