Senior Procurement and Contracts Manager
Location: Barrow-in-Furness (Hybrid & Flexible Working Available)
Salary: starting from £60,000 + Car Allowance + Excellent Benefits

This is your opportunity to take ownership within a high-tech defence manufacturing environment, delivering at scale on one of the UK's most complex and strategically significant programmes. Work on a long-term, nationally significant programme with real-world impact. Joining a stable, well-funded environment with long-term career growth and progression. If you're an experienced procurement and contracts professional ready to step into a high-impact leadership role, this is where your expertise will shape outcomes on a national scale.

What's In It For You

* Competitive salary + car allowance
* Strong pension offering
* Private healthcare and wellbeing benefits
* Flexible benefits including green car schemes and lifestyle discounts
* Annual incentive opportunities
* Relocation support available (subject to eligibility)

You'll operate in procurement and contracts leadership, leading and influencing complex supplier and subcontractor networks in a cutting-edge engineering and manufacturing setting. You'll be part of a culture that values integrity, performance, and inclusion.

What You'll Be Driving

You'll take the lead across a critical supplier landscape, ensuring delivery, performance, and strategic alignment across a major programme.

* Lead and inspire a team of procurement and contracts professionals, managers, and subcontractors to deliver against an ambitious strategy
* Own key contracts (strategy, negotiation, performance)
* Develop and execute robust Contract Management Plans that ensure control, compliance, and continuous improvement
* Hold accountability for supplier performance-past, present, and future-ensuring delivery against key metrics across critical programmes

What You Bring

You're already operating at a manager level and thrive in complex, high-stakes environments.

* 5+ years' experience in procurement, contracts, or supply chain within large-scale major programmes, defence manufacturing, or complex subcontracting environments
* Strong track record in contract strategy, negotiation, and supplier management
* Proven leadership capability-able to build, develop, and motivate high-performing teams
* Commercially astute, confident operating within structured and regulated frameworks, with a mindset that values collaboration, innovation, and diversity of thought
* Background in Defence, Nuclear, Engineering, or Manufacturing

Senior Procurement and Contracts Manager - Apply now for next steps!

Applicants must be based in the UK to commit to hybrid working requirements and hold current/valid UK RTW. All applicants must, as a minimum, achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard/security vetting checks.