Supply Chain Lead

Job Description

Job Title: Supply Chain Lead – Supplier Export Control & Reporting

Location: Portsmouth, Hampshire. 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 £34,000 depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Maintaining the supplier export declaration portal and assure process compliance and adherence
• Being the focal point for internal buyers and external suppliers for implementation and registration onto the supplier declaration portal, managing area specific queries relating to the Product Classification Exchange (PCE)
• Championing supplier export control across the Supply Chain function and train buyers and suppliers on using the appropriate processes and tools
• Collaboration with other Business Units and functional areas on matters relating to supplier export control
• Utilising connections internally and externally to identify opportunities for improvement and works collaboratively to ensure these are recognised
• Supporting the Governance manager on reporting and analytics within the team

Your skills and experiences:

• Experience working within a supply chain environment with demonstrated proficiency in sourcing, process knowledge, contracting skills, and supplier management
• Possess a good standard of business acumen, coupled with awareness of the end-to-end Life Cycle Management (LCM) process and its application from both a capability and supply chain perspective
• Hold or be working towards CIPS Level 4 certification (or an equivalent qualification)
• Ability to demonstrate effective stakeholder management and project management abilities

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 BAE Systems Defence Solutions Functional Excellence team:

The Functional Excellence team enables the Defence Solutions supply chain 300+ employees to do their jobs. Encompassing Governance, Compliance, Risk Management, People Capability, Tools/IT & Sustainability. Having an overarching perspective across the business and representing the business unit in sector and group environments to encourage sharing best practise and continuous improvement.

This role will provide supplier export compliance support as part of a team delivering governance and compliance to the function. You will have the opportunity to develop and enhance your skills and knowledge across the supply chain function and will engage with varying levels of stakeholders across the enterprise as part of the position, with the potential to lead into more senior positions within a global business.

As the world has evolved, so has the way we work. Our working approach, will enable you to have flexibility with your working hours, depending on your role and location. This could include accruing hours as well as flexibility around start and finish times, ensuring you can balance life at work, on site and life at home.

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: 13th May 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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