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Submarines

We serve and protect those who serve and protect us. Attracting and retaining the sharpest minds is essential for a globally competitive UK Submarines Business. Our aim is to recruit the very best talent. At BAE we want to be the leading employer in defence and security for valuing diversity and inclusion. We care about difference in all forms and want to create an inclusive environment where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential.

We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently under-represented within our industry, including women, people from ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to be a preferred home for veterans and reservists.

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Our Submarines Business

Our Submarines business has been safely delivering world class submarines to the UK Royal Navy for more than a century.

The Astute class will equip the Royal Navy with its largest and most capable generation of attack submarines. We are responsible for the design, build, test and commissioning of these state-of-the-art vessels. In total, seven boats will make up the fleet, each weighing a mighty 7,400 tonnes.

Dreadnought is the successor to the Vanguard class of nuclear deterrent submarines. We will deliver four submarines to the Royal Navy, with the first submarine entering service in the early 2030s. Dreadnought is widely considered to be one of the world's most complex engineering challenges.

We have sites in Barrow-in-Furness, Filton, Frimley, Ash Vale, Broad Oak and Weymouth, and we pride ourselves on employing the best professionals around. Join us and you'll be part of something important; something you can be proud of.

Senior Procurement Practitioner - Sub Contract

Would you like to play a key part in an established procurement team? We currently have a vacancy for Senior Procurement Practitioner at our site in Portsmouth BroadOak, Hampshire.

As a Senior Procurement Practitioner, you will be supporting the Supply Chain and Project Lead in the management of key design and manufacture contracts for a major defence organisation.

This role will provide you with the opportunity to work with a close-knit team on a nationally important programme that involves suppliers providing complex and interesting engineering solutions. It will offer the chance to grow experience and to personally add value towards the achievement of project goals.

Your main responsibilities as a Senior Procurement Practitioner will involve:

Working closely with suppliers to manage data deliverable documentation for existing contracts

Supporting to commercial activities in the procurement of strategic contracts

Liaising closely with project management and finance teams to provide accurate and on time information

Managing existing purchase orders

Maintaining organisational and procurement records

Invoice management/CMA (Certificate of Milestone Achievement)

Monitoring and reporting (Quality and Schedule Adherence)

Providing infeed to Monthly and Quarterly reports to internal stakeholders

Your skills and qualifications:

Working towards Professional CIPS (Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply) qualification or equivalent

Knowledge and ability using on-line systems for Purchasing e.g. SAP

Knowledge of Document Control

Strong computer skills using office software such as Excel, Word, PowerPoint required

Strong interpersonal skills are required for interaction with various different stakeholder groups

Desirable

Advanced Excel knowledge (formulas)

Project Management experience

Use of Configuration Management Tool

Experience in the acquisition of routine to complex equipment/material, procurements

Experience of using Visio

What we are looking for in you:

You must have excellent communication skills with the ability to influence internal and external stakeholders. You will also be able to work with a successful close-knit team. You will be well organised & have excellent time management skills

Location: Portsmouth BroadOak, Hampshire

Salary: Competitive

Benefits:

Our employees receive an excellent benefits package which includes a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. We also offer a range of additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and many local and national employee discounts. Some employees may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and/or your place of birth may limit those roles that you can perform for the organisation.

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