Job Title: Capability, Capacity & Resilience Leader
Company: BAE Systems
Location: Barrow‑In‑Furness – hybrid and flexible working arrangements available. Speak with recruiter for details.
Salary: £46,000+ (depending on skills and experience)
What You’ll Be Doing
* Lead the coordination of all Supply Chain activities within your area of responsibility and drive a culture of added value.
* Lead procurement and contract management for major subcontract and transactional procurement, including all commercial and cost matters.
* Communicate your areas’ supply‑chain activities to cross‑functional and external stakeholders, informing on performance, threats and failures; deputise for the Supply‑Chain Senior Manager when required.
* Manage supplier relationships, promoting our strategic and collaborative behaviours.
* Contribute to Supply‑Chain Excellence by supporting activities that deliver on People, Process, Technology and Governance, ensuring the function is fit for the future.
* Work with the new BCCR team, liaising with many people within the Supply‑Chain team and implementing new processes.
Your Skills and Experiences
* Experience in Supply Chain, Project Management and commercial areas.
* Ability to prepare high‑quality business cases, including financial analysis, risk assessment and justification for proposed projects or changes.
* Excellent stakeholder‑management and communication skills.
* Experience of working within aerospace, defence and/or MOD packages.
* Professional qualifications such as CIPS or PMDY are desirable.
Benefits
In addition to a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems offers employee share plans, a wide range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, a green‑car scheme, private health plans, shopping discounts and potential eligibility for an annual incentive.
The BCCR Supply Chain Team
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a high‑impact team that drives major transformation across the business. You will support the supply‑chain investment change programmes, helping to shift our production rhythm with the goal of doubling the output rate. The role focuses on building strong supplier relationships, driving critical supplier change programme plans, and expanding our capabilities to meet future demand. Your work will be highly collaborative, exposing you to business challenges and allowing you to make a significant difference.
Why BAE Systems?
We empower you to make a real difference. Our inclusive culture values diversity of thought, rewards integrity and merit, and encourages people to fulfil their potential. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and make our recruitment processes as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition that could affect performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about possible reasonable adjustments.
Security and Export Control Restrictions
Many roles at BAE Systems are subject to security and export‑control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as nationality, previous nationalities and place of birth may limit your eligibility. All applicants must meet the Baseline Personnel Security Standard and many roles require higher levels of national‑security vetting, typically involving 5 to 10 years of continuous UK residency, depending on the vetting level required.
Closing Date: 5th January 2026
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications. Therefore, apply as soon as possible. Due to the festive season, there may be a delay in processing applications. Your application is important to us, and we will respond as soon as possible.
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