Project Procurement Lead – IT

Job Title:

Project Procurement  Lead  – IT

Location:

Preston and 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:  Circa £50,000 depending on experience and skills

What you’ll be doing :

Act as the focal point for any major projects and programmes for the Submarines business unit and act as a business partner to help connect the projects with the wider Procurement team

Help drive value by supporting project requirements definition, support procurement pipeline planning, as well as the sharing of IT market/supplier intelligence and supplier performance data available from the wider team to meet the operational needs of the business

Act as an entry point into the Technology Procurement team, responsible for triaging requirements and capturing/managing demand. In turn, being responsible for  determining  which projects the procurement team support and to what level

Ensure adherence to internal governance requirements, including relevant policies and procedures to support effective and compliant project delivery

Facilitate the delivery of requirements by working closely with the wider IPS technology team,  managing  escalations, and providing regular progress updates to project stakeholders

Establish and maintain procurement plans that deliver business requirements for key technologies and ensuring technology partners are on contract and not working at risk

Your skills and experiences:

Proven  experience operating in a project environment including  managing   complex  stakeholder networks and working to deadlines

Expertise  in  managing  technology procurement, in particular outsourced services, project services, infrastructure and hardware

Good experience in procurement and supply chain  management . Ideally MCIPS Qualified or studying towards

Experience in creating and  managing  procurement/sourcing plans ideally in a  complex  and/or technology environment

An understanding of software product life cycles and process is desirable but not essential

Good stakeholder/relationship  management  skills coupled with commercial acumen

Excellent  analytical  abilities for evaluating supplier performance and identifying cost-saving opportunities

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 Technology Category    Management    team:

This role will provide you with the opportunity to work within the Indirect Procurement technology category having exposure across multiple UK sectors and being involved in a number of exciting transformational projects, some of which are once in a generation! You will be provided with complexity and opportunities for career progression in a shared service environment.

As a Procurement Project  Lead , you will  lead  on behalf of the technology category  management  team in establishing and  managing  procurement plans as well as acting as a key interface between the major projects and programmes of the Submarines Business Unit and the wider technology procurement team. A core focus of  the role  will be collaborating with business stakeholders across a  complex  network with an aim of driving value through understanding technology roadmaps, business requirements and helping formulate suitable procurement strategies to drive value for the business.

As the  lead  interface, you will represent the IPS Technology Procurement team in key project & programme reviews, helping to update on supplier performance, capture up & coming requirements whilst helping consult with key stakeholders on governance requirements. Ultimately these roles are to help drive value by creating closer links between ongoing major projects and the Technology Procurement Team.

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