Principal Procurement Professional

Principal Procurement Professional

As Principal Procurement Professional you will join the T26 Platform Supply Chain team to manage the contractual relationships across the JCI/ Tyco for fixed firefighting, fire, smoke, flood detection, and chilled water. These are complex Cat A and Cat B contracts covering design, manufacture, and commissioning for safety critical whole ship systems.

The Chilled Water Plant is lock-pout equipment meaning on-time delivery into Govan is essential in order to achieve the build schedule. The other two packs are whole ship contracts meaning the equipment is fitted to most compartments across the ship which places a critical dependency on performance management of the supplier to ensure they deliver on time and to specification. These critical contracts are worth around £60m and form a significant proportion of the platform material budget so effective cost management is essential.

Your main responsibilities as Principal Procurement Professional:

· Perform contract management of 2 x CAT A contracts and 1 x Cat B contract, including negotiating and executing Change Orders, ensuring BAE’s rights and remedies under the contracts are protected, signing off milestone payments, managing product release process, liaising with Finance to ensure payment forecasts are within agreed profiles, negotiating and handling claims.

· Performance manage the suppliers to ensure they deliver to schedule, cost and quality. They will be required to manage the cost account (c. £60M) ensuring spend is within budget and provide key inputs into the quarterly EAC process.

· Engage with multiple stakeholders to ensure the commissioning activities are conducted in line with programme requirements. They will be required to ensure the dependencies of other functions are delivered to facilitate the start of commissioning activities and will be responsible for addressing any deviations from the commissioning plan with the T&C team and the suppliers.

· Provide reports into senior management to support monthly SCAM activities, inputs into MPR/JPRs, quarterly EAC reviews and ad hoc briefings as requested.

· Represent Supply Chain at senior level meetings with both the suppliers and internal reviews, interfacing with Heads of Programme, IPT Directors, the Supply Chain Director and Ship Managers.

· Liaising with stakeholders in the GCS programme to share knowledge and information about the suppliers and emerging risks/opportunities, liaising with the M&L Sector as appropriate through the regular Supplier Management Network sessions with Subs and Maritime Services, and working closely with Supplier Development and Quality teams to address emerging issues/risks.

Your skills and qualifications:

· Experience of managing complex contracts; commercial acumen; negotiating skills.

· The ability to manage and influence multiple stakeholders

· Excellent communication skills

· The ability to manage competing priorities and multiple concurrent activities

Location: Scotstoun

Grade: GG11

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

Our Naval Ships business

We design and manufacture a range of naval ships and state of the art combat systems and equipment, giving customers the capability to fulfil extensive naval operations. From offshore patrol vessels through to the latest City Class Type 26 frigates that we are building for the UK Royal Navy, and the Australian Hunter Class and Canadian Surface Combatant, we are a business that operates on a truly global platform and can offer a wide range of opportunities where you can play your part in these challenging and exciting projects.

Attracting and retaining the sharpest minds is essential for a globally competitive UK naval engineering business. Our aim is to recruit the very best talent and we welcome applications from a diverse range of people, from all backgrounds, with many different skills, experience and perspectives. We offer the flexibility you need to do what’s important to you, whether that’s job sharing, home working, or simply the ability to flex your start and stop times. Where practical, we’ll support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your full potential.

We are committed to supporting work life balance for all our employees and embrace a range of modern working practices, which aim to enhance flexibility for individuals whilst also enabling business performance. Flexibility provisions vary by role, but include; hybrid working arrangements, flexible working patterns and shift working.

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.

For more information on our Diversity & Inclusion work, please click here.

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified people, who are BAE Systems employees and who have been in their current role for 12 months or longer

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. Click here for more information on national security vetting levels.

Closes 11/11/2025