Be one of the first applicants, read the complete overview of the role below, then send your application for consideration. Job Title: Procurement Professional

Location: Barrow-In-Furness We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: £42,000 dependent on experience

What you’ll be doing:

Working with the wider business and its external professional teams to develop sourcing and contracting solutions for a 10 year + investment programme in the Northwest

Identification of risks, issues and liabilities within procurement and contract strategies

Supporting and managing procurement plans to capture stakeholder requirements

Provide commercial and supply chain support to the delivery programmes

Leading the sourcing and contracting procurement process, inclusive of tender pack development, evaluation and award

Leading negotiations with suppliers including commercial aspects to ensure the best outcome for the business

Support the development of supply chain strategies and lead implementation of plans

Co-ordination throughout the end-to-end procurement process such that customer and supplier issues are communicated and resolved effectively

Ensuring that life cycle costing principles are fully considered pre-ITT

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

Experience working in supply chain within the facilities management or infrastructure industry

Experience leading / supporting procurements based on specification, for design and manufacture/build

An understanding of business and procurement approaches, techniques, processes, policy and strategy

Experience of contract and supplier performance management

Desirable:

CIPS qualification or equivalent

Experience in public sector/regulated environments

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 Estates team

Join a dynamic and rapidly growing team at the forefront of a once-in-a-generation infrastructure investment. You’ll be part of a programme delivering transformative change within an operational and maintenance environment, ensuring continuity of services while driving major enhancements. Our team thrives on collaboration, innovation and high-impact delivery, providing opportunities to shape processes, lead new actions, and contribute to projects that will define the future of our infrastructure. This is a unique chance to be involved in a high-profile programme where your expertise and ideas will make a tangible difference.

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: 19th March 2026

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. xehkeey Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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