Head of Supply Chain - Functional Excellence

Job Title\: Head of Supply Chain - Functional Excellence

Location\: Scotstoun – hybrid pattern of 3 days weekly onsite

Referral Scheme\: £1000

Grade\: GG14

You’re expected to have completed 12 months in role prior to applying for an advertised vacancy and you should also discuss the internal opportunity with your line manager to ensure sustained business continuity and to further support your career development.

We know there may be exceptional individual circumstances that impact this, in the first instance please discuss this with your line manager.

If you don’t feel you can talk to your line manager, you can contact your HRBP.

PLEASE NOTE\: Should you be invited for interview; you acknowledge that the Recruitment team will contact you and your line manager regarding your application for this opportunity.

Job Description\:

In this influential leadership role, you'll shape and deliver the Supply Chain Functional Excellence strategy, ensuring the people, processes, systems and governance frameworks are in place to achieve exceptional business outcomes. You'll lead Supply Chain transformation, strengthen organisational capability and enhance global supplier readiness, working collaboratively across the business to embed best practice, drive continuous improvement and deliver strategic business objectives.

Core duties\:

• Providing strategic leadership across the Supply Chain function, translating business objectives into clear operational outcomes
• Leading Supply Chain people capability and workforce planning activities, driving talent development and ensuring the function has the skills, capacity and tools required to meet current and future business needs
• Establishing and maintaining robust governance, risk, assurance and cyber security frameworks, KPIs and business reporting, financial controls and budget accountability, ensuring alignment with Integrated Business Planning (IBP), compliance and operational integrity
• Partnering with Naval Ships and Sector teams to strengthen the Supply Chain in areas of supplier development, supplier readiness for multi-national programme delivery, strategic cost management methodologies and ESG integration
• Driving Supply Chain transformation and the deployment of Group and Sector initiatives, including digital and process improvement programmes such as Global Source to Pay
• Leading the engagement with Shared Services, representing business demand and ensuring clear visibility and understanding of performance delivery

Essential Skills\:

• Proven leadership experience within Supply Chain, Procurement or a related function, delivering strategic and operational outcomes in a complex business environment
• Significant experience leading large-scale transformation, change and continuous improvement initiatives
• Demonstrable experience driving supplier performance, cost optimisation and value creation
• Strong knowledge of governance, risk, assurance and compliance frameworks, with experience driving performance through data, reporting and KPIs
• Experience developing organisational capability through workforce planning, talent development and building high-performing teams
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and build effective partnerships across functions, business units and external organisations, driving collaboration and business outcomes

The Team\:

This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of Supply Chain Functional Excellence within Naval Ships. In this high-profile leadership role, you'll drive transformation, strengthen Supply Chain capability and enhance Global supplier readiness, helping to ensure the function is equipped to deliver current and future programme commitments. With broad responsibility spanning governance, digital enablement and continuous improvement, you'll play a pivotal role in enabling programme success and delivering lasting business value.

Why BAE Systems?

Here you’ll build a career with purpose and limitless possibilities. With lifelong learning and meaningful work, this is a place where you can grow your career with confidence and be empowered to be your best.

You’ll be recognised for your contribution and enjoy rewards tailored to what’s most important to you and your family, support for your financial and personal wellbeing, as well as a balanced lifestyle. In an environment embracing sustainable ways of working and with a strong sense of shared purpose, our supportive culture is a place you can feel you belong and proud of the difference you make.

A place where everyone can thrive\:

We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We know that a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences strengthens our teams and is vital to the work we do.

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

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.

Closing Date\: 19th August 2026