Senior Procurement Professional – Logistics
// Role Summary
Join BAE Systems as a Senior Procurement Professional – Logistics in Glasgow and play a vital role in delivering world-class shipbuilding programmes. You'll manage a key third-party logistics provider, ensuring the efficient flow of materials and driving continuous improvement.
// Key Responsibilities
- Collaborate with stakeholders and a third-party logistics provider (3PL) for efficient operations.
- Manage transactional procurement activities and lifecycle processes.
- Drive supplier performance, risk management, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Maintain procurement systems and ensure high-quality data and governance.
- Support quality, cost, and delivery KPIs for logistics operations.
- Utilise analytical skills to identify process efficiencies and improve business outcomes.
// Role Specification
About the Role:
Join a highly collaborative Logistics team at the heart of shipbuilding programme delivery. In this role, you’ll work closely with stakeholders across the business and an on-site third-party logistics provider to ensure the efficient, safe, and timely flow of materials, equipment, and systems needed to build world-class ships. You’ll drive supplier performance, manage risks and opportunities, support continuous improvement, and use data-driven insights to enhance logistics operations and programme outcomes.
Core Duties:
- Collaborate with the on-site Third-Party Logistics (3PL) provider and internal stakeholders to deliver efficient logistics services aligned to business needs.
- Represent Logistics across sites and stakeholder forums, driving action closure and escalating issues where required.
- Handle transactional procurement activities through lifecycle management processes, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timely delivery.
- Maintain procurement systems and documentation, ensuring high-quality data and adherence to governance requirements.
- Support performance against quality, cost, and delivery KPIs, contributing to supplier reviews and continuous improvement initiatives.
Essential Skills:
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and business systems, maintaining accurate data and supporting effective operational processes.
- Self-motivated and organised, able to prioritise workloads and work independently in a dynamic environment.
- Considerable analytical skills, identifying process efficiencies, cost drivers, risks, and opportunities to improve business outcomes.
- Understanding of financial controls, spend management, and governance within procurement and logistics environments.
The Logistics Team:
The Logistics team supports shipbuilding programmes by ensuring materials and equipment are available when required. Working across multiple functions, it offers a highly collaborative environment. This role manages the performance, governance, and continuous improvement of a key on-site 3PL partner, ensuring efficient and reliable logistics delivery.
Why BAE Systems?
At BAE Systems, 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 are 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. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting.