Procurement Professional – Continuous Improvement

Job Description

Job title: Procurement Professional – Continuous Improvement

Location: Barrow-In-Furness

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

Salary: £40,748

What you’ll be doing:

• Managing the delivery of improvement activities from concept to deployment
• Leading workshops to identify and progress improvement activities
• Acting as a business partner and mentor to the Submarine programmes to imbed and foster a culture of CI into the enterprise
• Analysing processes and performance data to identify improvement opportunities
• Act as a SC SME and point of contact on group led improvement activities

Your skills and experiences:

• Have strong analytical skills and be comfortable analysing data
• Experience with Change Management
• Be a good proactive, team player that can work independently and has strong communication skills, at different stakeholder levels
• Lean Six Sigma qualification or willing to work towards
• Experience in process mapping – familiar with tools and techniques
• Be comfortable leading workshops
• Supply chain experience (ideally end to end)

Benefits:

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Supply Chain Continuous Improvement team:

As part of a small change team sitting within the Supply Chain central function, the candidate will get the opportunity to sharpen their skills and broaden their experience of a complex supply chain organisation. They will get the opportunity to design and deploy improvement solutions that will equip the organisation with a capability fit for the future.

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, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also 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: 1st January 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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