Senior Procurement and Contracts Manager Location: Barrow-in-Furness (Hybrid & Flexible Working Available) Salary: starting from £60,000 Car Allowance Excellent Benefits This is your opportunity to take ownership within a high-tech defence manufacturing environment, delivering at scale on one of the UK's most complex and strategically significant programmes. Work on a long-term, nationally significant programme with real-world impact. Joining a stable, well-funded environment with long-term career growth and progression. If you're an experienced procurement and contracts professional ready to step into a high-impact leadership role, this is where your expertise will shape outcomes on a national scale. What's In It For You * Competitive salary car allowance * Strong pension offering * Private healthcare and wellbeing benefits * Flexible benefits including green car schemes and lifestyle discounts * Annual incentive opportunities * Relocation support available (subject to eligibility) You'll operate in procurement and contracts leadership, leading and influencing complex supplier and subcontractor networks in a cutting-edge engineering and manufacturing setting. You'll be part of a culture that values integrity, performance, and inclusion. What You'll Be Driving You'll take the lead across a critical supplier landscape, ensuring delivery, performance, and strategic alignment across a major programme. * Lead and inspire a team of procurement and contracts professionals, managers, and subcontractors to deliver against an ambitious strategy * Own key contracts (strategy, negotiation, performance) * Develop and execute robust Contract Management Plans that ensure control, compliance, and continuous improvement * Hold accountability for supplier performance-past, present, and future-ensuring delivery against key metrics across critical programmes What You Bring You're already operating at a manager level and thrive in complex, high-stakes environments. * 5 years' experience in procurement, contracts, or supply chain within large-scale major programmes, defence manufacturing, or complex subcontracting environments * Strong track record in contract strategy, negotiation, and supplier management * Proven leadership capability-able to build, develop, and motivate high-performing teams * Commercially astute, confident operating within structured and regulated frameworks, with a mindset that values collaboration, innovation, and diversity of thought * Background in Defence, Nuclear, Engineering, or Manufacturing Senior Procurement and Contracts Manager - Apply now for next steps! Applicants must be based in the UK to commit to hybrid working requirements and hold current/valid UK RTW. All applicants must, as a minimum, achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard/security vetting checks.