Advanced Apprentice Supply Chain

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Advanced Supply Chain Apprentice

Barrow-in-Furness (Cumbria)

Starting from £14,527 - £23,493 per annum dependent on age, with annual progression through the scheme duration

• Responsible for coordinating demand, buying products, managing suppliers and ensuring our inventory is safely stored and maintained
• Raising purchase orders for multi-million pound contracts, reviewing supplier risk portfolios and developing creative storage solutions
• Working in a fast-paced environment on business-critical projects, helping deliver the right products, at the right time, at the right price
• Develop a various set of practical and technical skills within a rotation of placements
• Developing your procurement and supply expertise, gaining an excellent understanding of organisations and wider business environments

Our team is responsible for ensuring that our boat programmes and site projects are working at maximum capability. This is achieved by sourcing equipment, products and materials from a vast amount of local and national businesses, to enable our staff and facilities teams to complete their day-to-day roles in an effective and efficient manner.

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing & lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

Our Submarines business has been safely delivering world class submarines to the UK Royal Navy for more than a century. The Astute class will equip the Royal Navy with its largest and most capable generation of attack submarines. We are responsible for the design, build, test and commissioning of these state-of-the-art vessels. In total, seven boats will make up the fleet, each weighing a mighty 7,400 tonnes.

Dreadnought is the successor to the Vanguard class of nuclear deterrent submarines. We will deliver four submarines to the Royal Navy, with the first submarine entering service in the early 2030s. Dreadnought is widely considered to be one of the world's most complex engineering challenges.

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.  for more information on national security vetting levels.

5 GCSEs (or equivalent) at grade 9-4 / A*- C which must include Maths & English