Job Title:
Senior
Buyer/Procurement Professional
Location:
Rochester
Salary:
Circa £45,000 dependent on experience
What you’ll be doing:
Negotiate terms, conditions, pricing, and contracts with suppliers
Act as the main point of contact between suppliers and the business, building effective relationships
Monitor budgets for purchase orders and identify opportunities for cost savings through effective negotiation
Track supplier performance, communicate key
KPIs, and address issues at a senior level
Maintain accurate supplier order books and data in the Oracle ERP system
Support the implementation of corporate procurement processes, including strategic supplier, sub-contract, and commodity
management
Coach and train junior staff on procurement processes and procedures, assist with audits and improvement plans
Your skills and experiences:
Essential:
Proven
experience in buying, procurement and purchasing
Experience in
leading
negotiations and
managing
supplier relationships
Desirable:
HNC/HND in Business Studies or equivalent
MCIPS qualified
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 Procurement team
Reporting into the Procurement
Manager
you will be responsible for the
management
of the material and suppliers for a business area and product line. You will work alongside and maintain
strong
relationships with suppliers, internal project teams and functions to ensure that the requirements of the business area are satisfied.
Rochester is a diverse organisation with a global customer base producing commercial and defence electronics for high integrity
controls ,
active
inceptor systems, head-up displays, head-mounted displays, power and propulsion systems as well as an avionics market service centre. We operate across the entire product lifecycle from
cutting edge
research to aftermarket support and have suppliers in Europe, USA, Canada, South Africa, Australia, Japan, Sri Lanka as well as across the UK.
We are experiencing significant growth with the work we are winning either critical to our national interest and security or essential to our business performance. As a result, the company is investing in our business with an extensive refurbishment of the whole site including a new 20,000m² factory with demolition work underway.
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:
27th February 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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