Subcontract / Procurement Manager - Procurement Bid Manager

Job Title: Subcontract/Procurement Manager

Location: Guildford - Hybrid

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

• Responsible for representing Procurement in assigned major bids containing third party spend, ensuring a compliant process.
• Maintain effective communications and develop appropriate relationships with internal and external stakeholders and become an advocate for Procurement.
• Responsible for discharging an agreed workload, working within procurement policy, ensuring priorities are managed and issues are escalated when outside of your sphere of control.

Your skills and experience

• Will have significant experience working within a business winning procurement environment.
• Possess a high standard of Procurement competence in key areas of sourcing, process knowledge especially negotiation and contracting skills.
• Excellent project management skills, product awareness, commercial acumen, financial awareness, risk and opportunity management.
• Good relationship management skills.
• Good understanding of external environment and relevant market intelligence.
• Demonstrate exemplary business acumen.
• Ability to run and direct strategic bids and campaigns throughout the LCM lifecycle.
• Excellent cross functional stakeholder management and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to develop and lead a high performing team, enabling a positive working culture that embraces diversity of thought as required.
• Have CIPS L5 qualification, IACCM or equivalent standard.
• Must either hold SC or be a UK national eligible to obtain necessary clearance.

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, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We also 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.