V05040 - Degree Apprentice Supply Chain Management with Procurement
BAE SYSTEMS PLC
Recruiting nationally
Closes on Saturday 28 February 2026
Posted on 24 November 2025
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Summary
The Air sector leads in aerospace innovation, designing advanced aircraft, supporting global customers, and developing cutting-edge technology. With 23,000 employees worldwide, it offers world-class training, career growth, and opportunities to impact the future of Aviation.
- Wage
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Competitive
Competitive wage offered
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We offer a competitive salary with annual increases throughout the apprenticeship and a range of employee benefits including, free higher education as well as access to the Company pension and share saving scheme.
- Training course
- Supply chain leadership professional (integrated degree) (level 6)
- Hours
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Shifts to be confirmed
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 21 September 2026
- Duration
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4 years
- Positions available
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4
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
- Within the Production Planning and Control (PP&C) function, you can expect to be involved in a wide range of activities supporting the manufacturing operations across several programmes
- Working alongside PP&C Professionals, some examples of the work you will undertake are managing the production order books, launching orders, analysing process routings, optimising processing times and implementing strategic projects and continuous improvement activities using the latest technologies
- The four-year scheme offers eight different six-month placements across the Production Planning & Control function where you will apply your learning within a hands-on team environment
Where you'll work
Approximately 95% of apprentices choose to stay on with us. As a global business there are a world of opportunities – whether you decide to stay in the UK, or explore an overseas role.
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
ASTON UNIVERSITY
Training course
Supply chain leadership professional (integrated degree) (level 6)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Determine benefits of insourcing, offshoring or outsourcing
- Gather, analyse, interpret and use data from across the supply chain to propose and make effective decisions
- Source and plan optimal transport solutions
- Actively integrate and use data across enterprise lines
- Develop differentiated supply chain strategies aligned to relevant business unit or function to achieve long-term sustainable growth
- Use end customer insight to design and evaluate end-to-end supply chain networks
- Use current market and product information to influence and challenge supply chain network design
- Leverage, and capitalise on, supply chain assets to deliver financial targets
- Drive cost efficiencies and service level improvements through the distribution network
- Practise in a sustainable and ethical way all sourcing and buying decisions
- Control information and material flow on-time and in-full
- Apply relevant inventory control techniques and tools
- Articulate ways to minimise costs and deploy Lean principles while optimising service
- Introduce strategies for managing inventory optimisation and rationalisation across the extended supply chain
- Implement change in the supply chain in response to changes in production, scheduling and demand
- Collaborate with manufacturing functions to meet criteria of quality, time and continuity
- Manage distribution and logistics networks, inbound and outbound
- Evolve alternative supply chains to ensure resilience and continuity of supply
- Design activities for receiving, put-away, storage, replenish, order-picking and dispatch
- Identify next-generation software and manage potentially disruptive technologies
- Match innovation in IT with business needs including global sourcing and the international trade context
- Meet the challenge of technology selection, development, implementation and application
- Give guidance on meeting environmental and legal requirements and maintain a high regard for risk identification and reduction, and safety management
- Articulate business purpose and values and establish key accountabilities for contract formation and negotiation
- Introduce innovative distribution, delivery and return methods while managing risk
- Implement the 7 "R's" of sustainability: remove, reduce, reuse, renew, recycle, revenue and read
- Maintain the competitiveness of the supply chain
- Agree, communicate, collaborate and coordinate supply chain and network imperatives with finance, HR, IT, sales and marketing functions and with key partners
- Initiate value-adding strategic and operational processes through effective project and task management
Training schedule
- An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation
- At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
A Level in:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Organisation skills
- Team working
Other requirements
Please be aware of qualification entry criteria when applying for this role. This is clearly displayed on the advert under the section qualification requirements. To be eligible for the role you must meet these entry requirements.
About this employer
At BAE Systems, we provide some of the world’s most advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions. We employ a skilled workforce of more than 93,000 people in around 40 countries. Working with customers and local partners, we develop, engineer, manufacture, and support products and systems to deliver military capability, protect national security, and keep critical information and infrastructure secure.
Company benefits
As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing & lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts.
Disability Confident
A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.
You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.
After this apprenticeship
- Approximately 95% of apprentices choose to stay on with us
- As a global business there are a world of opportunities- whether you decide to stay in the UK, or explore an overseas role
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
ASTON UNIVERSITY
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000002069.
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Closes on Saturday 28 February 2026
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