Senior Supply Chain Professional (Construction)

Job Description

Job Title: Senior Supply Chain Professional (Construction)

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

Salary: Up to £60,000 depending on experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Providing support data for the sourcing strategies being pursued, and identifying risks, issues, and liabilities within these strategies
• Producing and managing procurement plans to capture stakeholder requirements, whilst ensuring compliance with all internal and external regulatory process requirements
• Supplying commercial and supply chain support to the delivery programmes, along with leading the sourcing and contracting procurement process, including tender pack development, evaluation, and award
• Leading negotiations with suppliers, including commercial aspects, to ensure the best outcome for the business
• Ensuring that lifecycle costing principles are fully considered pre- ITT including input to Make v Buy process and contractor down selection, and reporting on cost savings and cost avoidances
• Supporting the development of supply chain strategies and leading implementation of plans

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Experience of working in supply chain within the construction industry
• Detailed knowledge of JCT and NEC Construction contracts
• An understanding of business and procurement approaches, techniques, processes, policy, and strategy
• Experience of contract and supplier performance management

Desirable:

• Client side experience
• MCIPS
• MRICS qualified or similar, or working towards
• Experience in public sector/regulated environments

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 team:

We are building a team of construction specialists to deliver a transformational level of investment over a 10-year period. You will be working with both internal and external colleagues to add value, delivery excellence and support us in delivering world-class aircrafts to our customers around the world. This is an exciting opportunity for you to work on unique and multi-faceted projects within the defence industry whilst gaining exposure within a global business.

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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