AWE is recruiting a Junior Market Intelligence Specialist to play a key part of AWE's Commercial (Supply Chain) department, monitoring and reporting on macro and micro influences, and supporting critical decision-making within the wider Procurement team.
Location: RG7 4PR, located between Reading and Basingstoke, with free onsite parking (With a plan to relocate to Green Park in Reading during summer 2025).
Package: £36,000 to £45,000 (depending on your suitability, qualifications, and level of experience)
Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight. We will consider flexible working requests so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle. Just let us know your preferred working pattern on your application.
Let us introduce the role
As a Junior Market Intelligence Specialist, you will sit within a close-knit team which relies on passion, knowledge and a willingness to learn to set up multi-million-pound contracts to deliver a range of procurement requirements to support the defence and security of the UK.
Working closely with the Senior Market Intelligence Specialist, this role provides essential support for the researching, monitoring and analysing of category, supplier and sector landscapes to anticipate industry developments, advancements and risks, to feed into a range of strategies and supporting material.
You will work on intelligence topics according to the road map. Proactively recognising media and industry activity to distribute to stakeholders. Inputting intelligence into stakeholders meeting and workshops.
Key elements of the role include:
Who are we looking for?
This is an exciting and unique opportunity, where a variety of projects means every week is different. If you are an analyst or researcher with a natural curiosity, sound judgement and the ability to think strategically we encourage you to apply, even if you don't meet all the requirements below.
Ideally you will have experience of working within a research or intelligence role in a similar organisation/industry. Working with procurement procedures, delivering multiple objectives, and familiar with SWOT, PESTLE, 5 Forces.
Experienced in secondary and/or desk research, confidence in seeking intelligence from open source resources.
We would love to hear from individuals with the following:
Some reasons we think you'll love it here:
AWE has a wide range of benefits to suit you. These include:
The 'Working at AWE' page on our website is where you can find full details in the 'AWE Benefits Guide'.
Hybrid working is available for this role on an informal, non-contractual basis. Typically 2-3 days onsite per week.