Procurement Business Partner

This vacancy is open to permanent and fixed-term BAE Systems employees only. While agency workers have access to relevant permanent opportunities, this role has been designated as an internal opportunity and therefore only permanent and fixed-term employees of BAE Systems are eligible to apply.

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Indirect Procurement Business Partner

We currently have a fantastic secondment/maternity cover opportunity for an Indirect Procurement Business Partner at Frimley in Shared Services.

As Indirect Procurement Business Partner you will be responsible for leading strategic partnerships for Indirect Procurement within the Line of Business.You will be Partnering with senior line of business stakeholders from a number of functions and will identify, develop and integrate requirements the business has to ensure required outcomes are delivered by IPS. You will work with the line of business, in order to understand the requirements and shape the demand early, directing to the right category/front door or other parts of Shared Services.

This role will face many challenges, resistance and complexity which will require highly effective influencing and communication skills to be able to navigate the organisation. You will need to sensitively manage strong stakeholder relationships and build connections with the line of business programme teams and other external Shared Service providers.

Your main responsibilities as an Indirect Procurement Business Partner will involve:

·Building opportunities for efficiency and increased end user experience by working with line of business stakeholders. Analysing and sharing data with the line of business in order to build transparency and drive/demonstrate value opportunities for both UK and International services.

·Acting as a ‘critical friend’ to both the requirement holder and the Procurement team, driving a culture of clear communication, planning and timely delivery against agreed targets for the defined solutions.

·Shaping strategy to manage current relationships across the line of business for IPS. Working with the line of business to understand the business strategy and shape the requirements for Shared Services, channelling demand through the correct routes.

·Providing challenge to the line of business/functions to ensure requirements are clearly articulated – not solutions.

·Driving cost, quality and delivery improvement across the end to end process through working with the business area.

·Responsibility for obtaining forward view of volume to support build up of IBP recharge.Supporting playback of the quarterly forecast and agreement of final IBP submission recognising affordability challenges. Understanding budget and affordability challenges and driving necessary actions to deliver cost down opportunities.

·Driving monthly assurance reviews with the business stakeholders, sharing data insights around total spend, value delivered and opportunities to drive further savings.

·Conducting capability assessments for Shared Services when demand is raised in business area.

·Partnering with leaders and teams across the organisation to improve results, communicating success stories and challenges to build transparency between the teams. Positively representing all parts of Shared Services.

·Driving Root Cause analysis and defect management within Shared Services, acting as a key communicator back to the line of business.

·Being a point of escalation for all issues within the business for internal stakeholders.

Your skills and qualifications

• ·Considerable experience of engaging senior stakeholders, and the ability to build mutually beneficial relationships
• ·Significant understanding of how the line of business requirements fits into the business strategy
• ·Ability to establish and monitor clear goals, objectives & KPI’s
• ·Supply chain background preferable MCIPS
• Location: Frimley based or willingness to travel regularly to Frimley
• Grade: GG12
• Interviews likely W/C 9th November

Shared Services

If you’d like to make a real difference where it counts, BAE Systems is the place for you.

From keeping soldiers, sailors and pilots safe to helping countries prosper, from developing the next generation of supersonic aircraft to investing in the next generation of super-smart talent – at BAE Systems, we work together to give our customers an essential edge in protecting the things that really matter. Lives, livelihoods, ways of life.

As part of the Shared Services team, you’ll be at the heart of this endeavour – working closely with our air, maritime, land and cyber and intelligence businesses to support our customers around the world.

Join us and you’ll be encouraged and rewarded to excel in this important work. Apply your talent where it counts.

We are committed to supporting work life balance for all our employees and embrace a range of modern working practices, which aim to enhance flexibility for individuals whilst also enabling business performance.Flexibility provisions vary by role, but include; hybrid working arrangements, flexible working patterns and shift working.

We want to be the leading employer in defence and security for valuing diversity and inclusion. We care about difference in all forms and want to create an inclusive environment where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential.

We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently under-represented within our industry, including women, people from ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to be a preferred home for veterans and reservists.

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We welcome applications from all suitably qualified people, who are BAE Systems employees and who have been in their current role for 12 months or longer.

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