Job title: Graduate Shared Services Procurement

Location: Preston (Lancashire) We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – however for this role you will be expected to attend your site 3-4 days per week.

Salary: £34,000 Per Annum + £2,000 Welcome Bonus

Who we are

Join BAE Systems and you’ll be part of something bigger. As a valued member of our global colleague network, you’ll bring your unique skills and perspectives to help pioneer progress and protect what matters most. You’ll be trusted to play your part in delivering the advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions of tomorrow – shaping a safer future, for all of us.

From the depths of the ocean, to the far reaches of space – there’s no limit to where a career at BAE Systems could take you.

Role Description

As a Graduate Procurement Associate, you will engage with stakeholders across all business units to help develop and deliver global procurement strategies. You will support negotiations for both existing and new contracts, ensuring the business achieves the best balance of cost and service while striving for world-class procurement solutions. The role involves managing supplier relationships to maintain professional and effective partnerships, supported by appropriate performance metrics. You will also undertake operational procurement activities, including requisition and invoice approvals, and gain exposure to all stages of the project lifecycle, from stakeholder engagement and demand management through to sourcing, tendering, and contract negotiation. This is an excellent opportunity to build a broad range of procurement and commercial skills within a dynamic and collaborative environment.

Core duties

• Category Strategy & Planning: Support the category teams in the development and implementation of category strategies aligned to business needs.
• Sourcing & Procurement: Support the delivery of robust sourcing exercises in line with the category strategy and company processes to deliver optimum outcomes
• Supplier Relationship Management: Implement the strategy for the management of suppliers within the Category.
• Sustainability & Risk Management: Embed responsible supply chain principles, sustainability, and responsible sourcing practices into procurement activities.
• Health & Safety: ensuring high standards for safety, health and environment (SHE) are maintained, understood, implemented.

The Shared Services Team

We are home to experts and leaders in their fields who manage some of today’s toughest challenges, delivering the most complex programmes, generating critical export growth and supporting thousands of advanced engineering jobs distributed throughout the UK.

Why BAE Systems

Here you’ll build a career with purpose and limitless possibilities. With lifelong learning and meaningful work – this is a place where you can grow your career with confidence and be empowered to be your best. You’ll be recognised for your contribution and enjoy rewards tailored to what’s most important to you and your family – support for your financial and personal wellbeing, as well as a balanced lifestyle. In an environment embracing sustainable ways of working and with a strong sense of shared purpose, our supportive culture is a place you can feel you belong and proud of the difference you make.

A place where everyone can thrive

We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We know that a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences strengthens our teams and is vital to the work we do.

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.

As a minimum requirement you must have obtained, or be predicted to obtain, a 2:2 Bachelor’s degree or a pass at Master’s level in the following subjects: Supply Chain, Business, Finance, Construction, Quantity Surveying, Data & Analytics or Technology.