Senior Subcontract Project Manager – Resilience

Job Description

Job Title: Senior Subcontract Projects Manager – Resilience

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: £65,000 + company car allowance

What you’ll be doing:

• Influence a cross functional team to deliver multiple high value (up to £50m) development and complex projects; taking responsibility for delivery of supply chain requirements across all functions involved in the process (e.g. Engineering, Commercial, Quality, Operations) within agreed delivery timeframes, influencing and managing cross functionally to deliver in accordance with the customer requirements for Cost, Quality and Schedule
• Support stakeholders and Control Account Managers (CAMs) on activities to generate, negotiate and place contracts with selected suppliers. Activities include agreed scope definition, contracting frameworks, prices and delivery schedules
• Act as Mentor / Coach to others within the Supply Chain function to facilitate a best practice learning environment
• Support the development and analysis of an appropriate reporting structure to ensure the identification of opportunities and risks impacting on the business are understood and any actions required will be achieved in a timely manner

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Leadership at a Senior Level
• Relevant Project Management Qualification or equivalent by experience, within Supply Chain would be advantageous
• Management, leadership, and business executive skills

Desirable:

• Skills and experience at an executive level including Project Management, use of project management tools, product awareness, commercial acumen, engineering acumen, financial awareness, and effective influencing skills.
• Background in supply chain transformation, improvement and/or manufacturing readiness or engineering

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 Project Management team:

This is a critical role within the SSNA Programme, leading multiple critical supply chain projects. As a Senior Subcontract Project Manager, you will be responsible for managing gap-bridging projects to scale supply chain capacity for future programmes. In addition to managing the commercial, schedule/manufacturing and quality requirements of the supplier, this includes influencing all cross-functional activity from the concept design stage through to final test and commissioning.

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 working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.

Closing Date: 21st August 2024

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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