Procurement Engineer

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work for BAE Systems, Samlesbury in the General Systems Value team, managing a number of strategic and critical suppliers. Key tasks will involve Contract negotiations commercial/supply contracts, closure of negotiations, strategic objection settings, some order book management, customer contract flow downs, analysing costings and terms and conditions and engaging and managing stakeholders.

Typical duties include;

• Negotiating Terms and Conditions, Price Agreements and other contractual documents with suppliers, and resolve most areas of conflict.


• Maintaining strong, effective relationships with suppliers.


• Develop innovative, value for money solutions with the supplier/s to meet Customers’ current and future requirements.


• Understanding the budget requirements for the Purchase Orders as well as identify opportunities for cost reduction/avoidance through effective negotiation with the suppliers.


• Attend key meetings including on-site supplier reviews


• Interface across the Air business and with other teams and functions, e.g. PM, Engineering, Commercial, Finance.


• Engage with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the product or service provision meets the governance requirements of the business and our customers.


• Manage order book reviews with internal stakeholders and the suppliers, presenting order status, supporting resolutions to order related queries as requested by the internal stakeholder:


• Maintain data in appropriate ERP systems


• Utilise business reporting/metrication capability in order to articulate and manage Order Book Management performance. Ensure trends are identified and escalated, as appropriate.


• Ensure queries are owned and managed effectively.


• Understanding and compliance to the Procurement processes (Supplier Management Framework).


• Regular travel to Suppliers as and when required.

• A Continuous Improvement mind-set with proven examples of identifying new ideas that drive improvement, problem solving and working collaboratively with others to identify a solution ideally within a Procurement (or similar) environment


• Detailed understanding and experience of supplier risk and opportunity management

• Excellent collaboration and communication skills, fostering close & trusting relationships with a network of demanding internal and external stakeholders


• Negotiation skills – experience of price and contractual terms and conditions negotiations


• Working understanding of tool sets and IT such as ERP systems, Microsoft Office programs particularly in Excel.


• Ability to compile data, analyse and propose recommendations through reports and presentations


• CIPS qualification is desirable

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