Procurement Principal Professional

The Role

The role holder will be working as a member of the procurement and supply chain team to provide procurement expertise, services and support to meet the operational needs of the business.

They will be leading a strategically important/very complex package, bid or supplier.

It will also involve driving procurement solutions, requiring the job holder to plan, deliver and deploy appropriate procurement supply chain interventions in support of business aims, under the guidance of the Procurement manager or Procurement Senior Manager.

Core Duties:

Not limited to

• As part of Procurement Bid Team ensure the Procurement strategies are being enacted through major bids and campaigns to support business winning and growth.

• Support and/or manage subcontract activities in conjunction with Commercial, project and technical teams including: subcontract construct; contract negotiation; and, contract implementation, ensuring robust handshake to the Procurement Delivery Team as appropriate for ongoing through-life or in-contract delivery.

• Implement supplier and third party bid winning/support strategy; ensuring that critical supplier relationships are cultivated, developed and maintained so as to allow the business to fully meet customer current and future needs.

• Engage, manage and influence internal and external stakeholders to ensure the bid service provision:

• • Meets the governance requirements of the business and our customers.
  • Delivers optimum value for money from competitive advantage by applying market knowledge and commercial acumen to drive value and innovation, decrease risk and support CSR targets through the supply chain
  • Supports a continuous improvement philosophy through the supply chain; keeping Digital Intelligence ahead of the game in terms of customer offerings.
  • Manages flow down of terms from Customer contract to the supply chain in order to protect BAE Systems' position.
  • Achieves the required service level as agreed with internal stakeholders.

Knowledge, Skills and Qualifications:

Knowledge

• Likely to have a minimum of 5 years' experience working within a procurement and/or similar environment
• Possess a high standard of Procurement competence in key areas of sourcing, process knowledge, contracting skills and supplier management.
• Good project management skills, product awareness, commercial acumen, financial awareness, risk and opportunity management.
• Demonstrate exemplary business acumen.

Skills

• orks on own initiative with minimal supervision and with responsibility for delivery, escalating concerns.
• Ability to utilise the collective experience and knowledge within the team to deliver effective solutions.
• Ability to build, grow and influence networks, outside of own team, to support collaboratively working.
• Accuracy and attention to detail.
• Utilising all available information to prioritise workload and communicate this effectively to stakeholders when required.
• Very good stakeholder management. Used to working in cross-functional teams.
• Ability to build, grow and influence networks across sector, to support collaborative working.
• Very good interpersonal skills that support collaborative stakeholder relationships.
• Good negotiation skills that drive positive business outcomes and ability to influence at all levels.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

Qualifications

• Likely to possess CIPS L5 qualification, working towards or equivalent standard.

Security Requirements: SC & ITAR

This role will require the person to hold full Security Clearance (SC) prior to working onsite. You will need to obtain a BPSS check as part of this process. You must currently hold or be eligible and willing to obtain SC. In addition, this role involves direct and/or indirect access to ITAR Material which means there are restrictions on dual nationals. Therefore you must hold a British Nationality to apply for this role. If you are unsure as to whether you are eligible, please contact me to discuss.

This role is for UK EYES ONLY

The Umbrella rate quoted above is the Gross Umbrella rate (i.e. the rate we pay to the Umbrella Company inclusive of ALL employment costs). Please note, the rate paid by the Umbrella will be less, as will a Limited Deemed rate or Agency PAYE rate. Please get in touch to discuss the rates via these different payment vehicles.