Supply Chain Graduate (Jan 2025)

About Bae Systems 

Bae Systems is a British multinational defense, security, and aerospace company. It is a major player in the defense industry and has a significant presence in the United Kingdom. The company designs, manufactures, and supports various defense and security products and services. BAE Systems collaborates with industry and academic leaders to develop future technologies.

Your role

What you will be doing?

• As a graduate, working in supply chain enables you to take up a variety of roles to help ensure that to deliver the right products, at the right time and at the right cost to the required quality.
• Your role will be varied; ranging from undertaking supplier visits to a more analytical focus on developing procurement strategies.
• The supply chain team is an important support function in one of the world’s most exciting defense companies.
• The company provides world-class sourcing, contract, and supplier management capability to the business unit to deliver increased product or service quality, reduced total cost of ownership (TCO), and enhanced operating efficiencies without compromising quality, safety, health, or the environment.

Follow your passion with the following responsibilities:

• You’ll ensure that activity delivers value for money through planned and skillful management, typically coordinating supplier selection.
• Subsequent and appropriate management of the supply base (SRM); contract negotiations, placement, and management of all third-party requirements in relevant categories/projects.
• You’ll develop relationships with stakeholders and maintain stakeholder maps, you’ll also be responsible for producing key reports and presentations to those same stakeholders

Training & development 

You will be supported and empowered to achieve your potential, with exposure to live projects and real responsibility from day one, and the firm encourages you to seek a stretch project in which you’ll gain different experiences. With its huge portfolio of products and multinational presence, there are opportunities to get involved in something different around every corner. Additionally, you will encourage involvement in community projects, STEM initiatives, and support groups (called employee resource groups) which all provide valuable learning and development experiences that you may not have access to in your day-to-day role.

Compensation & benefits

Supply Chain graduate's annual salary is £34,000 per annum plus a £2,000 welcome bonus. You’ll also receive benefits including:

• Competitive pension scheme
• Enhanced annual leave allowance
• Share incentive plan
• Flexible working
• Employee assistance program
• Cycle2work and
• Employee discounts
• You may also be eligible for an annual incentive.  

Career progression

At BAE Systems, you’ll find an extraordinary career where you can realize your true potential. Recognizing the importance of retaining talented individuals, the firm offers sponsorship, career development support, and high-potential development programs. The firm is also fully committed to supporting graduates to work towards professional registration and Chartership with a range of professional institutes.

Work-life balance

BAE Systems does offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements, however, it is expected that in the graduate program, you will be required to attend your site 5 days per week. Your line manager will outline the hybrid working arrangements including which days you are required to work on-site/remotely.

Culture & vibe

BAE Systems is a place where you can make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfill your potential. They welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within the industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities, and LGBTQ+ individuals.

About you

Qualification requirements:

• As a minimum requirement, you’ll need to have obtained, or be predicted to obtain, a 2.2 in your Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Procurement, General Engineering, Manufacturing, Project Management, Economics, Finance and Accounting, Supply Chain, Society Politics and policy and Business Management.

Sources

The following sources were used in researching this page:

• youtube.com/@baesystemsinc