Senior Supply Chain Manager

Job Title: Senior Supply Chain Manager

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

Salary: £63000+ depending on experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Lead on all aspects of Safety/Quality/Cost/Delivery & People (SQCDP), reviewing and improving functional policies, processes and reporting
• Lead team process conformance by continuously reviewing, challenging, and driving process improvements
• Establish, manage, and control all associated labour and material budgets, working in consultation with key stakeholders
• Ensure the team delivers relevant targets by regularly reviewing, reporting on progress and resolving issues
• Lead, develop and firmly embed engagement and communication strategies to ensure team, customer and stakeholder participation
• Lead by example in conforming to model behaviours, people and process management
• Instil a customer focused approach across all teams

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Fabrication/engineering background
• Knowledge of Supply Chain management
• Supplier Relationship Management experience

Desirable:

• Exposure of people management
• Self-motivated and driven

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 Supply Chain team:

As a Senior Supply Chain Manager, you will be accountable for all Supply Chain activity in line with area of responsibility (procurement, programme, strategy or business capability) in support of the Supply Chain Functional Plan at BAE Systems. You will Undertake all line management responsibility for direct reports, including Health & Safety (in accordance with Company Policies and Procedures), Performance Management and management of behaviours in line with the united / professional culture derived by the business. We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

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.

Closing Date: 17th March 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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