Procurement Officers

Overview

We seek passionate Procurement Officers to work collaboratively with suppliers around the world, enabling MBDA to provide world leading defence capabilities for our home Nations and their Allies. We lead commercial relationships with UK and overseas companies, which are typically the design authority for the articles procured. Our supplier subcontracts cover the entire life cycle of missiles and missile systems under the responsibility of MBDA UK; this provides us varied opportunities and role progression, as well as the chance to travel internationally, depending on the project assigned.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage mature series production supplier subcontracts.
• Ensure supplier delivery in line with contract obligations for both domestic and export customers.
• Negotiate value for money future pricing arrangements.
• Bidding for new business and placing subsequent subcontracts.
• Manage supplier obsolescence issues and deploy mitigation strategies.

Qualifications and Experience

• Experience in contract management and negotiation in a customer/supplier environment.
• Comfortable with day‑to‑day problem solving, asking and answering difficult questions, and challenging yourself and others to common goals.
• Strong communication skills, reporting and co‑operation with internal and external partners.
• Assertiveness and a continual drive to maximise opportunities.
• Qualified in a business subject area with procurement or supply chain accreditations, or equivalent experience.
• UK and European travel to suppliers required.

Employment Details

• Salary: Circa £36,000 depending on experience.
• Dynamic (hybrid) working: 2–3 days per week on‑site due to workload classification.
• Flexi‑working: dynamic leave (time in lieu) and optional paid overtime.
• Security clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship; all successful candidates will undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) checks.
• Travel: UK and European travel required.

Benefits

• Annual leave: 25 days paid annual leave per calendar year, plus additional days after 5, 10 and 15 years of service and the option to purchase up to an extra five days via payroll.
• Enhanced parental leave: up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, with enhancements for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments.
• Company bonus: Up to £2,500 based on company performance, varying year to year.
• Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%.
• Overtime: opportunity for paid overtime.
• Flexi‑leave: up to 15 additional days.
• Facility benefits: subsidised meals, free car parking, gym membership at the on‑site Healthworks gym and discounted membership at leading UK gym chains.
• Health & wellbeing: Various cash‑back plans for optical, dental and general health expenses, plus mortgage advice, critical illness lump sum, and financial webinars.
• Employee assistance programme: free, independent, confidential, available 24/7 with up to 8 face‑to‑face, telephone or virtual counselling sessions.
• Share incentive plan: allows acquisition of shares in BAE Systems PLC.
• Other incentives: Technology vouchers, charity donation platform, car scheme, holiday purchase scheme.

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