Senior Supply Chain Principal

Job Title:

Senior Supply Chain Principal

Salary:  Up to £48,000 dependent on skills and experience

Location:

Portsmouth – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please  speak  to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

What you’ll be doing :

Deliver effective customer and supplier relationship  management  maintaining good and effective relationships and building new ones for tactical and strategic bid opportunities

Undertaking assessments of suppliers to  determine  capability, capacity and suitability for new requirements

Developing and  managing  relationships with current and new suppliers, building brand and business opportunities whilst building an excellent understanding of the industry to identify partnering solutions

Determining  and executing sourcing strategies within allocated category, including  leading  price and contractual negotiations

Leading  supplier approval and on boarding process in collaboration with supporting functions

Raising and  managing  Purchase Orders within SAP, ensuring timely supply reported in the Open Order Book (OOB) and O Time In Full (OTIF) trackers, compliance with procedures and effective supplier coordination.

Adhering to Supply Chain/Supplier governance such as supplier accreditations and export  controls

Be seen by internal and external stakeholders as a subject  expert  for supply chain within a business. Foster a  proactive  relationship across multiple disciplines, businesses and within the customer base

Ensure Procurement savings are accurately identified, recoded, validated and reported, supporting financial transparency and value for money

Your skills and experiences:

The role  requires broad Supply Chain knowledge &  expertise , including good business, market and  competitor  knowledge, as well as depth of vision and creativity; plus, an ability to develop Supply Chain strategy to support business  objectives

Considerable commercial awareness and ability to create and negotiate terms and conditions

The ability to utilise and interpret financial data and performance measures

Supply Chain functional people, process and performance knowledge to develop the function using enabling technologies to exceed or meet the corporate business  objectives .

Working understanding of tool sets and IT

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 UK Equipment    Management    Team:

This is an exciting role within the UK Equipment  Management  team for Warship Support at our site in Portsmouth. As a Supply Chain Principal, you will be responsible for the procurement of simple spares to  complex  upgrades, refits and life extension programmes. Our global resources, skills and experience, as well as our extensive

network of approved and assured suppliers, means we’re able to offer total, fully-integrated and innovative equipment  management  solutions anywhere in the world.

This role will provide you with the opportunity to make a big impact within a small team,  owning  the end to end supply chain within an exciting and growing business. The extensive exposure gained across multiple business areas within Maritime Services will provide the successful  candidate  with the opportunity to develop their career further within BAE Systems.

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.

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