Procurement Professional – Change & Improvement

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

Salary: From £42,215 depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Supporting in the delivery of all change activities from design to deployment throughout the end-to-end supply chain, supporting wide transformation programmes as well as local continuous improvement opportunities
• Supporting in the curation and delivery of an integration transformation roadmap
• Tracking performance of the programs against agreed performance metrics and milestones
• Supporting in building the case for change with the development of business and benefits cases
• Acting as a business partner and mentor to the Submarine programmes and functions to ensure that the change activities are successfully deployed
• Supporting in the creation of communications and engagement plans
• Analysing proposed changes to ensure impacts are recorded and understood
• Leading design and validation workshops

Your skills and experiences:

• Experienced in end-to-end supply chain operations, with a considerable background in change management and project delivery
• Extensive analytical skills
• Proactive team player with good communication skills and the ability to work independently when needed
• Lean Six Sigma
• Professional Project Management / CIPS qualification or willingness to work towards

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 System of Enablement team:

As part of a growing change team, sitting within the Supply Chain central function, you will get the opportunity to sharpen your skills and broaden your experience within a complex supply chain organisation. You’ll get the opportunity to design and deploy critical change activities that will equip the organisation with a capability fit for the future. 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 of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and 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: 19th February 2026

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.