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Job Title: Senior Procurement Professional
Location: Scotstoun, Glasgow. 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 £46,400 dependent on skills and experience
What You'll Be Doing
Managing supplier performance to ensure delivery of agreed milestones to cost, quality and schedule
Proactively identifying supplier risk, implementing corrective actions and continuous improvements
Investigating and resolving claims for delay or poor performance
Leading contract change negotiations with suppliers
Undertaking robust financial management of procurement contracts, including cost savings, cost avoidance, completion estimates and ongoing cost analysis
Supporting cross functional project activities – e.g. suppliers, business & cost account reviews, business reporting & KPI monitoring
Using the ERM system to manage Purchase Orders and other deliverables
Essential
Your skills and experiences:
Professional knowledge and understanding of procurement principles, techniques, and practices
Proven experience and expertise in contract management within a supply chain environment, preferably within a similar industry
Proficiency in managing financial spend and budget control
Effective negotiation and influencing skills when engaging with internal and external stakeholders at various levels
Ability to work under own initiative and prioritise workload as appropriate
Able to work well under pressure and meet required deadlines
Desirable
Awareness of the legal environment related to purchasing contracts and framework agreements
Experience using procurement ERP systems e.g. SAP
CIPS qualified or working towards CIPS
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 Supply Chain Team
Join our dynamic Supply Chain team at BAE Systems, where you'll play a key role in managing procurement packs and subcontracts for the build and delivery phase of the highly complex Type 26 Shipbuilding programme within your designated Procurement Category.
In this role, you'll be responsible for supplier relationship management and collaborating closely with Engineering, Operations, and Quality teams to ensure the timely delivery of equipment and materials while optimising contract performance.
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: 10th March 2026. Interviews for this position will take place week commencing 16th March 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.