Supply Chain Materials Manager

Job Description

Job Title: Supply Chain Materials Manager

Location: Portsmouth Naval Base. 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 £50,000 dependent on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Develop and apply processes to support one or multiple projects to identify, source and manage materials
• Work collaboratively ensure the scope of the material requirement is clear and agreed before procurement actions begin
• Support Programmes to allow us to left shift our demand requirements to better understand our position to procure materials earlier
• Identify and implement an improved way of managing materials across the Programmes
• Assist the Asset Management Procurement team with the request for quote process as necessary
• Work with the Royal Navy Logisticians to provide the best support solutions available to meet their needs so they can accurately report the material availability statistics associated with maintenance periods
• Develop relationships with end user community in order to understand the most effective transfer of information to benefit their needs
• Recommend alternative strategies / plans where benefit can be gained
• Develop effective method of tracking the materials from cradle to grave

Your skills and experiences:

• Materials management ideally within the Defence Sector
• Stakeholder Management across a range of customers and peers
• Previous knowledge/experience of collating data from several sources in order to transform the data into information that benefits the customer
• Collaboration with other areas both within and outside of Supply Chain functional area and a grasp of Inventory Management, Maintenance and Planning requirements
• Have knowledge of process improvement techniques aimed at driving efficiencies in services

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 Asset Management Supply Chain Team:

The Asset Management Supply Chain team exist to ensure maximum availability of materials required for maintenance periods supporting Royal Navy vessels in Portsmouth Naval Base. This includes the reporting and management of materials our customer supply as well as sourcing and managing alternative material solutions when items are not available via traditional routes.

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: 23rd January 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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